Definitely bring some type of board or tube with you. Going onto the rockslide itself may be quite slippery, as I found the best way to go onto this was to walk to the other side as the rockslide on …Full review by jaidakingi
Feb 11, 2024
Nice place for picnic and chill on sunny day, unfortunately the water is little dirty so we didnt try the slides. Looks like fun but when we read local sign warning that water contains e coli bacteri…Full review by Bety24
Jan 28, 2024
10/10 great adventure for courageous souls. Be careful as we ended up in hospital along with 5 others that day. Lots of rock bumps on the way down. Take a big thick board or even better blow up matt…Full review by Namouta P
You go pretty quick - and you can hurt or scrape yourself if you come off - so best to have some form of wet suit - but plenty of kids fly down without a problem. I only did it as i had a …
You go pretty quick - and you can hurt or scrape yourself if you come off - so best to have some form of wet suit - but plenty of kids fly down without a problem. I only did it as i had a wetsuit on. The bigger issue at present is the water quality- with the ow rainfall and hot temperatures the water quality is considered a health risk so I believe it is actually considered "closed". The Gisborne District Council tests it weekly and posts it's results on the GDC Website - can't post the link as TripAdvisor won't let me.
Is knowing how to swim mandatory for this activity? I am not a swimmer but not afraid of water. Will I be okay with a life jacket?
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you should be fine, the water at the end was above my head (1.67m) but not by much & it is not a very big pool, so you can dog paddle over to the edge.
Do u need your own body board to go down or can you hire them there?
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No shops on site, and we asked around gisborne but couldn't find anyone that hires them. We ended up buying one from the Warehouse. Or if you go during summer you could try …
No shops on site, and we asked around gisborne but couldn't find anyone that hires them. We ended up buying one from the Warehouse. Or if you go during summer you could try your luck and borrow one (or even be given one).
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