My wife and I wanted to try some white water rafting, so we opted to try the folks at Raging Thunder based on previous TripAdvisor reviews. Since we both had no experience rafting, we chose the tame half-day Barron River trip to "get our feet wet". We were picked up at our hotel in a timely fashion and shuttled out... more

Had a great time rafting with this company on the Tully. The guides are laid back and hilarious but still professional and safe. The water can get a bit rough so definitely be prepared for that. The crowd is also a bit on the young side where I'd guess the average age or participants was in the 20s. Would highly... more

Fantastic experience for a beginner. Picked up from accomodation, 20 minutes later arrived at river. They say it is grade 2-3 which is a nice level to start at. After go to a camp site with showers etc, coffee and look/buy photos. One tip is book it when in Carins, I booked beforehand in UK and there were much better... more

If you plan on going white water rafting in the Cairns area I would definitely recommend doing the Xtreme experience. Basically instead of going out in a group of about 15 boats (who all have to sit and wait for each other after each rapid as they only have one medic between them) you go out in a group of... more

Just got back from an excellent day white water rafting with Raging Thunder. The set up is very good, we were collected (at ridiculously early o'clock) from our hotel, from there we went on the 1 3/4 hr bus ride (the only negative point about the day, but unavoidable) to the cafe where we were kitted out with shoes so... more