Adventure Activities

Dive Tatapouri (Feed the Stingrays and Shark Cage Diving)

SH 35, TATAPOURI                                                                                                                  
Dean & Chris Savage
Ph (06) 868 5153
Email divetatapouri@xtra.co.nz
Web www.divetatapouri.com

Discover Tangaroa and its children - Dive Tatapouri situated on the waterfront 10mins from Gisborne is the perfect place to unwind while soaking up the local culture, history and unique marine surroundings. Shark Cage Diving - The ultimate adventure. Our design built cage allows us to take you very close to the most feared animal in the ocean. No experience needed. Allow at least half a day for the activity. Season November to April, bookings essential, weather dependant. Reef Ecology Tour and Rere Rockslide trips also available.

Surfit Shark Cage Experience - Fishing Charters  

Skipper Boyd McGregor
Ph 06 867 2970
Fax 06 867 2703
Mobile 027 230 7016
Email boyd@surfit.co.nz
Website www.surfit.co.nz

SHARK CAGE: Get face to face with big mako sharks as they cruise and feed off the Gisborne coast. View sharks in safety beneath the ocean in a specially designed snorkeling cage. Bookings essential.

CHARTER FISHING & DIVING: Fishing and diving trips and general boat charter from our 7.2m Whitepointer fishing boat "Surfit". Fish for hapuka, tarakihi, kingfish, tuna, snapper, trevally, sharks and marlin. All gear supplied, groups of up to six. Fish and dive prolific offshore reefs and waters. All round great day out!

Maungaroa Station Horse Treks                         

Maungaroa Access Road
Te Kaha
EAST CAPE
Ph 07 325 2727
Fax 07 325 2776
Email maungaroa@xtra.co.nz
Website www.maungaroa.co.nz

Take the opportunity to visit this unique piece of New Zealand nestled in the foothills of the Raukumara Ranges.  Enjoy magnificent native bush, crystal clear rivers and awesome waterfalls.  A fantastic place to get away from it all.  We offer guided horse treks for all abilities, self-contained accommodation and the chance to experience a true wilderness area.

Glistening Waters Fishing Adventures

Owner/skipper - Alister Reid
Phone 06-377 1281
Mobile 027 270 5654 
International 006472705654
Email info@nzfish.com
Website www.nzfish.com

We are the best equipped and most successful gamefishing charter vessel in Eastland.  We offer long range, liveaboard gamefishing for up to 6 people or daily fishing trips departing from Gisborne. Charters are available January to March each year.  Prior bookings are necessary.
Visit us at the Gisborne Marina or through our website.www.nzfish.com

Snorkeling/Nga Tai Ora - Healthy Oceans Marine Experience 

Joe and Murray Palmer
Phone 06-8687133
Mobile 021 079 2101
Email tairawhiti.info@clear.net.nz
Website www.nmtt.co.nz
Postal Address - 79 Parone Road, GISBORNE
Office 3 Treble Court, GISBORNE 

Te Tairawhiti - the place where the sun rises from the sea.  We invite you to join us on a shorkelling adventure to Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve, an area of approximately 2450 hectares 20 minutes north of Gisborne city, or to another of our rich and diverse coastal environments.  Our tutors are qualified snorkeling instructors and environmental educators and have a good knowledge of the district's history and traditions.  There are areas suitable for all levels of skill and intrest, but trips are weather depedent and booking essential.  Equipment, transport and food available.  Please phone or email for more information to make a booking.  

Wet n' Wild Rafting Company                                                    

PO Box 601
ROTORUA
Ph 07 348 3191
Mobile 0274 778 011
Fax 07 349 6567
Freephone 0800 IN A RAFT (462 723)
Email info@wetnwildrafting.co.nz
Website www.wetnwildrafting.co.nz

21 years river-running experience providing high-quality, whitewater adventures.  A variety of daily rafting and multi-day heli-rafting expeditions are undertaken on the Motu, Mohaka, Wairoa, Rangitaiki and Kaituna rivers.  Motu River trips begin from Opotiki.  A trip on the Motu, through the protected wilderness of the East Cape's Raukumara Forest Park, is an eco-experience as well as a thrilling, whitewater adventure.  Wide range of trips and prices.

New Zealand Safari Adventures 

Tangihau Station
Rere
GISBORNE
Ph 06 867 0837
Fax 06 867 5043
Email info@nzsafari.co.nz
Website www.nzsafari.co.nz Hunting & outdoor adventure playground just half-hour from city.  Tangihau Station has 16,000 acres of green open paddocks and native bush with stunning scenery and panoramic views.  Hunt trophy red stags with our experienced guides.  Stay in the rustic bush hut or the comfortable homestay cottage.  All meals provided.

Walking Legends                                                                     

Rob and Hilary
PO Box 12 107
ROTORUA
Ph 07 345 7363
Fax 07 345 7364
Cellphone 021 545 068
Website www.walkinglegends.com
Email info@walkinglegends.co.nz

Enjoy the flexibility and intimacy of these small group guided hiking tours of the Lake Waikaremoana Track, Te Urewera National Park, Whirinaki Forest, Whakatane and Rotorua, New Zealand.  We are New Zealanders with a passion for the area and extensive knowledge of the flora, fauna and history you will encounter during your wilderness experience. Qualmarked.

Eastender Horse Treks

876A Rangitukia Rd
Rangitukia
TIKITIKI
Ph 06 864 3033
Fax 06 864 3033
Email horsetreks@xnet.co.nz
Website www.eastenderhorsetreks.co.nz

Many times Eastender Horse Treks and Eastender Backpackers are referred to as the real New Zealand experience. Situated at the tip of the East Coast on an unspoiled Maori owned farm we offer several riding circuits for individuals, families and groups. Around 25 horses cater for the beginner to the advanced rider. We do not ride in line, you ride your horse in freedom and to the level of your experience and confidence. It does not get much better than this!

Paintball Gisborne

Max Taiapa
Ph 06 868 5177
Mob 027 773 2883
Email wanda-ron@clear.net.nz

Surfing With Frank                                                                       

Frank Russell
Ph 06 867 0823
Cell 021 119 0971
Email coach.russell@clear.net.nz
Website www.surfingwithfrank.com

There is nothing like standing up and catching a wave, and Frank is a motivated and enthusiastic NZ Level 1 Certified Surfing Coach.  Surfboards and wetsuits for all ages, shapes and sizes are provided.  Take a one-on-one lesson or join a group of no more than four people.  Frank and his team also offer Surf Tours catered to your ability, where they will take you to some of New Zealand's best surfing spots.

Private Lesson          $75.00
2-4 Surfers (each)     $50.00
3 Lesson cocession   $130.00

Freestyle NZ

Matt & Amy
Ph 06 868 8840
Mobile 021 025 68033
Email info@freestylenz.com
Web www.freestylenz.com

Head down to the beach this summer and get a buzz from one of our exciting activities. Whether its a family adventure day or a corporate fun day, we have something for everyone - Kite surfing, kite buggies, kayaks and skis or mountain bikes. Performance coaching, kite surfing training and assessment and much more. Check out our website or get in touch if you want to do something different and exciting this year.

Surf School

Richard Gordon
1 Oneroa Road
GISBORNE
Ph 06 867 1986
Fax 021 130 3286

Supplies board & wetsuit.  Individual $30, Groups $20 each - max 5.

Takaputahi Ventures                                                            

Takaputahi Valley, via Old Motu Road
OPOTIKI
Ph 07 863 7331
Fax 07 863 9331
Mobile 027 276 6394
Email lorvis@xtra.co.nz
Website  www.takaputahi.co.nz

A wilderness experience in a beautiful remote valley.  Bush walking, fishing, hunting, kayaking, rafting and mountain biking.  Comfortable cabin with all amenities and all meals provided.  1 & a half hours from Opotiki.

The Boardroom

Tom Dalton
659 Wainui Road
GISBORNE
Ph 06 867 1684
Fax 06 867 9276
Mobile 021 024 33474

Surf Board Factory and retail outlet that also offers accommodation, surf lessons and board hire, surf tours, ocean fishing, snorkelling and trout fishing.

Wainui Surf School                      

Coach Magoo
Ph 06 863 3912
Mobile 021 131 7990
Email magoo140@hotmail.com

Competitive rates for group or one-on-one surf lessons including surf board, boogie board and wet suit hire, 1 and a half hour surf lesson plus safety.  Also offers one, three or five day surf tours and custom surf tours including equipement hire, transport and full day surf lessons.  Try the Surf & Slide where you surf a beautiful Gisborne beach break in the morning before spending the afternoon rock sliding down Rere Waterfalls and natural rock slide.  All equipment provided.  Head Coach Magoo is regarded as one of the best free surfers in New Zealand and has travelled the world surfing for the past fifteen years.  He speaks Italian, Indonesian, Maori and a little Spanish.

Walk Gisborne

Penny & Peter Hoogerbrug
Ph 06 867 6114
Postal PO Box 1114, Gisborne.
Email info@walkgisborne.co.nz
Website www.walkgisborne.co.nz

From the rippling waters of the Waimata River to the expansive Pacific Ocean, Walk Gisborne has it all.  Its two or three day walking adventure takes you from spectacular farm to breathtaking coastal scenery.You will experience the East Coasts' welcoming hospitality in comfortable country accommodation.  Opt to either self-cater or enjoy Walk Gisborne's delicious cuisine made with the finest local produce and complemented by award-winning wines.  The private farm and coastal walk follows well-used tracks beside the Waimata River and Whainukota Stream, over open country, through pockets of puriri-rich native bush, stands of kanuka and valleys of toitoi to the famed white sands of Makorori Beach.  It passes historic kumara pits and ancient mud volcanoes and affords simply stunning views of this edge-of-the-earth paradise.

Blackberry Hill Homestead & Hunting 

SH 2
MORERE
Ph 06 837 8773
Email jandmlepper@xtra.co.nz
Website www.blackberryhill.co.nz

Gisborne Farmers' Market 

Army Park Hall Carpark
Fitzherbert
GISBORNE
Sharon Kirk
Ph 06 862 8233

The Gisborne Farmers' Market is a place where consumers can buy wares directly from growers and makers of artisan products.  It is a place for the sale of quality fresh produce, genuine artisan food products and products that form part of the food production cycle and are locally produced.  Examples of the products currently available at our market are:  seasonal fruits, vegetables, eggs, flowers, meat, vegetable seedlings, garden plants, jams, chutneys and a range of organically produced products.  Over time the market would like to add wine, oils, cheese, bread, nuts, cereals, composts and any other produce or products locally produced in Gisborne.  The market runs from 9.30am - 1pm every Saturday during summer.

Hunters Paradise New Zealand Ltd

8 Tokomaru Bay
TOKOMARU BAY
John & Andrea Woolf
Ph 06 864 5474
Email info@huntersparadise.co.nz
Website www.huntersparadise.co.nz

Welcome to Hunters Paradise New Zealand, where we are commited to providing you with a quality, succesful, down to earth, "real kiwi" bush experience through hunting, fishing and hiking. Come and enjoy your time in our beautiful country.

Paparangi Ventures                                        

Motu
East Cape
GISBORNE
Ph 06 863 5809
Email paparangi@ihug.co.nz
Website www.paparangiventures.co.nz

Four wheel drive beautiful wilderness destination beside the Motu River.  Three basic Cabins with gas cooking, hot showers, flush toilets are available for accommodation.  Enjoy bush walking, hunting, fishing, bird watching and relaxing.  Bookings are essential.

Surf Tandem

Michael Fitzharris
Ph 06 863 3489
Mobile 027 208 7654
Email fitz@xtra.co.nz

Experience the thrill of surfing. From $60 per person

White Island Tours

15 The Strand East
PO Box 529
WHAKATANE
Ph 0800 PeeJay (733 529)
Ph 07 308 9588
Fax 07 308 0303
Email info@whiteisland.co.nz
Website www.whiteisland.co.nz

Join Pee Jay IV, a 60 foot luxury launch for a trip to White Island, New Zealand's only continuously active marine volcano. The two-hour guided tour takes you to the awe-inspiring crater lake, passed steaming fumeroles. Trip includes morning tea, scrumptious lunch and refreshment. Round trip is approximately 6 hours.