White-Water Rafting: Barron Gorge Adventure

Experience the thrill of white-water rafting in Barron Gorge National Park. Suitable for beginners, this half-day adventure offers rapids up to grade III and stunning rainforest views.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Barron Gorge - Located just 20 minutes from central Cairns and 40 minutes from Port Douglas, Barron Gorge National Park is easily accessible whether you choose hotel pickup by coach or drive yourself to Lake Placid. The park is renowned for its dramatic rainforest mountains, steep ravines, Barron Falls, and the impressive Barron Gorge, sculpted…
What's Included
  • Safety equipment
  • Pickup and drop-off from Cairns or Port Douglas by coach
What's Not Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
Additional Information

Enjoy an outdoor adventure in Queensland with a 2-hour white-water rafting tour in Barron Gorge National Park. This experience is a suitable introduction to river rafting for first-timers, providing an exhilarating time with a rafting guide. Take in rainforest views along the Barron River as you navigate rapids up to grade III. When booking, you have…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mark
Aug 19, 2025
Exhilarating fun - Fantastic experience with excellent & well organised team. Super friendly, action packed and very wet! Don't hesitate doing this great activity
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Paulhoward40
Aug 18, 2025
Half-Day Baron River Rafting Tour. - Hayden was our Raft Commander for our afternoon Baron River White Water Rafting tour. He was fantastic with excellent explanations, experience and communication skills. A thoroughly enjoyable tour that was well worth conducting and highly recommended. Thanks, Paul (Sydney)
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V8609ycsarahs
Aug 18, 2025
Awesome WWR at Barron River - Fantastic afternoon white water rafting at Barron River Cairns, our guide was brilliant! He explained everything perfectly was brilliant when things got hairy 🤣🤣. This experience is an absolute must you may be driving up the hill to the top of the river nervous but you’ll get to the bottom absolutely buzzing!!
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U3053eamonicad
Aug 18, 2025
Great Family Adventure - We went with our two boys 13 and 21 and we all had a super time! The duration, difficulty level, crew, instructions were all great and the end to end experience was easy and fun.
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I6155nsleem
Jul 31, 2025
Great fun and laughs! I'd definitely go again - I had been debating whether to book this trip for a few days and I'm so glad I did. I went on my own and joined a raft with another 5 friendly riders and our guide Lexi was an absolute legend. She kept us safe and made sure we enjoyed the ride to the max!
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Chewling_k
Jul 31, 2025
Exciting.. we enjoyed the... - Exciting.. we enjoyed the whole experience. The guide is very experience. We can see the teamwork among the guides. We like our guide Hayden.
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Simonl4918
Jul 30, 2025
Action packed. River has many surprises which the guides safely navigated us through the flowing white water - Action packed with plenty of rapids, spins and soaking. All the guides made the trip fun. Each raft had 5-6 people plus guide so everyone had a chance to take a swim in the river.
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Melisaw858
Jul 29, 2025
Great adventure! - Hayden was a great instructor and tour guide. He gave us commands and we all worked together as a team to have a great time!
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A12rwvanessac
Jul 27, 2025
Fun fun fun - We had such a great time on our adventure. All over 40yo and many of us first timers. Our leader 'Sophie' put us at ease immediately. We did not feel rushed. The leaders were happy in their jobs and this really showed. What a great time !
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Michelle_c
Aug 3, 2025
Loads of fun! - Wear shorts, and no sunscreen on legs as the raft is pretty slippery. Also, make sure you have warm clothes for afterwards. The experience itself was so much fun. I was slightly nervous before hand, but it was fabulous and a lot of fun.
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From $85
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).