Distance: 2.9 km (0.3 DOC hours) - Raft, kayak or float - Easy terrain
Altitude: 356m to 380m. Gain: 27m. Loss: 13m . Gradient: 1 deg (Flat)
Skills: - Raft, kayak or swim/float (6/6)

Raft, kayak or float (9/9)
Watercourse navigated by craft: raft, kayak or swim/float

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Raft, kayak or swim/float (difficulty: 6/6)
Watercourse not crossable on foot. Water craft (raft, kayak or float) required

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

Upriver travel is not possible on foot or in unpowered craft

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Rafting / kayaking route down the Waimakariri. The gorge is not navigable on foot.

Class 2 with one borderline 3 when running at typical flows (75-100 cumecs). Flow can be checked at:

https://www.ecan.govt.nz/data/riverflow/sitedetails/66442

Broken River is not obvious from the water - obscured by shingle banks. Count corners to make sure you don't miss it. It joint the Waimakariri just as the 1st railway viaduct becomes visible 2km further downriver.