Bridge to Nowhere Tours - Jet Boat
Whanganui River Day Tours | Boating Adventures | Bridge to Nowhere

Whanganui River Adventure Tours & Accommodation

Mix and Match from the following options

For an Overnight Stay
Please choose from the following Accommodation Options

After riding the Mangapurua Track you and your bikes will be jet boated down to Bridge to Nowhere Lodge or Campground. This is the only accommodation of its kind inside the Whanganui National Park.

The Works

$ 170 per person
  • Fully Catered in the Lodge
  • Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
Popular

Backpacker

$ 85 per person
  • Self Catering in the Lodge
  • Bedding and a towel provided

Cabin

$ 30 per person
  • Cabin in Campground
  • Bring your own food and bedding
  • Bring your own Camping Gear

Tent Site

$ 15 per person
  • Tent Site in Campground
  • Bring your own food and bedding
  • Bring your own Tent and Camping Gear

The next morning you can choose to jet boat back to Pipiriki or paddle down the river in a canoe. The later takes about 3 – 4 hours from the Lodge depending on how you decide to pace your journey and is classed as easy.
Which ever option you choose your bikes are jet boated out.

Optional Extras

Canoeing
Mangapurua Landing to Lodge

Section 1
$40 Adult
$20 Under 15
per person
  • Self Guided can be added to any overnight stay
  • 9km - 90 mins to 2 hours paddling

Optional Extras

Over night gear transfer from Raetihi Holiday Park up to Lodge

$ 15pp up 8 people
$ 10 pp (8 + people)

Picnic for 4 hour canoeing
$ 15 per person

Canoeing
Lodge to Pipiriki

Section 2
$50 Adult
$30 Under 15
per person
  • Self Guided can be added to any overnight stay
  • 21km - 4 hours paddling

Optional Extras

Over night gear transfer from Raetihi Holiday Park up to Lodge

$ 15pp up 8 people
$ 10 pp (8 + people)

Picnic for 4 hour canoeing
$ 15 per person

Here are some Overnight Biking Package Examples
Or you can create your own...

Butt Buster The Works

$335 per Adult
$285 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

As recommended by the Kennet Brothers Leave you vehicle at the Raetihi Holiday Park enjoy your day riding the Mangapurua Track. Your overnight bag will be transfer from Raetihi to BTN Lodge. Jet boat pick up at the Mangapurua Landing and transfer down to Lodge Bridge to Nowhere Lodge accommodation including dinner and breakfast ( twin share) Jet boat transfer from Lodge to Pipiriki Shuttle bus from Pipiriki back to your vehicle in Raetihi 75km ride
2 Days

Mountain to Sea Backpacker and Canoe

$245 per Adult
$210 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

Meet us at the Mangapurua Landing for the jet boat transfer to BTN Lodge Enjoy a hot shower and make yourself at home at the Lodge bring own food and bedding Next morning canoe/kayak the 30 km - 4 hours to Pipiriki Your bike and gear will come down in the jet boat. Once back in Pipiriki carry on to your next destination. 75km + ride
2 Days

The Rambler Great Outdoors & Canoe

$265 per Adult
$240 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

Leave you vehicle safely parked at the Raetihi Holiday Park for the night. Catch the shuttle van down the Ruatiti to the start of track. Have fun riding the track. Meet us at the Mangapurua Landing and enjoy your 20 minute jet boat ride to BTN campground Collect your overnight gear and set up camp. Cook your meal in the Great Outdoors Next morning give us your gear and along with your bike we will take them to Pipiriki by jet boat. You can paddle the 21km to Pipiriki. You then meet the shuttle van and back to your vehicle in Raetihi. 35km ride
2 Days

Here are our "Stay and Play" Package options

Stay & Play
The Works

$455 per Adult
$250 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

Starting from Pipiriki jet boat 30 km up the Whanganui River. Enjoy a peaceful 40 minute walk through the native bush arriving at the world famous Bridge to Nowhere. Bring your own picnic lunch - we'll supply the tea and coffee. After lunch, lie back and listen to the sounds of the bush, the birds, and see nature at its finest. Your guide will share stories of the river and of years gone by. Return to the river and board your canoe for an 1 hour and half (approx) journey to the Bridge to Nowhere Lodge and Camp-ground. Spend the night at the lodge and enjoy a buffet meal, cosy bed and bush breakfast the next day. Return to Pipiriki in your canoe, a 4 hour journey.
2 Days

Stay & Play Back to Nature

$295 per Adult
$150 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

The activities are exactly the same as above, the difference is the accommodation in this package is at our campground on the banks of the Whanganui RIver. You will sleep in one of our newly built cabins with luxurious new mattresses.
2 Days

Stay & Play
Backpacker

$350 per Adult
$205 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

This option has exactly the same activities as "The Works", the difference is, the accommodation in this package is in our bunk rooms and you'll have to bring and cook your own food. We will still make sure you are looked after just as well as any of the others staying at the lodge!
2 Days

Stay & Play The Great Outdoors

$280 per Adult
$135 per Child

(Children 15 and Under)

The activities are exactly the same as above, the difference is the accommodation in this package is at our campground on the banks of the Whanganui River.
2 Days