Those Aratiatia rapids from yesterday were way too good to only visit once, but this time we added one more ingredient: speed. There have been ample opportunities for jetboat riding, however this one is special as it’s the only jetboat that goes over rapids, along with going airborne and sinking a few boats in the rapids over the years. Small mercy is that we don’t go over the rapids we were looking at yesterday, and instead head downstream. Twisting, spinning and coming within a knats whiskers of things sticking out of the river, we hurtled down to some other rapids. The river was five times higher than normal, which meant lots of water churning, and waves to ride as we went up and down, getting airbourne and soaked quite a few times. So, putting an 8 litre Chevvy engine in the back of a small speed boat makes for just about the best mode of transport, ever.