Environmental

Wanaka River Journey's Environmental stance is represented in our company name, presentation of our product, branding and the passion of our staff. We wear our Qualmark Enviro Silver award with pride on our craft and in our marketing.

Ours is a Journey and it is on this Journey that our clients are introduced to the Mount Aspiring National Park and Maori beliefs about the mountains and the waterways that flow from them.

Our clients learn of all of these aspects while enjoying our totally unique wilderness experience which incorporates Mount Aspiring, hanging glaciers, cultural and environmental information, and the exhilaration of a jet boat ride and the peace of a wilderness Walk.

We are guardians of the Matukituki Valley. We see daily changes in the environment; we monitor river, bird and human activity in the valley and will take action when needed.

We work closely with the other guardians; D.O.C, the Valley’s farmers, other tourism operators and climbers. It is our expertise and depth of knowledge of the Valley’s environment that is called upon in many instances from river safety to river rescue, from fish, eel, birdlife and flood information to stoat trapping programs.

The most important part of our Journey and one we pride ourselves on is sharing our knowledge of this impressive and yet fragile environment with our visitors so they can return home with an awareness of the importance of balance between the land and its people.

Mõ te Tangata mõ te whenua

It’s about the people, it’s about the place

Qualmark is New Zealand tourism's official mark of quality which licenses professional and trustworthy New Zealand tourism businesses

Wanaka River Journeys is Qualmark endorsed and is endorsed Qualmark- Enviro Silver. Our company also complies with the New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority Industry standard for jet boating operations.

So what all this means is that our company has comprehensive policies and procedures in place that govern our daily operations including safe operating procedures and environmental policies, as well as this our staff, boats and vehicles comply to a high standard of efficiency, safety, presentation and training.