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Jan 20, 2015 - 1 min read

Kaeru-Iwa Rapids on the Seta River

Anyone for white water rafting?

By Cathy Cawood

Community writer

Beautiful Seta River

Does this rock look like a frog to you?

Lone kayaker in a tiny kayak

He was paddling in circles

It looks like this water could give a fairly exciting ride

Some kind of course was marked out by ropes hanging over the river

Fantastically shaped rocks. Maybe it is limestone?

Poster of a company offering rafting adventures

Some funky clay figurines for sale in a car park

For much of its journey the Seta River flows smoothly along, but at a place called Kaeru-Iwa (which means Frog Rock) tumbled rocks disrupt the calm surface, tossing the water flow into a bumpy stretch of white water. A poster advertises rafting adventures, and sometimes there are small kayaks paddling in swooping circles, enjoying what my more knowledgeable friend tells me is called 'pot-holing'. I never heard of it before, but it looks like fun.

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Cathy Cawood

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Iain Stanley

Iain Stanley 10 years ago

I imagine it would be too cold now haha!!

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