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Self-Guided River Sledding Adventure
Highlights
- Float down the scenic Upper Yarra River, enjoying a mix of relaxing and active paddling sections.
- Navigate natural obstacles like rocks and logs, enhancing your problem-solving skills in a real river environment.
- Experience the thrill of self-guided adventure with purpose-built river sleds designed for easy manoeuvrability.
- Start and finish at Warburton Football Oval, ensuring a convenient and accessible adventure for families and friends.
Enjoy floating down the Upper Yarra River on a river sled in this outdoor, nature-based adventure. This two-hour journey follows a scenic three kilometre stretch of river, winding through bends and small rapids. You’ll experience a mix of relaxing floats and more active sections that require paddling, manoeuvring, and problem-solving.
Your adventure starts and finishes at the Warburton Football Oval. After a safety briefing and demonstration, they’ll shuttle you upstream, giving you 1.5 to 2 hours to travel back at your own pace. The team will meet you at the end of your experience, back where you started, to collect your sled and any hire equipment.
The purpose-built river sleds are two meters long, made from high-grade materials, and designed for low-lying rivers. They’re durable, easy to manoeuvre with hand paddling, and suitable for adults and children aged eight and above.
You’ll encounter natural obstacles such as rocks, branches, and fallen logs, which may require paddling actively or briefly standing to navigate. This is a real river, not a theme park. Confident swimming is essential. Personal flotation device hire and guided options are available and recommended for less experienced participants.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.
Operation information
Warburton Adventure Company
Since 2021, the Warburton Adventure Company has been sharing the hidden trails, wild corners and breathtaking landscapes of the Yarra Valley they proudly call home.
As local adventure guides, they deliver unforgettable outdoor experiences backed by genuine local knowledge, a strong safety focus, and a passion for quality tourism.
Choose from half-day, full-day, or multi-day adventures including caving, abseiling, mountain biking, river tubing and sledding, guided walks, and more. Bike hire and retail are also available from their headquarters on Warburton’s main street.
Join a scheduled group tour or book a private, tailored experience; ideal for families, corporate groups, and schools.
Warburton Adventure Company is a fully insured and licensed Parks Victoria tour operator, a Sustainable Tourism–Quality Tourism Accredited Business, a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association, and an Affiliate Member of Outdoors Victoria.
Experience the Yarra Valley at its best with a trusted local guide.
Accreditations
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
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Tour Guiding Association