At Ultimate Descents New Zealand, our staff are like our family, it's for this reason we choose to surround ourselves with people that are both enjoyable to spend time with and also extremely experienced at what they do. Multi-talented is a good way of describing the team. All our river guides are highly trained and qualified at what they do, often training new and up coming guides from all around the globe.

When our quiet season comes around you'll find most of our guides head off overseas to further themselves or pass on their knowledge with other white water operations around the world.( Japan, Austria, South America, Australia, Iceland and Switzerland.) With an excellent safety record that is hard to beat, rest assured you'll not find a more professional, experienced or passionate team than the crew at Ultimate Descents New Zealand.

Staff

‘Fun loving professionals‘ is the term we came up with to best describe UDNZ staff members.

Their skill, dedication and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of our operation and the reasons why so many of our clients return.

	Tim Marshall
	Tim has not left the Buller region since he arrived back in 1998, being in love with the area so much he decided to take over the company in 2002 and hasn't looked back. Not only involved with the daily running of UDNZ, his broad skills base crosses all levels from upper management, training, river guiding to driving the bus, these always see Tim with something to do. email: tim@rivers.co.nz

	Lisa
	Lisa started training up as a raft guide with Ultimate Descents many moons ago. She chose to return to the team and to The Buller. When Lisa is not working for us you find her teaching what she knows best - rafting and river rescue. In our off season you will find her rafting on The Fraser River, Canada.

	Regan
	Regan, born and bred in Murchison is keen to share his local knowledge of the region. Our youngest guide has the enthusiasm and sense of fun you would expect but is also proving to be a top guide. This season saw him get his grade five ticket on The Karamea, one of the West Coast's finest helicopter whitewater rafting runs.

	Si
	Si, as you can see from his smile, loves the rivers. He splits his time between Canada and New Zealand. Guiding most days, his days off he will head for the river to go whitewater sledging or kayaking. Like the rest of the team, he's a true Kiwi at heart, returning home each year to run The Buller and our other West Coast rivers.

	Kowhai
	The newest addition to the team. It didn't take long for him to put his lifejacket on and join us for some fun.

 

Our staff-training program ensures that everyone really knows stuff and also gives our trainee guides the opportunity to learn from the more experienced staff members. All our river guides hold NZRA (NZ Rafting Association) Raft Guiding Awards and are trained in first aid and river rescue.

With just the right blend of youth and experience you‘ll find the UDNZ team informative, interesting, easy to relate to and loads of fun!