RAFTING ON THE APURIMAC RIVER - 3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS

This exciting whitewater rafting expedition is rated among the best of world class rivers. We start our trip from Cusco (3,400 m.a.s.l.), driving for 4 hours across the Andes down to the Apurimac River ( in Quechua language means “Speakers of the Gods “). This river is also the most direct source of the Amazon making it the longest river in the world. We put-in at 2,000 metres. It will take us about two hours to prepare all the equipment using only state of art self bailing rafts and catarafts.

We’ll have lunch and raft down to our first camp. All the meals are prepared by our staff on a campfire under the night sky of the Southern Hemisphere.

At one point we arrive to a narrow canyon with an impossible rapid where we have to do a portage for about 300 metres. Most of the time we will be rafting class III+ and IV rapids, but we also have a few class IV+ and V rapids, among the wildlife; in this remote and isolated canyon we could find river otters, bob cats, foxes, torrent ducks, cormorants, etc.

ITINERARY

Day 1

We meet at 8,45 in Cusco. From here we drive 4 hours through the Andes to the put-in at Huallpachaca bridge, at 2,000 metres. It will take us about two hours to prepare all the equipment, self-bailing rafts, oars, paddles, coolers, helmets, lifejackets, wet suits, etc. ; you will be given a safety talk and drills into rafting technics. We will put emphasis in training all the participants, in how to get back into the raft, flipping the raft, swimming a rapid, etc.

We will be floating for 2 or 3 hours, doing class II and III rapids. Camp in a narrow gorge with impressive walls. Here the guides will prepare dinner, your responsibility is to help gathering wood for cooking and washing your own dish.

DAY 2

After a healthy breakfast, we start rafting around 9.00 am. Today we will be in the water for about 6 hours, doing mostly class III and IV rapids, stopping for lunch and arriving to the camp around 4.00 pm. Today we’ll have te’ time and dinner and sleep on a sandy beach under the night sky of the Southern Emisphere.

DAY 3

After a good breakfast we are going to be rafting for 4 hours, we run one rapid class V, called BABALUA; we will arrive to the take out where we’ll pack all the equipment and drive back to Cusco, arriving around 5.00 pm

WHAT IS INCLUDED

YOU SHOULD BRING

DAYS WHEN WE START : WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

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