3-Day Raft Granite Canyon on the Apurimac
Raft one of the top ten rivers in the world
Fun and challenging Peru rafting
Experience Peru adventure at its best with the ultimate three-day Apurimac rafting trip. If your idea of a holiday is an adventure with a capital A, then rafting the Apurimac is a must. Get the adrenaline pumping and remember what it is to feel alive and live in the moment on this action-packed, adventure. As featured on Bruce Parry’s “Amazon series”.
Highlights
- Raft world-class grade IV rapids
- Spot rarely seen wildlife such as condors and otters
- Camp on remote sandy beaches
- Click here to see more options for Rafting in Cusco and Peru
- Read our guide to White Water Rafting in Cusco and Peru
- The season for this section of the river is May to November due to water levels in the canyon. If you wish to travel outside of these dates, please contact us and we will do our best to accomodate you.
Apurimac Rafting- Granite Canyon :
This morning you will take a spectacular journey to the river. The climb to a 4000-meter pass gives you spectacular views of the Vilcanota mountain range. Then you begin the stunning descent to the Apurimac canyon and the small community of Huallpachaca. Here your expert guides will inflate your rafts and load them up with provisions for the journey ahead. Following a full safety talk and instruction in the art of white water rafting, you cast off from the bank into the waters of the mighty Apurimac. The grade II and III rapids this morning are excellent training.
Soon the canyon deepens and the rapids increase. You work together with your guide and other rafters to steer a safe course through the huge boulders that line this river. The Apurimac was a sacred river to the Incas and thought to be a source of great wisdom. 500 years later it is still a river to be treated with the utmost respect.
As the sun sets behind the canyon walls, you pull up at a remote beach to camp for the night.
Included: all white-water & safety equipment, Swift Water Rescue trained English-speaking guide, lunch, dinner, transport, camping equipment (except sleeping bag), wetsuit, helmet, boots, buoyancy aid, splash jacket.
Today the fun really picks up. After a delicious breakfast on the beach, you pack everything away and load it into your boats once more. You work together with your guide and other rafters to steer a safe course through the huge boulders that line this river. Rapids such as Tres Marias and The Gates of Purgatory will really test your teamwork. There are even a few portages when the only way down is to get out and walk around a particularly fierce rapid. The Apurimac was a sacred river to the Incas and thought to be a source of great wisdom. 500 years later it is still a river to be treated with the utmost respect.
Finally, exhausted and exhilarated, you will pull up onto another pristine sandy beach for a night full of stars. If you are lucky you may see Andean foxes or river otters.
Included: all white-water & safety equipment, Swift Water Rescue trained English-speaking guide, lunch, dinner, transport, camping equipment (except sleeping bag), wetsuit, helmet, boots, buoyancy aid, splash jacket.
Apurimac Rafting- Granite Canyon :
After a delicious breakfast, we kit up for a final day on the mighty Apurimac River. By now you will be experts and rapids such as Wake up, Babalua and Last Laugh that would once have seemed daunting are now just pure adrenaline pulsing fun. Finally, you reach a break in the canyon walls, enjoy a final lunch at the take out and from here you take the beautiful drive past the Salkantay mountain range back to your hotel for the night.
Included: all white-water & safety equipment, Swift Water Rescue trained English-speaking guide, lunch, dinner, transport, camping equipment (except sleeping bag), wetsuit, helmet, boots, buoyancy aid, splash jacket.
In order to fully enjoy your trip it is very important that you choose the right trip for you and fully understand what it involves.
There are risks inherent in travelling in Peru, as indeed there are in most of the activities that we provide. Many of the activities we offer also involve a significant level of effort on your part. After all, it is called Adventure Travel for a reason.
It is really important that you read both the trip notes above and the Risk and Safety Section on our website, to enable you to choose the best trip for you. Once you have read them both, please make sure you ask if there is anything you do not understand. We classify this trip as:
- Paddlesport ‘Advanced’… Remote, committing, arduous (at times), adventurous… Describes all of our ‘Advanced’ trips. Add to this the adrenalin rush of the white water! You need no experience, just some serious water confidence (and reasonable swimming ability given the environment), reasonable mobility (to help us get you back in the boat/move down very rough river banks) and a big slice of spirit! If you need to know more, please get in touch.
