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”.
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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.
The Apurimac River, once revered by the Incas, offers a thrilling rafting experience through one of Peru’s deepest canyons. The first day combines steady warm-up rapids with a gradual build-up to more powerful currents, setting the tone for an authentic wilderness river expedition.
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.
Today’s rapids demand precise teamwork, creating an intense sense of camaraderie and accomplishment among rafters. The Apurimac’s powerful waters and dramatic canyon scenery make this a truly world-class whitewater adventure.
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.
The final day of this Apurimac adventure lets you appreciate how much your skills and confidence have grown, turning intimidating rapids into pure fun. The canyon’s dramatic exit and the return drive framed by Salkantay’s snow-capped peaks are a spectacular farewell.
Watersports kitlist
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