Rafting in White wild River – Cusco Peru
Definitely one of the most important River Rafting Tour in Peru and in South America, is the Apurimac, this is a great combination from nature, adventure, adrenaline and safe fun.
If you are a white water rafting lover, this is the best option. The Apurimac River is located in Peru, between 2 regions: Cusco and Apurimac, the name of this river means: “The God talker”, is one of the best 10 rivers in the world to do White Water Rafting, this river has perfect conditions to do this nice adventure sport: Landscapes, pristine place, great weather all the year, clean and clear water, sandy beaches. The Eric Adventures crew, will take special care of you when you’ll do this amazing Rafting Peru Tour, accompanied by our professional guides and using the top of the line equipment and taking care of the environment.
ITINERARY
Briefing in Cusco, the night before the tour in your hotel at 7:30pm, our river rafting guide will go to your hotel to meet you and explain you all your trip details.
Day 1: CUSCO – APURIMAC RIVER
At 8:00 Am we’ll travel by our bus for 5 hours to the Apurimac Canyon (Huallpachaca Bridge 2000 masl South East of Cusco), to arrive there, we’ve to cross the Highlands. Once in the shore’s river, we’ll have lunch, after it, our guides will give you the safety instructions about the Apurimac River Rafting trip, this will be followed by a demonstration of the equipment, the, we’ll get dress with the rafting equipment and we’ll also put our personal belongings in special dry bags(water proof bags)…, after that, we’ll give you a basic Rescue Course, with this, you’ll be ready for this white water river rafting tour. Then, we’ll raft for 1 hour in Class II and III rapids. After that we’ll arrive to the first campsite, there, will set up the Tents have lunch, then our guides around the campfire will talk with you, in order to explain you the next day plans, campsite.
Day 2: APURIMAC RIVER
After breakfast we’ll pack up the camp, and put our entire luggage back in to the dry bags and the rafts, then we’ll begin our rafting trip down the Apurimac, running Class III and IV rapids, stopping only for lunch.
Is important to know that there are some Class VI rapids(that we don’t run), so, we’ll walk them(Those rapids are known as the portages), in the afternoon we’ll arrive to our campsite, we’ll do some river rafting campsite games before lunch, then we’ll be around the nice camp fire talking about the past journey and planning the next journey. Campsite.
Day 3: APURIMAC RIVER – CUSCO
After a breakfast We will start our journey to the Apurimac river down some Class III, IV and V rapids, this day we’ll pass the famous rapids of: Labyrinth, Toothache, You First, Babalua and Last Laugh. After 5 hours we will end the Apurimac River Rafting Tour close the Kunyac bridge, where our bus will be waiting for us, there we’ll have lunch and then we will return to Cusco, arriving to Cusco around 5:00 PM., end of our services.
Rapids Classification:
Class I | Flat water, lakes, flat river places |
Class II | Small Rapids with small rocks |
Class III | Rapids, Waves, Rocks, amazing to do rafting |
Class IV | Strong Rapids, Waves, really fun |
Class V | The hardest level that a person can run, really dangerous |
Class VI | Not for run!, avoid! |
* Always use your safety equipment
INCLUDED
- Professional English speaking guides, qualified for Class V rafting
- Full Rafting equipment (helmet, life jacket, raincoat, paddle, wetsuit, Self Bailer Boats)
- All meals during the trip(vegetarian option is available)
- Double occupancy Tents: In our shared services, our clients will share a double accommodation tent (2 people in 1 tent), if a client wishes to occupy a single accommodation tent (1 person in 1 tent), they must make an additional payment for said concept.
- Dry bags – Special Waterproof bags (for personal belongings)
- Safety Kayak or Cargo Boat
- Private round trip transportation
- Complete First Aid Kit
Season
- Mid April to Mid December
- Fix Departures in Shared Group/Private Groups are Available(with previous coordination with us)
- Sundays and Wednesdays
WE RECOMMENDED TO BRING
- Bathing suit and light clothes
- Towel
- Sandals like Teva or tennis shoes(you’ll use them on the raft)
- Short pants
- Four pairs of socks(to use them on the raft, to avoid the mosquito bites)
- Warm clothes for the night (fleece, long pants)
- Sleeping bag, mattress, flashlight
- Personal water bottle and snack
- Hat, sun block, mosquito repellent, toilet paper
- Take your things in a plastic disposable bag
Others you’ve to know
- The pick up time in the morning with our bus is an approximatelly time(according traffic, and group size)
- Compulsory to be able to Swim
- Level of the river can change according the season
- We reserve the right to change the itinerary according our clients’ safety
- The Video and Pictures service is an optional service that gives sometimes a photographer kayaker from our crew, normally after your tour, you’ll be able to buy it (the CD), please just pay it once you’ll have this product with you, after each trip we delete pictures and videos, so, we can’t guarantee the existence of videos and pictures for long period of time
- Children are required to go with her/his parents(minimum 16 years old)
- If you have special needs, please let us know in advance
NOTES:
- In our shared services, we will pick-up our clients from your hotel as long as it is located in the downtown.
- In our shared services, at the end of the tour, we leave our clients in a place close to the Main Square, because is easier go walking instead the car for the traffic jam. If your hotel is far from the downtown, take some cash with you in order to take a taxi.
- Pick-up and drop off times are referential, this will depend on the traffic that can be found in the streets or delay of the other clients, our assistant will be on time but sometimes the transport could delay a few minutes.
PRICES
Prices in US American Dollas per person
* Remember that we also can help you with all your travel organization in Cusco, in Peru or in South America, If you want, send us your planned itinerary, we’ve the best rates in hotels, transfers, flights, etc…, don’t hesitate to send us all your requirements, we’ll be glad to help you organizing your holidays!!!