Exciting and a premium choice for a couple of hours in the city to only 20 minutes drive from Arequipa’s downtown.
We run a six kilometers section with rapids up to grade IV that takes around one hour fifteen minutes to one and a half hour in the river. All of this in our beautiful Chilina Valley for a total of around three hours tour.
SCHEDULES: (08:00 am. // 11:00 am. // 02:00 pm.)
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YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU:
DETAILED INFORMATION
PICK UP TIME:
We pick you up from the tour company office or your accommodation. This could be ten minutes before or after the schedule time chose for you.
TRANSPORTATION:
We only use private transportation, so feel free to bring a camera if you want to take some pictures during the rafting trip if it is a waterproof camera. During the trip our driver will take care of your stuff in our van.
THE RIVER EQUIPMENT:
We have a stock of over 50 neoprene 2.5mm wetsuits in excellent condition from size XS to XXXL and over 50 pairs of neoprene rivershoes from size 4 to 13 (US) or 35 to 47 (EU) that assures you getting dry gear.
Also important is to know that all our equipment is made by the N.R.S. company, worldwide recognized for the top quality of their products.
We use NRS expedition 12 feet rafts with a capacity of six persons including the guide which is perfect for this technical river.
PROFESSIONAL RAFTING GUIDE AND KAYAKER:
We have a very experienced team of guides with an average of ten years guiding and / or kayaking that has guide also in other countries like Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Italy and Japan.
All our staff of guides and kayakers has also complete a swift water rescue technician course and wilderness first aid response course which are international certification required for rafting guiding up to grade V.
THE RIVER SECTION:
We run rapids up to grade IV, it is most of the time a continuous and fun section grade II and III, doing it an intermediate level of difficulty considering the international classification that goes up to grade V.
We also have a section of two rapids grade IV that are very fun and that we run 45 minutes into the trip which allows you to get plenty of practice before. Besides, we can stop and avoid this rapids if necessary with a 200 meters walk in case you are doing the trip with kids or for passengers that decided they had already enough fun.
PHOTOGRAFHY SERVICE:
There is always a photographer with the staff of guides that will offer you all the photos of your rafting trip burned in a cd for an additional price of around 13 soles per person. This CD is ready before you come back to the city.
