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Peru River Rafting Tours

Our operator works with the best quality Peruvian guides with international experience, who are members of the River Guides Association of Cusco:
They focus first on safety and second on safety just to avoid any accident in the river. Also we use the ratio of 1 guide for 2 clients at least in order to protect their integrity. For ten people (clients) we use: Two rafts for clients (paddle boat or tale frame) One cargo boat (camping gear) Two safety kayaks (one kayak for each client boat).

They have an operation plan and it includes what to do in case of an accident.
A. Self rescue. Our team of guides takes all the equipment to be self supported and rescue clients or a raft in trouble (professional rescue gear and equipment like poles, binners, ropes, prusiks, etc). Also the crew has a professional first aid kit. If is necessary the evacuation it could be by raft (not serious injury).
B. For serious accidents on the river our Staff of guides has a portable Satallite phone, if is necessary we send another rescue team by raft or a helicopter rescue if is necessary.(Client insurance must cover it).

They are an official company and tour operator registered under the Peruvian Ministry of Tourism and are members of APTAE, Peruvian Association of Adventure Travel and Ecotourism. In USA, they are members of American Outdoors. Also, they run all the rafting expeditions for Mountain Travel Sobek, including the Apurimac river.

EXPEDITION TO APURIMAC RIVER

From a glistening snowfield at 17,000 feet high in the Andes of southern Peru the Apurímac begins a remarkable 4,000-mile journey to the distant Atlantic Ocean. From 13,000 feet, the descent of the Apurímac is one of the most dramatic of any river in the world. Thundering through the high peaks of the Vilacabamba, the Apurímac River surges through steep, tapering canyons as it pounds toward the jungle floor. Numerous rocks constantly tumble through the bottom of the canyon produce a great roar, providing the river with its Quechua name: Apu-rimac, meaning "the Powerful one that speaks".
High in the Andes of southern Peru, the Apurímac River flows north for 428 miles before uniting with the Urubamba River to form the Ucayali River. This is the source of the powerful Amazon River. The Apurímac canyon is one of the deepest depressions of this American continent. With such a rapid change of altitude there are a variety of climates in this rugged area. From warm and humid tropical weather in the depths of the jungle floor, to a cool and temperate weather pattern in the high Andean plateaus. Our whitewater wilderness trip provides memorable encounters with the indigenous people of the deep, turbulent gorges of the Apurímac region. The breathtaking beauty of the land, and its charming people help to bring this unique adventure to life.

We start our trip from Cusco 3400 mts. driving for 5 hours across the Andes down to the Apurimac river. We put-in at 2,000 mts. it will take us about two hours to prepare all the equipment using only state of the 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 impassable rapid where we have to do a portage for about 300 mts. 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, bobcats, foxes, condors, torrent ducks, cormorants, etc.

SEASON : From June to November.
GRADING : Moderate. Class IV and V. Experience suggested in rafting.

DAY 01 CUSCO - PUENTE HUALPACHACA - APURIMAC RIVER - From Cusco 3,400 mts. altitude we drive 5 hours trough the Andes to the put-in at Huallpachaca bridge (2000 mts.). It will take us about two hours to prepare all the equipment. We will receive our equipment, safety talk and instructions. Rafting in the evening (2 hours) for our first camp, not far from first class VI rapid (portage). Technical instructions rapids class III and IV. (L,D)

DAY 02 "SPACE ODDISEY" AND "PURGATORY" RAPIDS. - After a healthy breakfast we will walk around the campsite to admire the vegetation like bromeliads and orchids. Start rafting in a technical rapid called "Space Odissey" and many class IV+ rapids. At lunch time we will run "Purgatory rapid" a class V rapid before the second and short portage. After lunch we will run class III rapids in an amazing white water granite canyon. Camp and we well have dinner and sleep on a sandy beach under the night sky. (B,L,D)

DAY 03 "S", "LABYRINTH" AND "TOOTH ACHE" RAPIDS - Today rafting starts early. We will run quite a few class IV and IV+ rapids. We may see river otters, some deer, foxes, torrents ducks and tropical andean birds. Will have lunch at a sand beach. In the afternoon we will run "Labyrinth" class V rapid and "Tooth Ache" class V+ rapid. Several scoutings will be needed before running them. At noon we will set camp. (B,L,D)

DAY 04 "TOOTH ACHE" RAPID - PUENTE CUNYAC - CUSCO - After breakfast we will run class V rapids like "Rock Gate" and "Babalua Carajo" plus some class IV and III rapids. Lunch in the take-out. Drive in private bus to Cusco. Transfer to the hotel. (B,L). End of Our Service.

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