River Rafting on the Pacuare

Okay you'll notice that none of these are me as I didn't want to lose my camera if we happened to fall out (which we did- but I loved it ;). But these are pictures from the companies website & so are a really good indicator of what the waves are really like. The Pacuare is one of the top ten White-water Rafting Rivers in the world.



here's a quote from their website (http://www.rforestw.com/)



"The Pacuare needs little introduction. It is hands down the best river trip in the tropics. It has it all, pure water, virgin rainforests, tremendous canyon scenery, diverse bird species, and, 25 Class 3 and 4 rapids that will challenge and thrill beginner rafters and old pros alike. After an hour of fun rapids, we will pull over and take a photo break by a majestic waterfall, thus charging our batteries for the big rapids to come. After meeting the challenge of Double Drop, Upper Huacas and Lower Huacas (all Class 4´s) we´ll take a welcome stop at our mid-canyon camp overlooking Pinball rapid from the comfort of your table."



It was in the pinball rapid that our boat went for a swim, yes the entire boat but our great guide managed to hold down the helm until we all could be rescued by kayakers & White-water rafting emergency procedures. Thankfully we all ended up with only a few scratches. But one of our girls, who is a white-water guide in the States, she got into a extremely dangerous white-water phenomenon called a wall and literally she was held under the water. Praise God, it finally let her loose so she could be rescued by a kayaker.



Having said all that, I LOVED it and think that I just might be hooked. Josiah & I plan to take Noe, Rolias and maybe Cynthia (minus Joel) rafting before I go home in August.



enjoy the photos.....anyone interested???