Nature & Adventure Tours: Rafting in the Urubamba River 2D/1N
Enjoy this exciting Rafting trip in the Urubamba Valley, where we will run different rapids with different levels.
ITINERARY:
Meeting with the guide the night before the departure.
Day 1: Cusco - Sacred Valley of the Incas
Take up our passengers at 9 am. Departure from Cusco to Ollantaytambo (North of Cusco city), there the guide will give us a safety talk, as well as the necessary equipment for our rafting trip. We will start our ride, running class III rapids, Campsite in the afternoon.
Day 2: Sacred Valley of the Incas - Cusco
Alter breakfast, we will move to the high part of the Valle. There we will run class IV rapids, Lunch and in the afternoon return to Cusco city
Note: Depending on the season, we can change place the Upper part of the Valley(Rain Season-Quiquijana), or the lower part of the valley(Dry Season-Ollantaytambo).
The Rapids in the river are classified into the following levels:
Class I: Really easy, without any risk , just the stream takes us down. Class II: Stream with some waves and small rocks. Class III: Stream, Rocks, holes, waves (enjoyable) ClassIV: Stream, Rocks, waves, holes with more gradient or more volume of water, with a little bit of risk. Here it's necessary to have a safety kayak with the group Class V: Stronger and more enjoyable than the class IV with an element of risk, maximum Commercial Rafting level, for those kind of rapids is also necessary to have a safety kayak with the group. Class VI: Extremely dangerous , no possible to run!
Included:
Professional English speaking guides, paramedics qualified for class V rafting
