Activities holidays

Like all adventure sports, whitewater rafting when it is good, is heart-stoppingly, adrenaline-pumpingly, life-enhancingly good. And as with most things, you need to learn various techniques before the currents, waves and rapids catch up with you. And yet, paddlers seek out big water not only for the adventure and the scenery, but also to learn to trust their instincts. And above all, honour the power of the river. It’s not a sport for the fainthearted – more for those who love a little excruciating pain, the worst wet discomfort you can have outside a labour ward and the tumbling, lurching and somersaulting that the clothes get in a washing machine.