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Adventure Time: The Best Places for White Water Rafting

July 23, 2015 by Single Man Travel

best places for white water rafting

Adren­a­line rush lovers will under­stand the thrill of row­ing over cur­rents of tur­bu­lent water as you enjoy breath-tak­ing scener­ies. White water raft­ing is by far an adren­a­line pump­ing sport that not only leaves you with a high ener­gy buzz, but also makes for an excit­ing way to immerse your­self deeply in the beau­ty of what the world has to offer.

Here’s a list of 8 of the best places for white water raft­ing in the world. Enjoy the wet and wild ride!

     1. Zambezi River, Zimbabwe

Vic­to­ria Falls is one of the world’s most scenic tourist spot in the world. There is no bet­ter way to enjoy the falls than by raft­ing through the Zam­bezi Riv­er. Here you will expe­ri­ence heart pump­ing drops and gigan­tic swells as you raft through the riv­er. You will also get to see hip­pos and croc­o­diles up close. You can do white raft­ing at Zam­bezi riv­er all year round but Feb­ru­ary through August is the best time when the water is low­er.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class IV

best places for white water raftingSource: lovean­toinette

     2. Pacuare River, Costa Rica

Pacuare Riv­er flows through the dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed Cabecar Indi­an Reser­va­tion rain­for­est. It is a tru­ly spec­tac­u­lar jun­gle that you will get lost in as you enjoy white water raft­ing. You will love the water­falls flow­ing through for­est gorges. You can take a raft­ing trip to Pacuare any time of the year from San Jose, the Car­ribean Coast and the Are­nal Vol­cano.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class III and IV

best places for white water raftingSource: Tip­sCostaR­i­ca

     3. Futaleufú River, Chile

This is prob­a­bly one of the places that you should put in your ‘must raft in’ list. Futaleu­fu means “Big Riv­er” or “Grand Waters.” The Futaleu­fu is a large vol­ume riv­er, with long rapids are long, aqua blue water, alpine set­ting, and com­bi­na­tion of large waves and boul­ders. You will absolute­ly love drop­ping from the glac­i­er-fed lakes.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: varies from begin­ner Class III to advanced Class V

best places for white water raftingSource: Aqua Motion

     4. Tuolumne River, California, U.S.A.

The Tuolumne Riv­er orig­i­nates from Yosemite Nation­al Park and has about 27 miles of raft­ing area you can raft on. The riv­er has a scenery char­ac­terised by rugged, steep, stun­ning Sier­ra foothills with oak, maple, and pine that will make your trip worth your while.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class IV and V

best places for white water raftingSource: Rafting.com

     5. Salmon River Middle Fork, Idaho

Salmon Riv­er in Ida­ho is a favourite white water spot due the river’s con­sis­ten­cy. The entire riv­er is con­tin­u­ous inter­rupt­ed only by a boul­ders, which are quite uncom­mon due to the river’s unique geol­o­gy of flow­ing due north. Rafters will enjoy pad­dling their way through the spruce for­est and rugged land­scape and might even see moose and bears along the riv­er shore.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class III and IV

best places for white water raftingSource: Row Adven­tures

     6. North Johnstone River, Australia

The North John­stone Riv­er is one of the most chal­leng­ing white raft­ing spots in the world. Rafter will pad­dle through vol­canic gorges and the ancient rain forests of the Palmer­ston Nation­al Park. The best time to take a raft­ing trip to this spot is from April through June and each raft­ing trip will take between 4 to 6 days.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class IV and V

best places for white water raftingSource: RNR Raft

     7.White Nile, Uganda

Here is anoth­er African spot that is won­der­ful for white water raft­ing. The riv­er ris­es from Lake Vic­to­ria. The riv­er has mild waters as well as rag­ing rapids that will def­i­nite­ly flip you and plunge you over water­falls leav­ing your heart throb­bing! Even though the riv­er is ranked as a Class IV and V there are some nice areas where begin­ners can have a go eas­i­ly while hav­ing a ball.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class IV and V

best places for white water raftingSource: Glob­a­lu­mi­nary

8. Magpie River, Canada

To get to the Mag­pie Riv­er in the east­ern Que­bec province you will have to take a float plane. The riv­er begins calm­ly and con­tin­ues to grow in dif­fi­cul­ty as you con­tin­ue mov­ing down­stream as you approach the spec­tac­u­lar Mag­pie Falls.

Dif­fi­cul­ty: Class V

best places for white water raftingSource: Earth Riv­er

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