Briefing (night before departure): pre-departure information: description of river canyon, navigation, what to bring, etc.
Itinerary
1st Day:
Morning:
Departure at 8 am. Passengers will be collected from hotel.
Travel time: 2 1/2 hours. The bus journey takes us up to an altitude of 4100 m, we then descend to 2700 m, the altitude of the start of the Apurimac River Expedition. To get to the river there will be a beautiful hike where we will bring all the rafting gear by dunkeys. During the hike we will see small Andean communities. The scenery is amazing!
Lunch:
12h00/12h30 (picnic).
Afternoon:
Safety briefing followed by practice in the river. Only once the passengers have a good working knowledge of the commands and of safety, we will begin to run class II and class III rapids. We arrive at our first campsite at 16h00/17h00.
Organize campsite.
Dinner will be ready between 19h00/19h30.
Briefing after dinner for the following day.
2nd Day:
Morning:
Wake up at
7 am. Breakfast: 07h30.
Enter river at 9h00/9h30.
We have a couple of series of rapids class II, III and IV. After a couple of hours, we'll arrive to a portage where we'll have to walk around it.
Lunch:
13h00/13h30, after which we'll have a short nap.
Afternoon:
We'll run a couple of rapids class III and IV and then we'll arrive to the campsite at 16h00/17h00.
Organize campsite.
Dinner will be ready between 19h00/19h30.
Briefing after dinner for the following day.
3rd Day:
Morning:
Wake up at
7 am. Breakfast 07h30.
Enter the river at 09h30/10h00.
This day we are going to have a lot of flat water. This place is not very commercial, the place looks more like a national park. There will be some class II rapids, but this day will be used as a relaxing day, where the passengers can enjoy the astonshing scenery while floating down the river.
Lunch:
13h00/13h30, after which we'll have a short nap.
Afternoon:
This afternoon we will have time to relax, swim and fish in the river. In the evening we will have some entertainment and rafting games.
Organize campsite.
Dinner will be ready between 19h00/19h30.
Briefing after dinner for the following day.
4th Day:
Morning:
Wake up at
7 am. Breakfast 07h30.
Enter the river at 09h30/10h00.
After a couple of class III rapids, we finally arrive to a class IV rapid (Chute). Thereafter, we have two portages (class VI rapids, non-runnable, hence the need to walk around them). Following that, we enter the Minefield and Purgatory rapids, class III and IV.
Lunch:
13h00/13h30, after which we'll have a short nap.
Afternoon:
We then arrive at the last portage of the day, the Purgatory Portage. After this, we enter the Three Marias 1 rapid. We arrive at our campsite at 16h00/17h00.
Organize campsite.
Dinner will be ready between 19h00/19h30.
Briefing after dinner for the following day.
5th Day:
Morning:
Wake up at
7 am. Breakfast 07h30.
10h00/10h30: Start running the river. We'll continue running the Three Marias 2,(beginning of the season; class V), and No name rapids (all class IV and IV+).
Lunch:
13h00/13h30, after which we'll have a short nap.
Afternoon:
In the afternoon we have three class IV rapids and two large portages. We'll arrive to the campsite at 16h00/17h00.
Organize campsite.
Time to relax.
Dinner will be ready between 19h00/19h30.
Briefing after dinner for the following day.
6th Day:
Morning:
Wake up at
7 am. Breakfast 07h30.
10h00/10h30: start running the river. We'll have a class V rapid to run (Babalua) and then a class IV rapid (Last laugh!)
After this, a series of class III, III+ still to run.
Lunch:
Barbecue: 13h00/14h00, at the
Conoc
Bridge. END OF TRIP.
Travel time back to
Cusco: 2-3 hours.
Arrival
Cusco: 17h00/18h00.
What's included
Meals: 2B, 3L, 2D.
Boat, guide safety kayak, safety boat.
Lifejacket, wet-suit, helmet, paddle-jacket, paddle.
All rafting and camping gear.
What's not Included
Sleeping bag
Inflatable mattress
Torch
Clothing: long trousers, shorts, fleece, t-shirts, bathing costume, sandals.
Personal items
Sun block
Insect repellent.
PRICE PER PERSON
USD 1,000
EUR 632
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This tour can combine with our trekking tours
