Water Rafting
Category: Sports and Adventure
Rafting or whitewater rafting is an extreme outdoor sport using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. Preferred by individuals who want to have a wonderful break between hurried days and by groups who want to have a fun and dynamic outdoor team activity, White Water Rafting is continuously becoming popular these days.
Benefits
- Nature adventure: White Water Rafting is for people who love the great outdoors.
- Great workout: This activity entails physical challenges. With the task of tackling Rapids on a roaring river, White Water Rafting gives a full body workout.
- Adrenaline rush: Adrenaline will surely fill your senses as you battle with wild waters.
- Stress reliever: Many individuals do White Water Rafting to break the monotony of their lifestyle. This is an invigorating way to ease stress.
- Team activity: Families, friends, and colleagues opt this activity to draw them closer together through joint effort and team fun.
Requirements
Persons suffering from a weak heart, epilepsy, diabetes, or any other serious ailments or expecting mothers are not permitted on the rapids. The lower age limit for white-water rafting is 14 years on all sections expect the float trips where it is relaxed to 10 years. Non-swimmers may be restricted to certain sections of the river on the advice of the river guide.
Levels
Grade 1: Very small rough areas, might require slight maneuvering. (Skill Level: Very Basic)
Grade 2: Some rough water, maybe some rocks, might require some maneuvering.(Skill Level: Basic Paddling Skill)
Grade 3: Whitewater, small waves, maybe a small drop, but no considerable danger. May require significant maneuvering.(Skill Level: Experienced paddling skills)
Grade 4: Whitewater, medium waves, maybe rocks, maybe a considerable drop, sharp maneuvers may be needed. (Skill Level: Whitewater Experience)
Grade 5: Whitewater, large waves, possibility of large rocks and hazards, possibility of a large drop, requires precise maneuvering (Skill Level: Advanced Whitewater Experience)
Grade 6: Class 6 rapids are considered to be so dangerous as to be effectively unnavigable on a reliably safe basis.
Where
India being home to various mountain rivers is a perfect place for rafting. Some of the rivers where rafting is possible in India are Tons in western Uttranchal , Ganges in Rishikesh, Indus in Leh, Tista in Sikkim, Beas in Kullu and Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh.
TaaraGo providers for this activity are based in: Pune,Bangalore, Chennai,Delhi, Hyderabad,Kolkata and Mumbai.