KENYA
WATER RAFTING SAFARIS
Tana River Rafting
Our premiere one day trip ideal for people with a day or two to
spare when visiting Nairobi, or those basing themselves in the
capital (only 100km’s along the Nyeri Road). This will be an
exciting day of thrills (and often spills) with a great mix of high
action whitewater (up to grade V) interspersed with scenic calm
water where birdlife abounds. Not enough? Why not leap feet first
into a big surfing hole, jump a 30ft waterfall or swim ‘The Devils
Toilet Bowl’ (water level dependant).
A typical day trip starts with you being picked up from either The
Norfolk Hotel or Sarit Centre in Nairobi by 8am. A 1.5hr drive see’s
you arriving at Sagana Camp. Here you can relax with tea/coffee and
biscuits before receiving a comprehensive safety briefing. After
signing a compulsory release and assumption of risk form (place link
to release and assumption of risk form here), we will then drive up
to the put in where you will receive some final practical training
before heading down river. The trip is either 16km (high water
season) or 8km (low water season) and lasts approximately 4hrs. This
varies greatly due to the water levels and we often find ourselves
rafting 8km one day, then 11km the next due to rain upstream. The
trip takes out at Savage Camp, where you can enjoy a solar heated
shower or relax in the pool before enjoying a three course barbeque
lunch. Trips depart Savage Camp no later than 5pm for Nairobi to
ensure you arrive back at your pick up point before dark.
New to our repertoire of Tana trips is the full moon run. This takes
in the whitewater section only and lasts about 3hrs. Please contact
us for more details and dates for full moon run.
Mathioya River Rafting 1-2 Days
The Mathioya is one of the hardest rafting rivers in Kenya with over
450m of descent over its 22km length. This is a narrow, technical
river. It is fairly low volume even during the rainy season but
contains serious, sustained grade IV/V whitewater. Previous
experience is required.
We offer a two day package which includes a day on the Tana then a
second, action packed day on the Mathioya River. The river can only
be run during certain water levels.
The Athi River
Itinerary
If you like multi-day expedition style trips then the Athi is for
you! Flowing through Tsavo National Park, we raft up to 80km’s of
Kenya’s second longest river with three days and three nights on the
river. The river gives an awesome mixture of relaxing calm water
with game viewing (Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, crocodile and hippo have
all been seen from our boats) and abundant birdlife interspersed
with some great whitewater (up to grade IV). The trip usually goes
out fully self supported with our guides providing breakfast (full
cooked or cereals/fruit/toast), lunch (a selection of cold meats and
cheeses with bread/salad and fruit) and dinner (three courses). If a
more luxury trip is your style then vehicle support (at an extra
cost) is available to bring those added necessities.
Day 1: see’s you putting onto the Athi at Kibwezi, a short drive
from the Mombasa road. After our comprehensive safety briefing, you
will set out in the afternoon to raft the short distance to our
first camp, ‘Bushwhacker’s’. Set on a secluded sandbar mid river.
The first night is spent round the campfire listening to the sounds
of Africa and swapping stories with the guides about the days ahead,
L,D.
Day 2: after breakfast and an early start you will soon reach
our first major rapid followed by a few calm sections interspersed
with smaller rapids down to our lunch spot. This is followed by more
rapids and flat open plains where hopefully you will see some of the
animals native to this area. Late afternoon see’s us arrive at our
second camp ‘scorpion’ on the relatively unpopulated left bank of
the river, B,L,D.
Day 3: Has some of the best rapids with the legendary ‘Vietnam’
taking you through dense undergrowth and ‘crocodile burn up’
providing an awesome hit. After another fun packed day you will
arrive at our final camp, ‘Hippo’, where you will spend a final
night by the fire relaxing and re living the previous day’s action.
Day 4: we return to Nairobi by around lunch time. B.
Ewaso
Ngi'ro River Rafting 3 Days
This is a similar trip to the Athi, with three days and nights on
the river. The river runs through Samburu National Park, where both
the animals and river are wilder. Trip length and nature are as for
the Athi River with more serious and sustained water.
This river is very rainfall dependant so contact us for more
information on water levels. |
