Rafting and kayaking is Ecuador’s fastest growing sport. The country, with its hundreds of rivers roaring down from the heights of the Andes, is a white-water paradise, ranking among the top nations in the world. With differing regional rainy seasons, opportunities run year-round.

Trips can be arranged with operators on relatively straightforward (Grades III to IV) for one-day along the Toachi and the Blanco (begining near Santo Domingo de los Colorados), to more demanding trips down the Río Quíjos (Grades IV to V) and other tributaries (ending at the San Rafael waterfalls and a bath at the Papallacta hot springs), and on to the five-day, 120-km (74-mile) expedition from Macas in the Oriente down the Río Upano and the Namangosa Gorge (big Grade IVs!). The latter is as much about adrenaline as paddling through pristine rainforest and towering gorges embroidered with cascading falls.

OPERATORS

Yacu Amu Rafting www.raftingecuador.com
Ecuador Adventure www.ecuadoradventure.ec
tel: 593 2 2223-720; 593 2 2520-647
Fax: 593 2 2544-073
Email: info@ecuadoradventure.ec