| Duration: | 06 Hours |
| Region: | Uttarakhand, India |
| Start: | Rishikesh |
| End: | Rishikesh |
| Difficulty: | Challenging |
This one day plan is specially curated to give a complete experience of whitewater kayaking to an absolute beginner in a single day. You would learn and practice the required skills and would also undertake a 8 kms guided river run with our team.
What would you learn and experience :
Why this program ?
Whitewater kayaking is an intense and amazing adventure activity. It requires technical skills and knowledge about whitewater, and is a lifestyle activity that one would follow like a cult. For a newcomer the entry barrier has been high due to time and financial commitment needed.
This very compact single day program was designed by us to introduce a beginner to whitewater kayaking with minimum pre-requisites and expenses.
The program gives the basic required skills and a realistic experience of doing a river run with whitewater rapids. All this is packed into a single day session. Anyone who has the basic level of fitness and is willing to take on challenges can join us on this session and enjoy the thrills and spills of kayaking in whitewater rapids of Ganges.
The session would give a thrilling and wonderful learning experience and would enable you to assess if you would like to take a deeper dive into whitewater kayaking. For a more detailed and serious learning experience one can continue the progression with our 04 days long Whitewater Kayaking Basic Course.
0930 Hrs - Participants need to reach Burger King food court main gate ( Tapovan, Rishikesh, NH58 Badrinath HIghway ).
We would walk down to the river about 5 minutes away to reach the training area where we would learn and practice the basics for the next 2 hours.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CANCELLATION CHARGES FOR THIS TOUR are levied as per the following schedule
2 days before trip date : 25 %
1 day before date : 50 %
No show : 100% ( No Refunds )
This tour is operated from October to May months. Best experience can be had from mid October to early December and from early February to May
Quick drying clothes/swimming costume for kayaking, waterproof floater kind of sandals, retainer strap for shades or prescription glasses, cameras, sun protection/block cream, moisturizer, change of clothing to wear after kayaking, towel etc. Bring a suitable bag to carry wet clothes after the activity. We will provide a changing tent.
This tour starts and ends at Tapovan, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
0930 Hrs - Meet and Greet ( Google Map Location )
Dominos/Burger King food-court main gate, Lemon Tree Hotel, Rishikesh, Tapovan, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249192.
Take 5 minutes walk along with our coordinator, down to NIM beach for the activity location
The trip will finish 8-10 kms down-river. From there a shuttle will be provided to return back to the pickup location.
1530-1600 Hrs - ETA for returning back to the same location after the trip.
INDEMNITY/DISCLAIMER AGREEMENT
All participants are compulsorily required to sign a disclaimer form that legally indemnifies TEAM 4 ADVENTURE and all team members against any mishappening on the tour. Prospective participants are required to understand this, and enroll for the tour only if they consent to the same.
Important Notes for the Participants:
This is a serious adventure activity and participants are expected to put in reasonable effort both mentally and physically to get the best out of this program.
During the training session if a participant is unable to complete the minimum required safety drills or is very uncomfortable in water, then they may be advised by our instructor to do the river run in double seater Inflatable kayaks which are comparatively more stable. This would be in the interest of safety for the participant and the decision of our lead instructor would be final and binding.
Enrolling for this activity requires the participants to understand and agree to our disclaimers
