| Duration: | 04 days |
| Region: | Uttarakhand, India |
| Start: | Rishikesh |
| End: | Rishikesh |
| Difficulty: | Challenging |
This Basic Whitewater Kayaking course for beginners is a 4 day kayaking plan designed to impart the foundation skills to a novice whitewater enthusiast. Through this kayaking course, a beginner is given the know how of the sport. Emphasis is laid on developing strong basic skills and hone them throughout the duration of the course.
The Kayaking course would include theory sessions and lot of river practice. Our kayaking instructors / safety kayakers ensure steady learning and safety. On completion of this course of kayaking for beginners, the students gain the skills and confidence required to run Class II whitewater sections.
After completing our Basic Kayaking Course, our students can join us on exclusive kayaking day trips/expeditions that we operate regularly. The satisfaction and sense of achievement that comes with kayaking is priceless. Join this kayaking course for beginners and learn the kayaking basics.
If you feel you would like to have a shorter introduction to whitewater kayaking then you can consider looking at our One Day Kayaking Experience for beginners, which will help you test your interest for this amazing adventure activity.
A brief introduction about the course and equipment, before we hit the water. Our kayaking session would start with a short float/swim in water, wet exits, basic paddling strokes, turning strokes to get a sense of how the kayak responds to your actions. We would focus on these things and practice a lot. Towards the end of the day we teach bow assisted rescues. The day is long and we try our best to make it fun.
Today’s kayaking objective is to re-affirm the techniques learnt, and to practice the same in moving water. We would learn leaning techniques and ferry glides. Practice of eskimo rescue would also be high on the agenda. The day would end with a river run with few easy rapids
Now is the time to put our basic skills to use, and we would run a class II whitewater section on Ganges along with our team of professional kayakers.
Today we will go bit more higher up in the river and would run rapids up to class II+ difficulty levels. It is bound to be an action packed day.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CANCELLATION CHARGES FOR THIS TOUR are levied as per the following schedule
14-7 day(s) before departure date : 25 %
6-4 day(s) before departure date : 50 %
Last 3 day(s) before departure date : No Refunds
This tour is operated from October to May months.
Quick drying clothes/swimming costume for kayaking, waterproof floater kind of sandals with a secured back strap, retainer strap for shades or prescription glasses, cameras, sun protection/block cream, moisturizer, change of clothing to wear after kayaking, towel, toilet kit etc. Warm clothing would be needed from mid October to mid March.
This tour starts and ends at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Railway stations- Rishikesh ( 6 kms ) Haridwar ( 25 kms )
Nearest airport- Dehradun ( Jolly Grant ) 25 kms
Rishikesh is well connected by road.
Dominos/Burger King food-court main gate, Lemon Tree Hotel, Rishikesh, Tapovan, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand 249192
Map Location
Guests will be picked up each day around 09:30 AM
Each day would end around 2 PM at the same location
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.
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 sessions 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 further river runs 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
