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Monday, February 06, 2012
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Rivers
The River Braan PDF Print E-mail

This is an absolutely stunning river to go down with plenty of rapids all the way and loads going on. There are overhanging trees on either side for most of the trip making it luscious green and particularly picturesque. We sail down between fields of livestock and not much else deap in the heart of the Scottish countryside.

This river ranges from grades 2-4 with trips lasting anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours depending on the water levels. Some people like to run the river twice and make a day of it as it's a fantastic fun as you can see from the gallery.
 
The River Garry PDF Print E-mail
The River Garry is spectacular with its tumbling falls to gentle glides. From the put-in, bouncy water with a good gradient leads to a nice playhole/ wave with a big eddy on river right. Below here, the river bends left and goes through a steep rapid...head river right as below the rapid are two consecutive loop/ cartwheel spots. The next rapid is a ledge drop with a good playhole on river right. This works well for blasting/ cartwheeling/ power flips etc. The final rapid down to the bridge at the Forest car-park has some nice waves for surfing and wavewheeling....go on, you have to at least try!

This river is a very short section and is the best guaranteed river through the summer months. Situated in Inverness-shire it is a one mile rush of continual rapids. For each trip we run the river twice, once to settle you down and get you used to paddling and the second to "surf" some of the rapids.
 
The River Orchy PDF Print E-mail
The River Orchy Very much a weather dependant river. The river Orchy comes up and down very quickly. When it is up it is the most exciting rafting trip commercially run in Britain. This is a full day trip and definitely not for the faint hearted. In the event of the river not running an alternative will be used. The place known as Bridge of Orchy is - well almost literally a bridge, except for a few small houses scattered around it and a Scottish highland hotel. Mention of the hotel is quite apt as the main reason for the hamlet was a stopping place for travellers. Bridge of Orchy is also popular for two other reasons. One is the use of the River Orchy here by canoeists and white water rafters, the other significant attraction is the climb of the dominant summits of Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh, which guard this small hamlet.