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The
River Tay begins its course in the village of
Kenmore where it flows out of Loch Tay. In fact there are
several tributaries which run into the loch, but they have
different names (Rivers Fillan, Dochart and Lochay). The river
is already quite large by our standards. It has a typical
flow in excess of 100 cubic meters per second in Kenmore.
By the time it reaches Perth the River Tay has the higest
flow of any river in the UK. In fact more water goes down
the Tay than both the Thames and the Severn combined.
£30.00pp
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 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.
The
River Tummel This River Tummel starts its
life 60 miles to the west of Pitlochry on the windswept Rannoch
Moor close to Glencoe. It begins as the River Ba and runs
east passing through numerous lochs including Loch Ba, Loch
Laidon, Loch Eigheach, Loch Rannoch, Dunalastair Water, Loch
Tummel and finally Loch Faskally, until it reaches the main
stem of the River Tay at Ballinluig.
The
river has some fun technical rapids such as the Zig Zag, Bone
Yard and Shark Tooth. The final drop is 18 foot be sure to
be holding on! £35.00pp
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