Rafting
Requirements: Good health, recognition of risk, not afraid of heights. We provide all the equipment needed to perform this activity.
Places: Comunidad Saquijá Cahabon River (Cahabón - Alta Verapaz)
About this activity: The starting point is the city of Coban, to the community Saquijá, riverfront Cahabón River. The route is fast going from class 1 to class 4 in the dry season. In the rainy season, the rapids can reach Class 5.
Do you want to undertake this activity?
Rafting in the Cahabón River with Saquijá communitarian guide
What is Rafting?
Rafting or whitewater rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid 1970s.
Currently, river rafting is still gaining popularity among extreme water sports in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers.
Class 1: Very small rough areas, requires no maneuvering.
(Skill Level: None)
Class 2: Some rough water, maybe some rocks, might require
maneuvering. (Skill Level: Basic Paddling Skill)
Class 3: Whitewater, small waves, maybe a small drop, but no
considerable danger. May require significant maneuvering. (Skill
Level: Experienced paddling skills)
Class 4: Whitewater, medium waves, maybe rocks, maybe a
considerable drop, sharp maneuvers may be needed. (Skill Level:
Whitewater Experience)
Class 5: Whitewater, large waves, possibility of large rocks
and hazards, possibility of a large drop, requires precise
maneuvering (Skill Level: Advanced Whitewater Experience)
Class 6: Class 6 rapids are considered to be so dangerous as
to be effectively unnavigable on a reliably safe basis. Rafters can
expect to encounter substantial whitewater, huge waves, huge rocks
and hazards, and/or substantial drops that will impart severe
impacts beyond the structural capacities and impact ratings of most
all rafting equipment. Traversing a Class 6 rapid has a dramatically
increased likelihood of ending in serious injury or death compared
to lesser classes. (Skill Level: Successful completion of a Class 6
rapid without serious injury or death is widely considered to be a
matter of luck)
See the Wikipedia for more
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