White Water rafting has always been an adrenaline filled attraction in America. Rivers like the Snake River and the Colorado River are two of the more well-known rivers where one can enjoy a day in the crazy waters paddling their life away to try and get out of a rapid without falling in the water. Take the one day trip and turn it into three and you got the Apurimac River, one of the more beautiful but dangerous rivers to white water raft in.
The Apurimac River
After a short debate over which company we should use, we went on and booked our three days with Mayuc, a well established rafting company that many people recommended to us. The next morning we were up and ready at 8 in the morning, got on a bus and off we went. After about a four hour ride we arrived at our starting point on the Apurimac. This place is just gorgeous—set in a foresty area with large cliffs, the river sits in a basin alongside slick rocks that have eroded away over the years due to strong currents.
The first day was wonderful, some pretty calm rapids and other 3 and 4 rapids which were more adrenaline filled, especially when Itay fell in the water and we all tried to help him while our guide was yelling at us. At night we camped at a really nice yet mosquito filled beach called the Avocado beach. The food our guides cooked was delicious and definitely a lot more upscale than we ever expected due to the conditions. The next morning we woke up bright and early, put the equipment back on the rafts and off we went for our longest day of rafting with some of the most intense rapids. We passed through hard rapids, some that were graded high and others with a smaller grade but very technical. There were also a few rapids that nobody but the guides were allowed to do since too many deaths occurred in those exact rapids so we walked along the rocks while watching the guides maneuver their way through these treacherous rapids. In one of the rapids one of the equipment rafts got stuck flipped over in the middle of the rapid and it took all the guides about an hour to get the raft out so we lost a lot of time, but luckily it wasn’t our raft so we didn’t also have to deal with wet clothes for the night 
My raft-my friends-the trouble makers
Our raft
The guides were all really professional. With us we had two guides in kayaks, a photographer, and an equipment raft. It was quite clear that these guys knew what they were doing, every night when we arrived at the campsites, not only did we all set up tents, but the guides started cooking right away and making sure we were all happy. They set up a “bathroom” made from a huge plastic box with a toilet seat on top which they put far into the bamboo forest on both nights. Before walking towards the bathroom there was a paddle with a helmet on it to indicate the status. If the helmet was on the paddle it means it’s vacant, if the helmet is either on the ground or on the person’s head, it means occupied.
One of the more fun rapids-hardly see a raft!
A paddling game we played on the downtime
At night while we were sitting by the fire, my friends and I were all talking about how great this trip is and how no one should miss these three days if they get to Cusco. We also talked how we wished the trip lasted more like 5 or 6 days because really, you just can’t get enough.
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By: Blackjack on 10/02/2011
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