Rafting-Feel The Pulse Racing Sport

White-water rafting is a high-altitude, high adrenaline water adventure that has few other adventure sports matching its unique excitement and thrill! The turbulent water, the uncontrollable speeds, and the challenge of making it over the churning rapids is a hair-raising high that has one raring to go!

White water rafting has not really caught on as an adventure sport in India yet, signs indicate that this adventure sport is fast being recognized for its excitement, novelty and thrill. The risks are as high as the waves that sweep you, and your life depends on a fragile, inflatable rubber raft or dinghy! And yet, more and more are turning to this soaking adventure experience for its unmatchable thrill!

For engaging in this adventure sport in India, you need to meet certain levels of fitness. You need to be mentally and physically fit. Patients of cardiac or mental ailments should not try a hand at rafting. India has a host of rivers and plenty of locations that are ideal for white water rafting. Most of the water rafting destinations are located in the Himalayas, and the River Ganges is the most popular of them all. Several camps are organized along the 70-km stretch from Devprayag to Rishikesh. Rapids have been graded according to the difficulty of their run. The rivers Yamuna, Tons, Alaknanda, Bhilangana, Mandakini and Bhagirathi offer many stretches, both for professionals as well as amateur rafters. Other ranges in Ladakh and Sikkim also offer great river stretches for rafting.