Professional Documents
Culture Documents
River Rafting Course in Rishikesh - Uttarakhand
River Rafting Course in Rishikesh - Uttarakhand
What is better than swirling on the roaring rapids of a river? If you are an adventurer and a water lover,
imagine how much fun learning rafting will be? An activity is a onetime experience, but when you undergo a
course, that offers all the basics and learning of a rafting like swimming in rapids, learning the techniques,
understanding river hazards, practicing with rescue bags, training for raft flips and more, you experience the
real adventure. Isn't it interesting?
Nestled on the bank of Ganga River, Rishikesh resides on the foothills of Himalayas, offering travelers
majestic sceneries. This exhilarating adventure over miles of tumultuous rapids ad unbridled water, river
rafting in Rishikesh has gained a lot of popularity over the years. People from India and around the globe
come to this place to enjoy the Ganga and also to meditate as the city is renowned as a center for studying
yoga and meditation. .
If you are looking for river rafting in India, look no further than Rishikesh as this places houses mountains,
River Ganges, diverse flora and fauna, moreover it is an amazing rejuvenation destination from the
mundane life. River Rafting Course in Rishikesh is the best course if you are looking to learn rafting. A
week training, and you will be a certified trainer, after which you will be able to train adventurers who are in
a lookout for some thrill.
ITINERARY
Day 2: Equipment and Gear fitting. Safety briefing. First river trip. Swimming in rapids and Eddys
techniques. Understanding River Hazards.
As soon as the sun gilds over the skies, you will begin the second day of your training. Post breakfast, you
will try all your equipment and gears required for rafting. Your trainer will guide you and brief you about all
the do’s and don’ts of the activity. Make sure you abide by it, and try to follow it through the adventure
course. Then, following all of this, you will be given certain safety briefing, post which you will go for your
first river trip. You will taught techniques to swim in rapids to make you understand river hazards.
Day 4: Basic river skills. River trip. Practice with rescue bags, navigating rapids, reading the river.
Post breakfast, today you will practice rafting with rescue bags/throw bags. This bag helps in rescuing a
swimmer and also to unpin the boat. It’s bold and bright in color, so that when in need of emergency it must
catch the eye in one look. You will be trained how to throw the bag, blow whistle before throwing, and more
such knowledge will be given to you. You will be also trained how to navigate the rapids, how to row during
those time. And the trainer will also brief you on how to read the river and its roaring flow. After all this, you
can head back to your stay for some rest.
Day 5: Basic river skills. River trip. Practice with raft flips.
This day you will require to practice rafting with raft flips, for which you will have to train with the experts on
how to unflip the boat when an accident takes place. For this, you need to listen the instructions carefully,
and make sure you use them while you are training in the river. To unflip a raft is a bit tricky process, you
will need all your team members as it is a group job. You will be trained for the entire process. After you
perform today's activities, you will return back to your stay for an overnight rest.
Day 6: Equipment care and Raft repair. Raft building and guiding exercise. Celebration barbecue.
Distribution of certificates.
After a scrumptious meal in the morning, it is time for you to learn raft repairing, raft building and guiding
exercise. After this, your rafting course will come to an end, and you can return to your stay. Also, today
certificates will be distributed according to your achievements. Later, a barbeque dinner for the celebration
will be there. Enjoy your heart-out.
Package Exclusions
1. 5 % GST.
2. Any airfare.
3. Passport fee, visa fee, fee for inoculations and health certificates.
4. Any meals or optional trips other than specified in the programme.
5. Personal equipment like clothes, daypacks, cameras, medical kit etc.
6. Personal expenses such as alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, telephone calls, tips & gratuities,
laundry etc.
7. Any exigency expenses caused by or liability for disturbance in trip programme due to circumstances
beyond our normal control such as airline delays/ cancellation, road blocks, vehicle malfunctions,
weather conditions, sickness, natural disasters, riots etc.
Cancellation Policy
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation charges per person
30 days or more before departure: 25% of total cost
29 - 20 days before departure: 50% of total cost
Less than 20 days before departure: 100% of total cost
IF WE CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR ADVENTURE HOLIDAY
We do plan the arrangements in advance. It is unlikely that we will have to make any changes to your travel
arrangements. Occasionally, we may have to make changes due to Force Majeure Events and we reserve
the right to do so at any time before or during the trip.
If there are any changes, we will advise you of them at the earliest possible date before or during the trip
based on the Force Majeure Events.
We also reserve the right under Force Majeure Events to cancel your travel arrangements / offer alternative
dates / revise the itinerary before or during the trip. Any additional cost incurred due to the above-
mentioned reasons will have to be borne by the traveller himself. There shall be no refund to the traveller
under Force Majeure Events.
Force Majeure Event shall mean and include any circumstance beyond the reasonable control of
Adventure Nation, including without limitation, any act of nature or the public enemy, accident, explosion,
fire, storm, earthquake, flood, drought, perils of the sea, casualty, strikes, lock-outs, labour troubles, riots,
sabotage, terrorists acts, embargo, war (whether or not declared), governmental actions, delay in issuance
or processing of Visa/permit, change of laws and regulations, orders, or decrees, or other causes of like or
different character beyond the control of Adventure Nation.