Kayak Guide to Whitewater of Peru
A trip down the Huallabamba is a whitewater odyssey into the depths of Peru’s remote high jungle rainforest. The river starts in the Department of Amazonas and passes through the Department of San Martin on its way to the confluence with the Río Huallaga. The 160 km journey can be run in kayaks in 5-6 [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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Born in the highlands of the central cordillera, the Rio Utcubamba flows through the Department of Amazonas on a northerly course before joining the mighty Marañon. The river takes its name from Quechua and means “fields of cotton”. The river can be thought of as an upper stretch and a lower stretch all of which [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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Without a doubt the Río Maran is the most difficult and demanding multi-day trip in Peru. The river has 5-6 days filled with class 5+ whitewater in a remote vertical walled canyon. Simply getting to the river is an adventure by itself. The reward is one the most spectacular kayak trips on the South American [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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The lower stretches of the Colca River (the Lunar Canyon) has been an international mecca for whitewater paddlers for the last two decades. Located in the heart of Andean Sierra this river corridor, second deepest in the world only to the Cotahuasi (immediate neighbor to the North) is the destination run for most boaters making [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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The Tambo River flows through the department of Moquegua in southern Peru. Starting high in peaks and Altiplano of Puno, the river crashes through a deep canyon in the volcano-infested region just south of Arequipa. In March of 1998, with the heavy El Niño rains punishing the Northern coast of Peru, several of us set [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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The Rio Yanatile starts in the highlands of Cuzco and cascades off the eastern flank of the cordillera into the steamy jungles below. The run was first attempted in April of 1995 by a group of three kayakers. In November of 2001 I was joined by another group of four kayakers and together we ventured [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2009 by kurt
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