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Category Archives: Rivers in Central Highlands

Rio Chinchipe

9 Mar

The Rio Chinchipe is located in Cajamarca Province in North Central Peru and has its headwaters in the Southern district of  Zamora Chinchipe Ecuador. It is a rainfed river runnable all year long but ideally in the rainy season which … Read More »

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Huancabamba-Chamaya

5 Mar

The Huncabamba is a good multi day river in Northern Peru flowing out of the Sierra de Guamani in the state of Cajamarca. Two diversion dams are under construction which will forever alter the flow of this drainage but some … Read More »

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Callayuc

5 Mar

Low volume , kayak omly creek run located in Peru´s northern Cajamarca region. A tributary of the Huancabamba, this steeper creek is runnable with prolonged periods of rain. We hit this run in the heart of the rain season in … Read More »

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Maranon River whitewater kayaking

16 Jan

John Wasson and some friends first ran the Rio Marañon in 1977 in hollowform kayaks. Their one-month navigation of the river’s course was a major accomplishment given the equipment of the era is heralded as one of the first successful … Read More »

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Sonches

16 Jan

The Rio Sonches is a steep-walled, high jungle adventure in the North of Peru. The run originates in the highlands of the Department of Amazonas and for the first 50 km follows the Chacapoyas-Mendoza road system. This upper stretch is relaxed, … Read More »

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Mantaro

16 Jan

Born in the highlands of the department of Pasco is one of Peru’s mightiest Rivers known as the Mantaro. Its course is directly southward through the mining town La Oroya and on past Peru’s third largest city, Huancayo. Beyond here … Read More »

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Huallaga

16 Jan

October 2010 update The Upper Huallaga has finally conquered. See passage at end of post but first a bit of history In early July 1999 Ethan Green, John Mattson, Mark Fair and myself bailed out of a first descent after … Read More »

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Mayo

16 Jan

The Mayo River is located in the Department of San Martin flowing East from the Andes into the Huallaga River. There are three runnable sections between Moyobamba and the Huallaga River, two sections in the middle Mayo and one in … Read More »

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Huallabamba

16 Jan

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 … Read More »

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Utcubamba

16 Jan

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 … Read More »

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