Kayakers Guide to Whitewater of Peru
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »