Setting a price on an extraordinary experience is often a very difficult undertaking. There is really no way to value the adrenaline pumping through your veins, nor your heartbeat that is racing with excitement. Neither is it easy to put a dollar price on a breathtaking drop while on a raft, nor on a huge [...]

White water rafting is an exciting adventure sport that is often described as extreme. Though seeing the rapids is enough to make any heart beat faster, white water rafting is the ultimate family adventure. Kids above six years old and even senior citizens could begin experiencing the thrill that comes with white water rafting just [...]

The Nantahala River winds its way within the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina and travels to near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is a favorite spot of white water rafters and kayakers especially for those who are just being introduced to the sport. For most months of the year its rapids, at [...]

The Zambezi River rises in northwestern Zambia, passes through Angola, goes back to Zambia, flows along the border with Zimbabwe, on into Mozambique, and empties into the Indian Ocean. The best feature of this 3,500 km river is the spectacular Victoria Falls. The second best, arguably, are its high volume water and steep gradients giving [...]

Men and women were meant to be active. Confine them to a sedentary life and they develop all kinds of ailments including diabetes and high blood pressure. They need to run, swim, or engage in any sport requiring physical exertion. For an extra dose of excitement, they can go mountain climbing or biking, or white [...]

If you surf the Internet you will see that there are hundreds of white water rafting outfitters scattered all over the world’s rapids. The only reason such outfitters thrive is white water rafting must be fun. While there are inherent dangers in the sport, it is in flirting with them that makes it challenging and [...]

Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up in the morning, just throw on comfortable clothing such as shorts and sandals, and then head out to the white river for some adventure? As you slather on hefty amounts of sunblock, you could hear the white water roaring and tempting you to go in. Once you got [...]

The Gauley River in West Virginia is considered as a world-class white water rafting river. Indeed, it is sometimes called The Beast of the East because of its challenging and exciting rapids. It rises in Gauley Mountain in Pocahontas County and flows west southwest until it joins New River to become the Kanawha River.

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High in the Sierra Nevada, in the Tahoe, originates the beautiful American River. With three main forks, South, Middle and North, The American River flows freely passing through the Sierra foothills and then converge just east of Sacramento.

White water rafting in the legendary American River is always a fun filled adventure. Each fork has different [...]