WHITE-WATER RAFTING AT PARYS

White-water rafting at Parys

White-water rafting is one of the adventure activities in Parys that can be done near Klipspruit Accommodation.

The nearest white-water rafting is a 10-minute drive from Klipspruit Accommodation.

What is white-water rafting?

White-water rafting is an adventure activity of riding on an inflatable raft over fast-flowing and sometimes dangerous parts of a river.

White-water rafting gained popularity in Europe in the 1980s and is now pursued as an adventure activity over the world in all countries where people do outdoor adventures.

The term “white water” refers to the white of the water in a fast-flowing part of a river. White-water rafting follows the flow of the river, usually in a rubber dinghy, with large parts of the rafting taking place on calm waters with intermittent rapids.

The rafting in the rapids provides the action that makes white-water rafting an adventure activity.

White-water rafting on the Vaal River

The Vaal River of 1458km provides many opportunities for rapids to form and Parys is ideally located to provide multiple white-water rafting opportunities.

Why is white-water rafting so much fun?

White-water rafting is fun because of the exhilaration of fast accelerating through the rapids alternated by floating on a quiet river and experiencing nature.

It provides the focus away from everything else and forces attention on the rapids that must be conquered without landing up in the water.

White-water rafting provides the adrenaline rush on which humans thrive and gives a mundane life that little push into excitement.

Can children do white-water rafting?

Children can do white-water rafting but many operators have an age limit of 7 years.

Children below 7 are usually not allowed to white-water raft due to the risks involved for inexperienced children.

Where there are rapids that may be considered more dangerous for any reason, an operator may apply a minimum age of 14 years.

Is white-water rafting dangerous?

White-water rafting on the Vaal River near Parys is not dangerous because the river is calmer in the area and there are no deep ravines that create extremely fast or dangerous rapids.

Part of rafting through rapids is that people fall off the inflatable dinghy and need to be pulled back up. If it happens, you are pulled back into the raft so quickly that you will hardly have time to panic. And you will have something to talk about back home!

The white-water rafting operators in the Parys area all have a very good safety record.

All the adventure operators on the Vaal near Parys provide high-standard safety equipment that will ensure that you do not suffer serious after-effects should you land up in the water in a rapid or where there are sharp rocks.

White-river rafting near Parys

Three white-rever rafting adventure companies near Parys are Real Adventures, Eagle River Rafting and Dimalachite River Rafting.