Any paddler should know what the Zambezi is like .. it features in many of the mags and on many of the videos. Often billed as the best white water run on the planet – big warm water, huge bus swallowing holes, evil whirl pools, classic surf waves … and crocodiles! – how the hell [...]
Over the last three or four years we have taken our summer hols in France – and these have always included a few days paddling the French rivers including the Dordogne, Ardeche, Ciron, Dronne, Chassezac, Lot and Aveyron.
While we always travel with a couple of kayaks, with 6 of us, these need to be supplemented [...]
The Sun Kosi is billed by Peter Knowles as “one of the 10 best whitewater rafting trips in the World. Big rapids, warm water, beautiful scenery and great camping make this a classic multi-day river trip. A great trip for intermediate and advanced kayakers”
Kathmandu proved to have changed little in the 18 years since [...]
Galicia – a quiet whitewater playground
1998 and I was invited to join a short ‘reconnaissance’ trip by Woodmill to Galicia.
The Region
Galicia is situated in the North West corner of the Iberian peninsula, bordering Portugal. A mountainous region (with peaks at around 2,000 M) and steep gorges. We had (unseasonal) wall-to-wall sunshine for the duration of [...]
