Fantabulous Rafting Adventure at Shivpuri (Rishikesh) : Himanshu

Fantabulous Rafting Adventure at Shivpuri (Rishikesh) – Himanshu Sharma

White water rafting is gaining a lot of popularity these days in northern India, earlier only the adventure enthusiasts used to go for rafting by now with the rising safety standards more of office crowd is seen on the rafting escapade.
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Pic 1 Safety Gadgets, a must to survive the rapids

Tourists in large numbers from within the country and abroad throng the Shivpuri in uttarakhand and the Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh to enjoy adventure sports like white water river, cliff jumping, body surfing rafting and camping.

There are numerous vendors offering camping and rafting packages and with the rising competition the standard of services and basic amenities are improving.
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Pic 2: Rafts heading from the Marine Drive(rishikesh) with our camps in background

If you are a tourist looking for either adventure or respite from heat or if you are a professional who is tired of life spent in four walls then I insist you explore the Ganga and Beas River which offer immense possibilities for white water rafting and other water sports in the valley.

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Pic 3: Our raft when it crossed one of the grade 3 rapid

I recently went to shivpuri in a group of 8 enthusiastic people and it was once in a life time thrilling experience. Navigating through the considerably rough waters on inflatable boats, rafts, through the valley was a memorable experience for me. I become really excited even today when I think of the time just before the grade 4 rapid when our guide told us “In this rapid there are 80 % chances that the raft may flip and 20% chances that it may not, I can only do 20% to save it from flipping and the rest 80% is with you all, so be silent in the rapid and strictly listen to and follow rowing instructions – Jai ganga maia” this gave us an adrenalin rush and we though the rapid was tough, one person was almost thrown out of the raft by a wave but then we manages. At the end we we all shouted like victorious soldiers returning from a war.

You can go directly to shivpuri and do it or if you are in a group you can get a package from various providers.

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Pic 4: This is the awesome river ganges

There are almost 70 adventure sports clubs that have emerged in the valley, with almost 200 rafts, offering river rafting facilities to tourists.
The operators of these adventure events provide requisite safety gadgets to the tourists. They are given life jackets and the rafting boats are not allowed to go beyond a particular distance.
We took a package from vxplor Adventure tourism. ( http://vxplor.com ). We were a group of 8 people and their services were good… they handled everything from transportation to camping and other sporting activities… I highly recommend them…
Along with the rafting we also got a chance to trek to neer water fall and try our hand at rock climbing and bridge slithering. By the time we were done with all the activities at rishikesh we were so much bloating with the feeling of accomplishment, adventure, delight and ofcourse

Here is a video of a part of our trip recorded and provided by vXplor people :

I recommend doing rafting to everyone

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