Rafting adventures in Brazil
I truly enjoyed a rafting in Itacaré,
Bahia, Brazil. However, it was a very touristy thing to do and I am not
fond of doing tourist activities. I decide to go because Patricia
really wanted to go. At the end the trip I was so glad to have gone
just to see the beautiful area, but the rafting was very fun, too. Our
guide was very experienced, laid back, and enjoyable. He and his
company Rafting Nativos provided an excellent rafting experience.
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| These pictures of the boat going between two narrow
walls of Boulder was picturesque. Unfortunately, I did not have
my camera with me so I could not take pictures of how the walls looked
as we cruised between them. The water was rough enough in the narrows
that at first we bounced off of the walls like a ping-pong ball. |
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| I was surprised that there were rafting and rapids in
Brazil because it seems to be a more mountainous type activity.
However, we arrived in Taboquinhas (near Itacaré), Bahia, Brazil
to see this large river with rapids. |
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| Most of the rapids were not very severe, but they were
strong enough to knock us out of our seat a few times and knocked us
out of the boat on one occasion. One set of rapids was a class six,
which is the most difficult class there. He never takes tourists
on that set of rapids because it is so dangerous. He once went
down the rapids and the injuries sustained kept him out of commission
for six months. |
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| We stopped at one point in the narrows to jump off some
cliffs. The cliffs were 5, 7, and 12 m high. This is a picture of
our guide diving off of the 7m high cliff. I was the only one to jump
off of all three of them. |
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