All About Safe White Water River Rafting

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• There are many kinds of adventure sports that can
  satisfy your adrenaline rushes. The bungee
  jumping and skydiving are some exciting adventure
  sports that thrill these adrenaline junkies. When
  it comes to India, the most exciting adventure
  sport is the white water river rafting.
• What is White Water River Rafting?
• River rafting is an adventure sport in which a
  group of people, usually 10, get on an inflated
  boat and take on the fast flowing river. The best
  feature about the river rafting that makes people
  addicted to it is that it is a purely raw sport.
  There will be very low control and you will have
  to embrace what is next to come. With little
  control and unpredictability, this raw sport has
  won the hearts of millions of adrenaline junkies
  worldwide. All you can do is get along with the
  flow of the river. You will feel yourself as the
  part of the river and the motion is nothing but
  controlled chaos.

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• Why River Rafting is ideal in India?
• India is famous for her great rivers. There are
  many great rivers that are running through the
  heart of the India. The River Ganga is the most
  famous of them all. Ganga is mainly known for the
  religious matters. But apart from that, the river
  Ganga offers quite a different story. Ganga is an
  ideal river for rafting at many locations in
  India. An interesting fact about the river Ganga
  is that, originating from the Himalaya Mountains,
  the river flows through multiple states in India.
  There will be plenty of water always because,
  during the summer season, the melting of snow
  from the frosty Himalaya Mountains will supply a
  huge amount of water to the river. So, the river
  rafting is always feasible at the river Ganga.

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• Rafting in India has been gaining quite a lot of
  attention during the past few years. Even though
  there are many different locations that offers
  river rafting, but not, all of these sports can
  offer the true thrill and excitement that you
  expect. The fact is that some river rafting
  locations in India are very dull and boring. But
  the rafting in Rishikesh is entirely different
  from the other rafting locations in India.
  Rishikesh is one of the top rated rafting
  locations in India because of the swift flow of
  the river through the rocks and stones. The sight
  of the swift paced river only can take your
  breath away. Getting on the inflated boat for the
  ride is another story. But before that, there are
  a lot of things that you should know about the
  white water river rafting.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Make Sure The Guides Are Licensed And
  Experienced
• Always Wear The Necessary Safety Gears
• Take Paddling Lessons From The Experts
• Choose The Right Outfit
• Try Not To Fall Off
• Always Listen To The Guide Well
• Learn How To Swim Properly
• Choose What Is Suitable For You
• Always Raft In Group

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Stay Sober
• Dont Wear Hand Or Leg Wraps
• Double Check The Quality Of The Safety
  Equipment
• Make Sure First Aids Are Available
• Always Ask For Safety Briefing
• Finish Rafting Before Sunlight Goes Down
• Inform Your Medical Conditions To The Guide
  Before Starting Off
• Do Not Try To Stand Up, Always Sit Inside The
  Raft
• Teamwork Is Important

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Make Sure The Guides Are Licensed And Experienced
• River rafting is undoubtedly a sport that
  involves a very huge amount of risk. Rafting may
  even cost your life if proper attention is not
  given to it. So, always take enough care while
  choosing the outfitters and guides. Dont forget
  to make sure they are licensed and have years of
  experience in the same field. There are many
  rafting services in India that arent properly
  authorized and dont have the required safety
  gears.
• Always Wear The Necessary Safety Gears
• Since there is huge risk involved in the white
  water river rafting, you should always wear the
  safety gears at any cost. The swift river can
  rock the inflated boat and make you fall in the
  river. So it is very important to wear the safety
  jacket so that you stay afloat when you fall into
  the river and doesnt drown. The helmets should
  be worn because, the river is not made of soft
  pebbles and sand, there will be huge rocks that
  can cause very damage if hit.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Take Paddling Lessons From The Experts
• There is no meaning in going to the river rafting
  if you dont know to paddle properly. The paddle
  is the only tool you have to take on the raw and
  aggressive river. If you dont paddle properly,
  devastating results may follow. To take control
  of the inflated boat and to avoid trouble, it is
  very important to take the paddling lessons so
  that you can paddle yourself away from all the
  troubles.
• Choose The Right Outfit
• You are definitely going to get wet during the
  river rafting, when you are thrown into the river
  by accident, you should be able to swim yourself
  away from the danger. Even if you know how to
  swim, if the outfit isnt right, you will get
  dragged down. Materials like jeans can absorb the
  water and it will make you heavier. It will make
  the swimming a difficult task. So, when going for
  the river rafting, try to avoid jeans and similar
  materials and wear clothes that doesnt absorb
  water much.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Try Not To Fall Off
• In river rafting, the most important thing you
  should concern about is staying in the boat
  without falling off. The chances of getting
  injuries are much high if you are thrown off from
  the boat. The boat may rock hard while going down
  the stream and when hitting the rocks. You must
  always make sure you have enough grip so that you
  dont fall off. The guide will shout out if
  anything is about to happen, this is your call
  for holding on to the boat.
• Always Listen To The Guide Well
• The guide is like the captain of the boat. You
  must always listen to the guide and do whatever
  you are told to do by the guide. The guide will
  be giving frequent instructions mainly about
  paddling the boat. The boat will flow in the
  right direction and be in control only if the
  commands of the guide are obeyed properly.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Learn How To Swim Properly
• Even though, the safety jacket will keep you
  afloat in the river, it becomes meaningless if
  you dont know how to swim. No matter how tight
  you wear those jackets, there still exists a
  small chance that the jacket will get separated
  from your body due to the flow of the water or by
  hitting the rocks. so in such situations, you
  must be able to swim so that you can avoid any
  mishaps and stay in one piece.
• Choose What Is Suitable For You
• One thing you should know about the river rafting
  is that they are classified into 6 different
  classed, each class having separate risk levels.
  Class 1 is considered as the easiest level and
  the difficulty goes up gradually up to the level
  6. The level 6 involves huge risk factor and
  should be done by the experts only. If you are a
  beginner, go for the class 1 or 2. While choosing
  a class level, you must also consider your
  physical fitness for that particular class.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Always Raft In Group
• If you are about to go rafting alone, you must
  know that, there wont be anyone who can help you
  if anything terrible happens. If you are rafting
  in a group, there will always be hope because
  other rafters will try to save you from harm if
  anything bad occurs.
• Stay Sober
• People go to river rafting, seeking adventure and
  thrill. Some people prefer to use alcohol before
  the trip for maximizing the enjoyment. This is
  very dangerous and should be avoided at any cost.
  Alcohol reduces the reflex speed and increases
  the danger in the river rafting.
• Dont Wear Hand Or Leg Wraps
• When raft is tumbled over, the hand wraps may get
  tangled around your hands or body, preventing you
  from swimming correctly. This may lead to
  drowning. So it is better to leave the hand wraps
  behind, even if you are suffering from any kind
  of hand injury.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Double Check The Quality Of The Safety Equipment
• Even if you are supplied with all the safety
  gadgets, they dont mean anything if they are of
  very bad quality. So always ensure the quality of
  the safety jackets and the helmets. Some safety
  jackets will have only less floating materials.
  If you dont feel confident with the safety gear
  you are provided with, ask for better ones or
  leave the river rafting course.
• Make Sure First Aids Are Available
• Before going on white water river rafting, you
  must make sure that, there is enough supply for
  the first aid tools such as bandages and
  painkillers.
• Always Ask For Safety Briefing
• You must always ask for safety briefing to the
  guide. You may have experience in rafting in
  other rapids. But you must always keep that in
  mind that each stream and rapid is different from
  one on another. So ask for the guide to brief
  about the course and the safety requirements
  before starting off the ride.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Finish Rafting Before Sunlight Goes Down
• While going for river rafting, it must be
  performed only during the presence of enough
  sunlight. When it is dark, the path and the rocks
  may not be visible even for the most expert
  paddler. This increases danger and should be
  avoided at any cost. Even if there is sunlight
  when starting off the journey, make sure that it
  wont be dark before finishing the river rafting
  course.
• Inform Your Medical Conditions To The Guide
  Before Starting Off
• If you are suffering from any kind of diseases or
  have any physical damage done to your body in the
  past, dont hesitate to inform your guide about
  your medical conditions. The guide will give
  safety instructions according to your medical
  conditions and will prevent you from getting
  yourself injured.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• Do Not Try To Stand Up, Always Sit Inside The
  Raft
• For maximizing the fun, people tend to stand up
  in the raft for a better view and for showing
  off. When you are standing up, the center of
  gravity also gets increased, so there is a high
  chance that you will tip over and will be thrown
  off to river.
• Teamwork Is Important
• Always remember that you will be rafting in a
  team. For the correct movement of the raft, you
  may need to paddle in a rhythmic manner with the
  fellow members of the raft. Do help others when
  they are in need of help. Only with this
  attitude, you will be able to survive higher
  grade river rafting.

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• Precautions that Should be Taken Before River
  Rafting
• That is all you need to know about before going
  river rafting in India. Make sure you follow all
  of the above instructions to stay safe during the
  white water river rafting. While doing river
  rafting, always watch out for eddies. Eddies are
  swirls in the rapid. It may be of various sizes.
  Larger eddies can even rotate the raft by some
  angle. So it would be best to stay away from
  eddies while river rafting or swimming in the
  river. In the lower grade river rafting, you may
  be allowed to swim in the river with the safety
  jacket as per the instructions of the guide.
  Never go far away from the raft and stay under
  the sight of the guide. If you tend to swim
  without considering the instructions of the
  guide, there is a risk of getting trapped in
  eddies or falling into fast streamlines.

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• Know More About Rishikesh
• Rishikesh is situated in the state of
  Uttarakhand, as a gateway to the Himalaya
  Mountains. With about 372 meters elevated from
  the sea level, the climate of Rishikesh is always
  chilling. That is exactly the reason why White
  Water River rafting in Rishikesh is better than
  any other rafting locations in India. Rishikesh
  offers a great stretch of the aggressively paced
  holy Ganga River that is ideal for river rafting.
  The Rishikesh river rafting is known all around
  the world for the thrill ride it offers. The best
  feature about the Rishikesh river rafting is that
  rafting of different grades like 1, 2, 3 and 4
  are offered at the Rishikesh river rafting. So it
  doesnt matter whether you are an expert or an
  amateur, you can choose from different difficulty
  classes.
• Grade 1 indicates that navigation is quite
  simple. The stream will be comparatively slow
  paced and you will be able to paddle both
  upstream and downstream through the river. There
  is no risk of being thrown into water or anything
  like that.
• Grade 2 courses are those that contain multiple
  rocks of small sizes placed on the path. But like
  in grade 1, navigation is not that much difficult
  and can be controlled easily.

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• Know More About Rishikesh
• Grade 3 is where the adventure begins. It is
  not like the lower grades. You will really begin
  to feel the thrill and exhilaration of a real
  adventure. It requires quite a lot of skill and
  concentration for the river rafting and there are
  chances of getting into trouble if proper
  attention is not given to it.
• Grade 4 is an advanced level. It is strictly
  for the experts. Novices shouldnt attempt grade
  4 rafting because the current is too strong to be
  faced by an inexperienced person. Another fact
  you should know is that the raft may even be
  tumbled due to the strong current in the stream.
• Grade 5 is Professional River rafting. It is
  considered very dangerous and there is a high
  chance for getting into trouble and being
  injured.
• Grade 6 is nothing but beautiful chaos. There
  will be no control at all and you will have to
  embrace for your lives. It is only for the
  adrenaline junkies who dare to push the limits
  over their lives.

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• Grade 1, Rapids in Rishikesh
• 1. Black money 2. Sweet sixteen
  3. Good morning
• Grade 2, Rapids in Rishikesh
• 1. Club house 2. Initiation 3.
  Double trouble
• 4. Hilton 5. Terminator 6.
  Shivpuri rapid
• Grade 3, rapids in Rishikesh
• 1. Three blind mice 2. Cross fire
  3. Roller coaster
• 4. Golf course 5. Return to slender
  6. Daniels dip
• Grade 4 rapid in Rishikesh
• 1. The great wall

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• Discover the Raw Wildness and Beauty
• Like mentioned above, the famous river rafting
  spots in Rishikesh are Sweet Sixteen, cross fire,
  The Blind Mice, Daniel Dip and The great Wall.
  All these courses differ in length and pace of
  the river. So, you will never get bored of river
  rafting in Rishikesh as there are multiple
  locations for river rafting. You can move from
  one location to other and have fun all day long.
  Apart from the river rafting courses, the
  Rishikesh is truly a beautiful place. During the
  white water river rafting in Rishikesh, you will
  be able to discover enchanting nature surrounding
  the banks of the stream. The surrounding nature
  consists of diverse plants and trees that give a
  pleasant feel for the eyes. You will like you
  have entered into some magical place while
  rafting through this beautiful place. There is no
  doubt that, Rishikesh and the river Ganga is a
  true blessing from the god, for its unmatched
  beauty.

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• Choose the Best Course that is Suitable For You
• There are so many private agencies in Rishikesh
  that offer white water rafting. You have to be
  very careful while choosing among these agencies.
  Not all of these agencies may have expert guides
  and enough safety gears for a safe river rafting.
  So, always choose safe and reputed river rafting
  agencies even if the package cost is high,
  because your life is more important and costs
  more than anything in this planet. An interesting
  feature of the river rafting at this place is
  that the rafting may start from multiple points
  and eventually and up at the Rishikesh. The
  rafting length ranges from 2 kilo meters to 40
  kilometers. So, you get to choose between
  different length courses for the river rafting.
  During the rafting course, you are given a
  wonderful opportunity to get to know the nature
  better. Most of the wildlife and plantation
  exists on the banks of the rivers. So while doing
  river rafting through the River Ganga in
  Rishikesh, you will be able to see a lot of the
  wildlife that you havent seen before in your
  entire life so far. Hence white water river
  rafting at Rishikesh is recommended to all those
  who are in love with the nature and are willing
  to discover the true wildness and beauty of the
  nature.

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• Treat the Rivers Very Well
• In the northern India, the rivers have a lot of
  historic and legendary significances. The River
  Ganga is considered as a goddess. You must always
  keep this in mind and should treat the river as a
  goddess because rivers are a gift from the
  nature. Try to avoid the usage of the plastic and
  do treat the rivers well. Please dont try to
  make a negative impact on the nature after
  performing the river rafting. Try to keep the
  river and the surrounding clean always so that,
  great river rafting will still be possible for
  the generations to come.
• Dont Forget to Have Fun
• Last but not the least, the most important thing
  you should do in river rafting at Rishikesh is to
  smile and have fun. The fun and enjoyment is the
  ultimate aim of any adventure sport. So what is
  the point in going to an adventure with fear and
  panic? It will be a huge disappointment if all
  you do is panic and get tensed while doing the
  river rafting. Simply put, river rafting is
  simple. But it is also powerful at the same time.
  You are given a chance to flow with the river.
  The only thing left to do is to take a deep
  breath and watch the beautiful surroundings as
  you pass by. Try to enjoy the maximum as
  possible. But always remain in the safety limits.
  If the instructions are followed properly, you
  can make the river rafting in India a memorable
  experience.