Sport Mix in Bovec

Description:

RAFTING

Rafting is descending rapid rivers in a specially built rubber boat steered by experienced guide. Participants (from 6 to 8) help him by paddling.

The rafting adventure starts in Bovec, in our agency, where we supply you with all the necessary equipment for rafting like neoprene clothes, neoprene shoes, safety helmet, life-jacket and anorak. Then our driver takes you to the starting-point, where you change your clothes to neoprene clothes. All you need from your own equipment are swimming suit and a towel.

Starting point is at the Boka waterfall, which is with its 106 meters definitely the most magnificent waterfall in Slovenia. From here we will drive you with the rubber boat to the unforgettable experience through the Soča river, one of the most beautiful rivers in Slovenia. Before you start rafting, our guides teach you how to hold and use the paddle and give you instructions for what to do in case you fall out of the raft into the water.

The first part of the descent from Boka to Trnovo (about 5 kilometers) is easier from the second part, where there is more rapids and adrenaline. If you wish, we can stop during the descent so you can swim and jump from the rocks into the invigorating coolness of Soča.

Our adventure ends in Trnovo, where you change back to your clothes and our driver takes you back to Bovec.

The track from Boka to Trnovo is 10 kilometers long. The descent itself takes you about one hour and a half while for the whole trip you need about two hours and a half of your free time.

For rafting there is no age limit, anybody can join us. The only limit is, that you are a good swimmer.

CANYONING

Canyoning is a kind of water trekking down the canyon. Following the guide one by one, you slide down the natural toboggans, shoots and slides, jump into pools and test your courage.

Perfect for that sport is canyon Sušec, which is located 7 kilometers out of Bovec.

With its easy structure it is an undemanding canyon. If you have at least basic physical condition and are a good swimmer you can try that amazing sport named canyoning.

The way to the starting point leads you through the old Italian mule track (20 minutes), than you have 5 minutes downhill to the entrance of the canyon. At the beginning of the canyon you can try canyon spring water, pleasant climate typical for the gorge will refresh you and you will have a beautiful view on the slopes of Kobarid hill.

Water in the Sušec canyon had excavated in the limestone beautiful basins with many waterfalls, which sometimes resemble on the real toboggans, water slides. One of the attractions in the canyon is also ''The whole''. ''The whole'' is a waterfall where you can sit in safe position and drop down about 6 meters to the tolmun – water park in nature.

Besides unspoiled nature you can also see remains of the way, bridge and cable railway from the 1st World war.

Our guides take you to a mysterious, hidden world, where nature has been making incredible creations for centuries. This is the quiet world of emerald green pools, narrow gorges and above all peace, that is disturbed only by the water's murmur.

On the starting point which is also our final destination, you change your clothes to thick neoprene clothes, helmet end neoprene shoes. All you need to take with you are swimming suit and a towel. Then you follow the guide up to the mountain, climbing the narrow path to the starting point and now you are ready to start canyoning.

The track in 3 kilometers long, sliding through the canyon will take you about two hours while the whole trip lasts about three hours.

HYDROSPEED

Would you like to try the Soča river face to face, feel her wild nature and be one with her current? If so, hydrospeeding is the best choice for you.

Hydrospeeding on the Soča river is one of the most ''hip'' adrenaline sports at the moment. It originates from New Zeland, the land of many adrenaline sports. Hydrospeeding on the Soča river involves riding down the river with specially designed dinghy, known as hydrospeed. It is a floating element which is guided only with your body weight and your legs.

Our driver will drive you to the starting point, the village named Srpenica. There you will dressed in the thick neoprene suit, with the helmet on your head, the life jacket and flippers on the legs, be ready to go on the unforgattable adventure. From your equipment you need only a bathing suit and a towel.

An experienced, caring guide on hydrospeed will accompany you as you will kick and maneuver your hydrospeed down the rapids of the emerald Soča. In case of bigger groups there is additional guide in kayak with you to increase your security. Because of the direct contact with the water hydrospeed on the Soča river gives you a special adrenalin feeling.

After about an hour of descent through the Soča river you will come on the finishing point in Trnovo. There you will change the clothes and then the driver will take you back to Bovec.

The track Srpenica-Trnovo is 8 kilometers long. The whole trip lasts about two hours and a half.

For hydrospeeding it is important that you are a good swimmer in case that you lose control on the hydrospeed. A good physical condition is also necessarily.

For those, who want more adrenaline we offer hydrospeed extreme. The track Otona-Kobarid is 7 kilometers long, the descent through the Soča river will take you about an hour. The whole trip lasts three hours. For that extreme hydrospeeding you will need a lot of courage and much more physical condition.

KAYAK SCHOOL/KAYAK DOWN THE RIVER

For those, who want to learn kayaking or get some more experiences about it, our agency offers two programs: kayak school and kayak down the river.

Kayak school is for the beginners, who want to aquire more knowledge regarding kayaking and gain more experiences on quiet and white waters. The intensive classes in kayaking school, which have duration of two hours and a half per day, will encourage you to overcome any critical situation that might arise. The kayak courses in our agency last one, two, three or five days. The required equipment, kayak, organization of the trip from the starting point and back, are included in the price. What you need of your own equipment are swimming suit and a towel.

For those, who have some experiences with kayaking on white waters, we recommend kayak down the Soča river. According to the previous agreement with our guides, you will set out to the different areas of Soča, which suits your knowledge. On this trip you can enjoy everything from a basic paddling with a kayak to a masterly taming of the turbulent water. Descent down the river lasts about one hour and a half, the whole trip lasts two hours and a half.

Kayaking is a truly unforgettable experience for those, who have no fear for water and who enjoy in controling the boat and action around it.

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