Discovery River Adventure
Activity Description:
Ø Your group will meet up with qualified and experienced instructors at the river.
Ø Brief introduction before you start.
Ø Once you are all ready you will warm up and your group will be given a familiarization with the equipment and a safety chat.
Ø You will then start the adventure with a quick lesson in a calm sheltered area of the river.
Ø Here, participants will be instructed in how to safely manoeuvre the canoes, what to do and not to do and a bit of warm up fun.
Ø After this introductory session the real adventure begins.
Ø Along the way you will encounter beautiful calm stretches of scenic river valley, as well weirs, waterfalls and rapids.
Ø Plenty of challenges for the adventurous river explorer.
Ø You will be shooting weirs and rapids and having splash battles.
Ø Plenty of fun and games along the way and lots of white water excitement.
Ø The river itself is very interesting.
Ø For an additional buzz you can also swim the rapids if you think your friends would be up for it.
Ø This is a truly enchanting section of the valley.
Ø As you reach the end of your river travels you head north again but this time you negotiate along the canal, back to where you started.
Session Times:
There are two times available on the weekend.
The first session finishes at 2pm and the second session starts at 2.30pm.
Activity Length:
Approx 4 Hours
What Is Provided?
In addition to all the canoes etc, wet suits, buoyancy aids and cags (wind-proof, shower proof top) will be supplied.
What Should You Bring?
The group will need to bring footwear that you don't mind getting wet, swim wear, towel, a fleece top and hat.
Location:
Borris
Co. Carlow
(20 mins from Kilkenny)
Borris Co. Carlow is a charming village, old and quaint. Some of the pubs haven't changed in a hundred years.