Meeting at Erzurum Airport and departure to Ispir, the starting point of the track. After the seminar, it is time to start with track that has a difficulty level of 2-3. each boat is checked by the river guide. The personal belongings are transferred by the vehicle. As soon as we're finished with lunch, we enter the track with the difficulty level 4. Overnight at the tent.
DAY 2 - Monday
We enter the river again in the morning. Around midday, we arrive at the general camp. Visit to the Peterek Castle.
DAY 3 - Tuesday
Upon visit to Tekkale and Dörtkilise, we depart for Yusufeli. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 4 - Wednesday
We spend the day in Yusufeli, resting. If you wish, you may also go shopping or sightseeing.
DAY 5 - Thursday
We enter the track with a difficulty level of 5. This is the track where the world championship of 1993 has taken place. Osman's Bloody Nose, High blood Pressure, King Kong and The Fall of the Devil. There are exactly 15 challenging rapids in this track. Overnight at the tent, on the edge of the river.
DAY 6 - Friday
We wander around in Demirkent in the morning. In the afternoon, we enter the 4-level-track. As soon as we're finished, we return to hotel at Yusufeli.
DAY 7 - Saturday: Departure upon packing up. Transfer to Erzurum Airport
Personal Equipment that you should bring:
For rafting, you'll only need your bathing suit and a pair of sport shoes. The ones who have to use glasses should tie cords to their glasses, so that they don't lose them. You may wear whatever you want in the sightseeing tours. But it is important that you are protecting yourself from the sun. Don't forget to bring your sun lotion, hat, towel and camera.
Çoruh River is one of the ten rivers in the world that is suitable for rafting. The biggest reason for its high standards is the 350-km-long way that it covers from its spring (3500 m) until it reaches the Black Sea (0 m).
Here are splendid canyons, magnificently flowing rivers, adrenalin, rice fields, productive fruit gardens, brown bears, historical Georgian churches and castles, peaks covered up with snow, waterfalls formed in riverbeds, speed, motion and the dancers presenting their traditional shows with the sound of bag pipe are all varied.
The 8-day-tour gives you the chance of traveling in the waterfalls, which are 135 km away and get more challenging each time. Although the region is undeveloped in terms of tourism, the local people who are very friendly and hospitable enliven our tour considerably. Camping at nights will become a passion as it often does in long river trips. We're going to find out more about the Gürcü priests living at an attitude of 1800 m, when we go trekking on Dogu Karadeniz Mountains. It will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you.
Çoruh River, which is found on Turkey's Black Sea Coast, in the east of the region and flows down from the Mountain Kaçkar, is one of the ten best rivers in the world for rafting. With its tracks, that have 5 different difficulty levels, it is considered an ideal river for the "white water raft" from mid-May till the end of August. Especially in the region between Ispir-Yusufeli, many international competitions and 5-day-long expeditions are arranged.
As the river flows speedily under you, the only thing a rafter may do is to keep his head straight trying not to capsize and hit the rocks. Rafting can be defined as the art of standing in a river, which has slopes as the human life and flows fast and slow at times.
As valleys and canyons are being passed, some harsh turns may come across Sometimes there are laps that are very difficult to pass over. You can't see ahead, the dangers waiting for you You may capsize in whirlpools Sometimes fear and sometimes bravery becomes more dominant in your body. When you're in the river, you can't stop all of a sudden and tell that you want to get off, just like you can't give up your life all at once. River takes the person away, just like the life itself
The skillful rafters who follow all the instructions or the rafters who have found an appropriate guide will have the chance of attaining the inert water after having a hard time in the exuberant one. Thus, the experience embroiders the memory with success.
Being organized with the help of German AGT Reisen GmBH, it is an expedition which takes place at one of the world's most important rivers Çoruh and contains an accommodation of 6 nights with the accompany of foreign river guides.
Location: Artvin - Erzurum
Transportation: Intercity transportation may be provided by plane or
buses. The transfers in the tour are provided by minibuses.
Accommodation: Hotel and tent accommodated.
Activities: Rafting and hiking.
Meals: The lunches during activities, breakfast and dinners at the hotel
or camp.
Degree: The rafting track has the difficulty level of about 4-5. everyone
can join but they should be conditioned enough.
Equipment: The personal equipment like a smaller rucksack, a pair of
jogging boots, a pair of sandals or an old pair of sport shoes, sun lotion
and a bathing suit.
Places that are visited: Ispir, Peterek Castle, Tekkale and Dörtkilise,
Yusufeli, Demirkent. Number of people: Minimum of 4, maximum of 15 people.
(Minimum age is 16)
Tour Dates: Every week in May-June season.
