Description
DEROULEMENT
de l’activité
Le matin : Rafting
Meet at 9:30 AM at our «Adventure Forest» base (See access map)
Welcome of participants by the Rafting guides, followed by the distribution of equipment and a briefing for a descent down the Verdon by raft, to our Pinède beach (approx. 8 km and 1h30 of navigation).
The first part is easy; it allows for a gentle introduction to handling the raft. Then we navigate rapids of increasing difficulty with, as the finale, the famous Barre St. Jean (Class III rapid: medium difficulty).See the classification of rapidsThe culmination of this descent.
Once this rapid has been navigated, we will rejoin the Pinède beach, the finishing point of this descent.
After getting de-kitted, we will return to our base «Adventure Forest» by bus.
L’après-midi : Forest Adventure Course
Meet at 2:00 PM Adventure Forest adventure course.
Leap from tree to tree on a range of varied workshops, from 2 to 12 metres high. Test your balance on Nepalese bridges, jump with a vine, glide on zip lines, walk on suspended walkways, wriggle through suspended barrels, all in complete safety... All you need to do is put on a harness, follow the instructions, and all the fun is yours!
In total, 50 varied and progressive workshops await you amidst the trees, culminating in two zip lines (80m and 130m above the Verdon).
This real forest adventure takes place on an exceptional 3-hectare site of pines and deciduous trees, bordered by cliffs overlooking the Verdon.
INFORMATION
complémentaire
- Discovery Rafting
- Half-day forest adventure course
- En septembre, tous les jours de lâcher de barrage.
- Pour connaître les prévisions de lâchers de barrage, consultez ICI.
IMPORTANT:
- EDF can suspend these water discharges from the dam for technical reasons.
Consequently, ABOARD Rafting reserves the right to cancel rafting trips due to the absence of water releases from EDF (during certain periods, it may be possible to replace the rafting trip with a water hiking trip).
- No experience necessary
- Knowing how to swim is essential
- Minimum age: 8 years for discovery rafting and a minimum height of 1.40 m for the adventure course. Other forest courses are suitable for younger children (1.20 m for the junior course; 1.00 m for the pitchouns course).
- To foresee
- Swimsuit
- Napkin
- Sports trainers (like tennis shoes)
- Spectacle chain
- A picnic for lunch would be advisable
- Supervision by experienced, state-qualified guides,
- European-standard compliant safety equipment
- Waistcoat
- Helmet
- Quality individual fit-for-purpose equipment:
- Wetsuit
- Windbreaker
- The bus return to the starting point of the activities
- Public liability insurance covering ABOARD Rafting's activities.
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