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Live
an incredible rafting experience in Rio Doradas, Venezuela
(3 days/ 2 nights)
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This program is available all year round
(12 months). The waterflow and level is dam controlled by the hydro
electric station of San Agaton which is emitting around 60 to 80 cubemeters
of water per second….sometimes, a few months per year, they open up both
turbines which doubles the numbers of waterflow !!!
Rio Doradas – the river that will thrill you ! |
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1:
7:15 am. Breakfast at the Arassari Trek cybercafe/office on our panoramic balcony. Buffet style. 7:30 am Departure by 4 wheel drive vehicles down to Ejido where we visit a typical “Trapiche” (sugar cane production, not working on weekends!). From there we continue our ride down the dry and xerofite Chama valley. We enter El Museo de Cafe en Estanquez and as we drive on we will leave the rain shadow effect again and find the lush and green valley of the Mocoties river. This area is famous to produce Venezuela´s finest and best coffee. Off course we will make a stop to find out why. The mountains are calling and we leave the main valley for the small road across the mountain hills to the tiny village of Guaraque where we prepare our brand new Mountainbikes (Merida-bike.com). In the afternoon we will enjoy a 10 km asphalt and 25 km dirt road by mountain bike along the Rio Guaraque and later on the Rio Negro. The altitude and climate are just fine and the views of the mountains and canyons are extremely attractive and beautiful.This place looks more like the Gran Sabana than the Andes !!! Just after the cycling we have a refreshing bath in natural pools and tropical rainforest vegetation. We also visit a cave located just next to the waterfalls. In the late afternoon we reach the dam of “ Represa la Honda”, an artificial lake that created a fjord – like landscape. Cabañas and rooms at “Campamento La Trampa” which was built for the italian and german engineers and their families that constructed the dam in the eighties. The tranquility, natural beauty and peace of this place is incredible. The altitude of 1200 meters above sea level guarantees the absence of mosquitoes and you will sleep in a nice and fresh mountain climate. Diner in the clubhouse where evening entertainment is offered with pool tables and dance floors. |
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Day
2:
7:00 am breakfast. After a short drive we get to the San Agaton Hydroelectric station where we get our compulsory rafting instructions and an intensive safety briefing. Bouncy nice class 3 to 3 and a half rapids are awaiting us. As we enter the Doradas valley we will stop in the middle of the wilderness and tie up our boat. An hour (aprox.) hike through the bush and tropical rainforest and we will encounter the ruins of a developed society that lived and built a “lost city” in the Doradas valley almost 2000 years ago. Discovery channel live in the forest. This site is practically unknown to science and only few people have heard of it, or been at the spot. Your imagination will mix with images of the Indiana Jones movies when we stroll and explore this place. Returning to our boats we continue for another hour of rafting in soft class 1 waters except for the last rapid which is again a class 3 rapid full of excitement! Lunch in form of a Pic-nic on the shore of the river. Just 5 walking minutes away we reach the "blue lagoon" (pozo azul)...cristal clear waters and a small waterfall in the middle of a beautiful jungle landscape. Time to enjoy this pristine spot, swim, refresh and disconnect from the world a bit. Return to Campamento "la Trampa" with some surprises on the way back. Day 3: Breakfast at the clubhouse. A motorboatride will take us out on the lake to see and photograph the beautiful natural waterfalls and rivers that feed the artificial lake and the sunken village of Potosi....just the church peak (cross) is looking out of the water. A really strange and surreal picture. After lunch in Pregonero ( a small andean village) we return to Merida via the National Park “Paramo Batallon la Negra”, the famous “M” road built by Gomez and the farming town of Bailadores. |
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to bring ?
- Long trousers, shorts or lycra for cycling and rafting - T-shirts and sweater or a long sleeve - Towel and personal affairs - Hat or baseball cap - Running/ cycling shoes or sandals for Biking and Rafting - Cycling gloves and other accessories - Socks and underwear - Sun protection cream and Mosquito spray (for the river) - Camera and film, waterproof or throw away for the river - you can also bring along your own bike if you wish so. What
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Contact us ! ARASSARI
TREK - V.T. 2256
Raquel & Tom Evenou
Final calle 24, 8-301. Mérida - Venezuela
Tel /Fax : ++58
(0274) 2525879 Cel.
(0414) 7463569
E-Mail: info@arassari.com
ó arassari@telcel.net.ve
