I-Whitewater rafting ihlala enye yezemidlalo ezithandwa kakhulu kwilizwe lonke, kwaye ngenxa yezizathu ezifanelekileyo. Akuvumelekanga kuphela ukuba abahambi bahambele iindawo eziqhelekileyo, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo, ziindawo ezintle, zihlala zihamba kakuhle, zinika i-adrenaline ukukhawuleza endleleni. Akukho nto ifana nokukhawuleza kumlambo oqhaqhaqhako ngelixa imihlaba emangalisayo igqitha ngaphesheya kolwandle. Iindawo ezininzi zokurhweba ziza kunika iindwendwe ngamava asemgangathweni, kodwa njengoko unokulindela, akuzona zonke ezidalwe zilinganayo.
Nazi ezinye ezisibhozo zezona zinto zihamba phambili kwiindawo ezihamba phambili ze-whitewater rafting kwihlabathi lonke eliqinisekisiwe ukubonelela ukukhumbuza ixesha lokuphila.
Colorado River (USA)
Akukho luhlu lwamanzi angamanzi angagqitywa ngaphandle kokukhankanya uMlambo waseColorado e-US Le mlambo eyaziwayo ihambahamba ngamamayela angaphezu kwe-277 ukuya ngasentla kweArizona, kunye neendwendwe ezidumileyo ezidlula kwi-Grand Canyon. Abahambi bangachitha ixesha elincinane nje ngelinye ilanga baqhuba i-rapids apho, kodwa ukuba bafumane amava amaninzi ngaphezu kweeveki ezimbini. Leli lizwe elingu-quintessential whitewater rafting kunye nohambo lokuphila okungafanelekanga.
Umlambo waseZambezi (iZimbabwe)
Indawo ehamba phambili yamanzi omhlophe eAfrika akungabazeki ukuba uMlambo iZambezi eZimbabwe. Ukuqala nje ngezantsi kwe-360-foot (110 imitha) iVictoria Falls umlambo unikeza iCandelo IV kunye neV rapids ezimele zibonwe zikholelwe.
Ewonke, kukho i-rapids ezingama-23 kwi-kilomitha ezingama-24 (e-24 km) ezolulayo eziphakathi kwamava amhlophe amnandi atholakala naphina emhlabeni. Iindwendwe ezibukhali zingase zibone amavubu kunye neengwenya endleleni.
Río Upano (Ecuador)
Ihlathi elininzi elinemizila yobomi kwiibhanki zeRío Upano e-Ecuador, enika abahambi ithuba lokufumana i-Class IV rapids kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo.
Umlambo uhambela kwiinqanawa ezincinci, kuquka i-Namangosa Gorge engakholwanga, apho iindawo ezinamaqabunga ezinqabileyo eziphakamileyo ziphezulu ngaphezu koovimba bamanzi bexhamla emlambo ngaphantsi. Ukumiswa okumangalisayo, ukuthetha okuncinci, nokurhoxisa ngeyona ndlela yodwa yokufumana ngokwenene indawo.
I-Pacuare River (Cosa Rica)
Amacandelo amathathu amhlophe amhlophe, kunye nama-38 aphindaphindiweyo, asasazeka ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-67, uMlambo wePacuare eCosta Rica unokubaninzi ukubonelela abahambahambayo. Amanzi ajikelezayo ahlinzekela i-Class III ne-IV rapids ehamba ngaphaya kwehlathi elininzi elinamabalabala, iintaka ezinomdla, kunye ne-ocelots, kodwa i-Talamanca Mountains ezikufutshane. Uhambo olulodwa nolunye lweentsuku ezimbini lufumaneka, ukunika iindwendwe ithuba lokufumana enye yeyona milambo ehamba phambili kakhulu kwihlabathi lonke.
Ifom ephakathi, iSalmon River (USA)
Umbhobho ophakathi eMlambo waseSalmon, e-Idaho, ngowomnye umlambo owaziwayo ngamathuba akhe amnandi okurhweba. Indawo ehamba ngayo emanzini akuyona into emfutshane, kwaye iindawo eziphakamileyo zeqhwa eziphakamileyo, kunye namahlathi amakhulu kunye nehlathi eliqingqiweyo elinxwemeni lwayo malunga neekhilomitha eziyi-160.
I-Rapids kwi-Fork Fork ingafikelela kwindawo ephakamileyo njengeCandelo IV, okwenza oku kungabi yindawo enhle yokwenza i-paddle, kodwa enye izaliswe ngamacandelo e-adrenaline-inducing measures. Le yindawo ehamba phambili yokuhlaziya i-rafting engafanele ilahleke.
IMagpie River (Canada)
ICanada ihlala emakhaya amaninzi amhlophe e-white rafting, kodwa uMlambo iMagpie kwimpuma yeQuebec yasePhondo laseQuebec unokuba yinto engcono kakhulu. I-adventure iqala nge-flight flight flight to Magpie Ichibi, elandelwa ngumhla we-6 ukuya kwe-8 wemini yomlambo ngokwawo. Endleleni, abahambi baya kudlula emahlathini ase-pine asekude abangafunyanwanga ngumntu, njengoko bathatha iClass V Rapids eya kubavavanya kokubili ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. Ebusuku, baya kubamba inkampu phantsi kweenkwenkwezi kwaye banamathuba okujonga izinto ezimangalisayo zaseNyakatho yeeLanga kuzo zonke izuko.
Umlambo wase Futaleufú (eChile)
Zimbalwa indawo kwiMhlaba zibukeka zintle njengePatagonia kusezantsi kweChile, kwaye zimbalwa iindlela ezingcono zokuhlolisisa loo ndawo ngaphandle kokuhlaziya umlambo we-Futaleufú. Iintaba ze-Andes zenza umva ongemuva kumanzi ahlaza okwesibhakabhaka e-Futaleufú, aphethwe ngamaqhwala awenza amachibi kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zasePatagonian. Umlambo ngokwawo ugcina intliziyo igxotha ngokunikezela ngeCandelo III-V i-rapids, nangona iinqwelo ziyakuthi zithandeke nje ngolu hlobo oludlulayo.
North Johnstone River (Australia)
Ufikeleleke kuphela nge-helicopter, i-Australia yaseNorth Johnstone River iyadlula kwiindawo ezihlambulukileyo zemvula kunye nemigodi ye-volcanic yasePalerston National Park enyakatho yeQueensland. Endleleni, inika abahamba ngeCandelo IV namanzi AV njengoko bechitha iintsuku ezi-4 ukuya ku-6 bebenzela ukuzalwa kwabo ngenkampu ehlathini. Ukude, inhle, kwaye inzima, i-North Johnstone iyongezelela ngokufanelekileyo kuloluhlu.