How much is whitewater rafting? Whitewater rafting costs between £40 and £100 depending on the river, its class and its location. These rapids come in grades, these are rated from 1 (flat, scenic) to 5 (high adventure/ risk). Splash white water rafting rafts many rivers that are accessible to our base in Aberfeldy, […]
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What do you wear to go rafting?
What do you wear to go rafting? Bathing suit/ Swimming shorts – This is for under you neoprene wetsuit. Clothing- Dry, warm clothing for changing into after your whitewater rafting experience. Towel/Toiletries – Towel for drying yourself before changing into your warm clothing and toiletries as you may be going to the pub for food […]
Class 5 white water rafting
Class 5 white water rafting Class 5 white water rafting also called Grade 5 white water rafting is a term which refers to the difficulty and danger of a section of the white water river being rafted. White water rafting has a clear grading system that goes between 1 and 6 where 1 is flat […]
What is Adventure?
What is Adventure? The problem with adventure is it is variable and determined by the person who’s accessing the adventure. Ranulph Fiennes, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Neil Armstrong are all extreme explorers and adventurers but for most people activities like white water rafting, outdoor climbing and abseiling, canyoning, paintball these are the sort of activities […]
Family White Water Rafting
Family White Water Rafting We are often here via email, facebook messenger, telephone or in person – “Ah the rafting, it look great I will bring we John up when he is a bit older he would love it” to which we reply “ What age is wee John ?” “ Ah he is only […]
The River Tay
The River Tay We are based 50 yards from the banks of the River Tay, every day we see her glory, our main business is based upon the adventure she provides to our customers, we owe a lot to the majestic River Tay. In this blog we are going to have a look at the […]
Saving an Osprey with Splash and David
On the 30th of June David and his children came to Splash White Water Rafting to enjoy some river bugging, little did they know that day they would save a wild bird of prey ( We think it was an Osprey but it may have been a Buzzard or an Eagle- if you can identify […]
4 key white water rafting terms
4 key white water rafting terms Overs The guide predominantly sits at the back of the white water raft. From here they direct the crew by shouting out various commands. “Over left” and “Over right” are the two commands you will hear if you come rafting with us on the River Tummel in Perthshire. This […]
The two innovations that gave us White Water Rafting
The genius of Nathaniel Galloway Nathaniel Galloway a native of Utah, USA. He was one of the first people to think fresh ideas about rowing, river dynamics and river navigation. These fresh ideas lead to a major breakthrough that would change river navigation and sow the seeds for white water rafting. His ideas were to […]
