Shooting the rapids is done in a rubber raft, and the customers participate on steering by paddling. The activity starts by going through safety and paddling instructions. The first shooting is called the “basic track”, and it follows the Finnish- Swedish border which is also where the river runs deepest.
The second run will be an action track if circumstances allow. The first task of the track is to stop the raft on a back current. After that the raft is paddled along a fast track, which runs through the best waves of the river. The tasks are quite challenging.
Trip Length: We do twice an one kilometer trip and total duration of the safari is about 90 minutes. Rapids: Class III (summer) and Class IV (spring tide) Class II-III (autumn) depending on river levels.
Programm including all necessary rafting equipment, wetsuits waterproof clothing, rubber or neopren boots, life jackets, helmets. We use self bailing rafts and licensed river guides. Recommend that you take exchange clothes with.
The activities are in accordance of the guidelines provided by Association for Finnish Paddling and Rapids-Shooting Business for safety and use of boats used in shooting the rapids. Safari participants are expected to be in normal physical condition and at least 15 years of age; a person under 18 years of age may participate shooting the rapids with their parent, or with parental permission. The participants should ensure that their insurance also covers possible damages sustained while shooting the rapids. Weather conditions and changes in water depth may change schedules or routes on the rapids, or prevent shooting the rapids altogether.
We reserve the right to make alterations.