CANO-RAFT Verdon : ABOARD Rafting Castellane

THE CANO-RAFT ACTIVITY

Rafting aux Gorges du Verdon - Aboard rafting

The ideal craft for adventurous paddlers…

Activité - Cano-raft dans les Gorges du Verdon avec Aboard Rafting

A cano-raft is a two-men inflatable craft which the paddlers autonomously manoeuvre using a double-blade paddle. Thanks to its inflated self-bailing structure making it a very stable boat, beginners can paddle in white water without having had any previous experience of white water activities.

A cano-raft trip brings the same sensations as a white water canoe trip and offers a possibility of having fun and playing with the water, without experiencing the drawbacks of flipping over with a rigid canoe. With an cano-raftt, in case the paddlers do flip over, all they have to do is to jump back on the boat and off they go again!

The guides accompany them in their own boats and indicate the way, while giving the tips on how to ride the Verdon waves.

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Equipment

Self-bailing cano-raft
Double blade paddle
High buoyancy lifejacket
Helmet
Gloves (beginning and end of season)
5 mm. or 3 mm. wet-suit, according to temperature
Neoprene jacket or wind-beaker, according to temperature
Neoprene socks, according to temperature

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Period of validity

From April until October

The flow of the Middle-Verdon is dam-controled.

In the spring, (from April until June)the water releases occur on a regular basis, thanks to the thawing of the snow which feeds the Castillon Lake above the dam, upstream from Castellane. In the event that water releases are temporarily interrupted, we suggest riding the Verdon upstream from Castellane on the Upper-Verdon (the Fontgaillarde Gorges). This natural flow section is fed by the thawing of the snow in the spring. The trips on the Upper Verdon take place about 30 mn. away from Castellane.

In the summer, (July and August) the water releases are only planned on specific days (usually on Tuesdays and Fridays).

Replacement cano-raft trips on the Upper-Verdon river is not possible in the summer, the level of this section being then too low. We then run our trips on the Lower-Var river, a natural flow river, situated at 45 mn. away from Castellane.

In the autumn, (starting mid-September), the water releases are regular again and make the Middle-Verdon trips possible every day again.

For further information about days of dam water releases on the Middle-Verdon and flows on the Upper-Verdon, please check our dam water release schedule.