Rafting on the Urubamba

On saturday Heidi, Leticia (my house mates), Dante (a teacher at the school) and I spent the day rafting the Urubamba river. There are several options, but we decided to do the one day trip. We met our group at 9:30 am in the main plaza in Cusco and took the bus 1 1/2 hours to the base camp. After some simple instructions we were off. It did not take much time for us to be in the thick of the rapids. I guess we were not the most skilled group, but our raft flipped in the first tough stretch of the river ( i guess we needed some more time to practice). Everyone was fine and I actually enjoyed it, grabbing onto those that did not swim well, and grabbing paddles that were going by. The rest of the float went well and we all arrived back at base camp in one piece. They fed us a great meal, put us on a bus, and said goodbye. Despite the first rapids our team did well.

Rafting on the Urubamba

Cusco, Peru