davao wild water rafting

 9 october 2010, davao city

we woke up early to catch our call time with davao wildwater adventure, 8:00 in the morning. we just had a quick breakfast and set off to crocodile park, the meet up place. all were excited because it's gonna be a fun-filled day.

we just took a cab from the hotel to crocodile park. there we met our fellow rafters, our river guides and the staff of WW. we were given a short orientation on what to expect, and even showed us some videos of what's gonna happen while we are on the river. parang nanakot nga lang e. hehe... it is indeed an extreme sport.

fun!

after all the talks, sumakay na kami ng jeep with all the rafting equipments - padels, helmets, lifevests and the rafts were put on top of the vehicle. all of our belongings were left safe in the lockers. you won't be needing a camera since the package includes photos and videos. it was a 30-minute travel (or more) to reach the river rafting start off point. with our gears on, we were taught about defensive swimming in case our raft will capsize. then it's on! start of our extreme wild water adventure! 

our rafts on top

we're ready!

with the other rafters

davao wildwater adventure inc.
they are the ones to be contacted if you want to book for a wildwater adventure. i managed to have us reserved a month before our trip. our contact person that time was poloy, he just called me after texting him and gave me instructions on how we can get reserved. we just needed to deposit 500 each (50%, because our rafting fee was P1000) to Metrobank, and email/fax them the deposit slip. at this time that i am writing this blog, i visited their site and saw that the rafting fee is already P2000, minimum of 5! omg, that was just 8 months ago.

our package (P1000) includes:
    * Transportation (From Crocodile Park to Rafting Area and back)
    * Packed Lunch & Bottled Water
    * Use of Gears & Equipment
    * Raft guide
    * Souvenir Shirt
    * Documentation (2 Disc per group of 6)
    * Ticket to butterfly house
    * Ticket to ZIP CITY

the group

quick briefing

defensive swimming
you need not to be a swimmer to go water rafting. because even the best swimmer in the world can do nothing with the rapids. the very first thing that a rafting participant should know is the defensive swimming when something goes wrong (mag capsize ang raft, o kaya mabutas. haha!).

how is this being done? simple. get on your back with your feet pointing downstream. in this position you can see what is coming your way, and also will prevent your head from hitting the rocks as the rapids bring you.

soak!

the cave - dropping spring water

the river
davao river is rated class 3 (few rapids are of class 4). the rafting experience covers a 13-kilometer stretch of the river.

class 3 rapids - you will get wet! rapids with moderate, irregular waves which may be difficult to avoid and which can swamp an open canoe. Complex maneuvers in fast current are needed. awts!

class 4 rapids - you will get soaked! intense, powerful but predictable rapids requiring precise boat handling in turbulent water. it may feature large, unavoidable waves and constricted passages demanding fast maneuvers under pressure. lagot!

mild water

wilder!

our adventure
chicken! - this is what we yell whenever we surpass wild rapids. cool! thanks to kuya lloyd, our river guide. :)

after the adventure

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