Mitchell River Gourmet Packraft Trip

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Mitchell River Gourmet Packraft Trip

Canoes Plus Adventure Experience

Beginner and Intermediate Packrafting on the Mitchell River.

Come and enjoy the wilderness of the Mitchell River National Park with their experienced and highly qualified guides love this trip. This trip suits the adventurous and those with some paddling experience.

Start with a social wine and cheese the night before ( local gourmet delicacies) and then the next day you will enjoy a short walk down the hill to Den of Nargun and the Mitchell River. You will need to carry all your gear for the day in a hiking pack.

Once at the river, you will inflate the rafts and pack, followed by learning and reviewing your strokes and techniques on the water. This is a must, as the first rapid can be a bit of a wake-up-call. You go straight in to the whitewater at that point, and there is no turning back. A 10 kilometre paddle, with lots of rapids, adreneline and fun along the way.

They supply a gourmet lunch at the Old Weir, and then onwards to the finish through some of the best rapids in that section. Your final point will be the Glenaladale bridge.

Cost

Adult: $295

Tour includes packraft and gear. Personal items and clothing need to be supplied by the participant. Day trips include gourmet lunch.

Inclusions

Tour includes packraft and gear. Personal items and clothing need to be supplied by the participant. Day trips include gourmet lunch.

Tour highlights

Mitchell River National Park, Echo Bend Camping Park

We spend our time on the River gliding through the Mitchell River National Park. is a largely un-dammed, heritage-listed river flowing from the High Country. Take in the amazing scenery and temperate Rainforest. We start at the Den of Nargun: A culturally significant site to the Gunaikurnai people. This is a site significantly mentioned in dreaming and is a known womens site. Lunch is at the side of the river at the historic weir: the ruins of the historic Glenaladale Weir. The weir was part of a plan in 1890 to build a massive irrigation scheme. The goal was to raise the river's water level to supply farms up to 100 + kms away. Just months after completion in 1893, a massive natural flood severely breached and damaged the weir, and because the cost to repair the damage was too high the project was completely abandoned without ever delivering a single drop of irrigation water. This is a great spot to stop and known for visitors jumping off the top of the weir into the depths below.

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