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Vjosa River Rafting: Experiencing Europe’s Last Free-flowing Rivers in Gjirokastër, Albania
4.8
182 Ratings
Permet
Experience the thrill of rafting on the Vjosa River, one of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers in Gjirokastër, Albania. Join Albania Rafting for a class II and III rafting adventure with stunning canyons, braided river sections, and more.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Benja Thermal Baths - The Langarica canyon is surrounded by the forests and mountains of Dangelli and Shqeri and joins further the Vjosa River. The natural panorama along the Langarica canyon is stunning and untouched by the human hand. It changes through the seasons and gives a colorful and expressive scenery of the nature in this area. Inside the canyon there are many caves, a variety of trees and aromatic bushes, and thermal springs formed by sulfur waters which stream from the caves.
What's Included
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Use of rafting equipment
- Wet suit
- Thermic jacket
- Safe jacket
- Scafandra
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Albania Rafting presents the finest Albanian expedition on the Vjosa River, one of the last remaining unobstructed rivers in Europe. It’s a class II rafting experience with some class III rapids. Brace yourself for up to four-foot waves and close quarters that make the boat wiggle and the water flood over the edges. The entire 270km journey of the Vjosa river is raw, uncontrolled, and adorned with beautiful canyons, intertwined river sections, isles, and oxbows.
Our assembly point is at our Vjosa Albania Rafting Base. Once you’ve donned all the necessary rafting gear, our minivan will pick you up and transport you to the starting point, a mere 35 minutes away from our base.
Length of rafting trip:
Travel from the Rafting Base to the starting point takes 35 minutes. Preparation, instructions, and downstream progression will take roughly 2.5 - 3 hours.
Optional tour:
Kayaking opportunity in Vjosa
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Vjosa Albania Rafting & Kayak Camping Përmet
Meeting time at 9.30
Vjosa Albania Rafting Camping Përmet Water Sport Adventures in Albania, Permet/Gjirokastra
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(182 Ratings)
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Tiina_l
Aug 30, 2024
Great trip, strongly recommend - At the beginning it took some time waiting before gearing up, but tour itself was awesome. I hoped it would be even more extreme, but with kids it was ok. Lot of slow parts between riffles. Beautiful scenery and cliffs. Fun stops for swimming and cliff jumping. Tour guides took lots of pictures, which were shared after the tour.
Weather was cloudy and rainy (in August) and kids felt a bit cold, but tour operator can't change the weather :)
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Lucianavm_silva
Aug 27, 2024
A thrilling blast of adrenaline and fun - This was hands down one of the best experiences I had in Albania! The views were absolutely stunning, the landscape was breathtaking, and the river’s unique colors were just amazing. I loved every bit of it. The tour guides were super friendly, and I have to give a special shout-out to Mara. She brought such vibrant energy and kept the group happy and engaged the whole time. She was professional but also made sure we were all having a blast, and she was great about explaining the health and safety stuff too. Endri was also awesome; he drove us to the starting point, and from our little chat, I could tell how passionate he is about his job and Albania. He was really knowledgeable and friendly. Keep up the great work, team! 😊
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Londonholidayaddict
Aug 16, 2024
A must do in Albania - We joined an afternoon tour in August. Meet up 2:30pm and were back at camp around 5:30pm
Stunning scenery, great fun on the raft with the chance at a couple of points to cool off in the fresh cool water and do some jumps which was much needed given it was almost 40 degrees outside.
The rapids themselves were not too scary as august is when the river is lowest but it was still a great experience.
Just the right amount of time as well on the water (around 2 hours I think).
The Albania Rafting group team were really professional and friendly and fun too.
One of the highlights of our trip to Albania.
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Sherpa41843848922
Aug 12, 2024
Descent of the river - Not difficult route (in other seasons it is not the same), spectacular scenery and very professional guides. Recommended.
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Globetrotting646660
Aug 11, 2024
To do! The team is great! - We had a great time in nature, our companions were great! We had fun:-) they took pictures and shared them with us afterwards. We keep a good memory, to do!
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538hellem
Aug 6, 2024
Try it... - We were going a family of 5 with kids in teenage age. We have rafted once before, and this trip offered both quiet and quiet passages, waves and fast passages, good mood, spring from rock, walks in the water. Our guide was really Pro, and part of the Albanian rafting team. We highly recommend the company.
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Tomzena
Aug 25, 2024
Rafting in Albania - My third rafting experience. For Denise it was the first time and she definitely appreciated it. Volume of the river of August a little limited, in fact the speed was not the best, but all in all we had fun. They took pictures of us and then sent us (with a little insistence), offered us water and watermelon at the end. In the presence of only one shower, I would suggest creating a shower area, also outdoor, with 3-4 showers, in order to allow people to clean and dress.
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Lote_j
Aug 15, 2024
Would recommend! - Could have been more swimming spots because of the hot weather but overall a good rafting experience.
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Kathen_12
Aug 27, 2024
A nice trip, but missed information and service - We arrived to the place, and were checked in.
After this it was a bit chaotic to find equipment, and not much information or help was given.
It’s was not very welcoming and people most felt they were in the way…
The trip was nice, but more floating than rafting due to the water level at this time of year, but a beautiful trip.
We could see the other rafting companies took a lot of pictures, which would have been nice as well, as we were instructed to leave phones behind.
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Jonask990
Aug 17, 2024
Did not live up to expectations - Nice trip. Not so much water in the river, so the trip was not so wild, not action characterized, more a family trip for children.
The guide was not engaged and spread a little bad mood.
The level of information was very low and they were running a company just to have to get people through to get money in the box.
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