Timber Rafting on Klarälven
Timber Rafting is a wonderful experience - a unique outdoor adventure and a superb exercise in teamwork. Using nothing but logs and rope, each team of up to 6 persons will build their own timber raft and pilot her down the river Klarälven, camping wild along the banks of the river on the journey downstream.
Success depends less on strength (though building and piloting the raft can be physically demanding) than on the ability to help each other, to work together, and to learn the ways of the raft and of the river. You will have some control over the raft as it moves at a stately 2mph downstream, but it is also vitally important to learn to go with the flow!
Between periods of relaxing Huckleberry Finn-style on the raft and enjoying the scenery, you will also need to plan ahead to negotiate the twists and turns of the wide, meandering Klarälven, looking out for obstructions such as sandbanks and taking care to avoid getting stuck in a backwater!
From the first splash of the logs as they hit the water during assembly to the warm feelings of pride and achievement as you dismantle your raft some days later and watch the logs float away downstream, there are few activities which can match timber rafting as an excellent team-building activity and a uniquely rewarding way to spend time on the water.
The standard itinerary can be adapted to offer varying degrees of challenge and a number of optional activities, including dinner prepared and served by the banks of the river and an evening in a Swedish "bathing barrel". We also offer a choice of hotel accommodation in Sweden before and after your timber rafting experience.