Zambezi Rapids Explained. Scary or Fun & Fluffy?
Hamish McMaster
If you don’t know your ‘Stairway to Heaven’ from your ‘Creamy White Buttocks’, this we hope will give you a rundown on the Zambezi whitewater rafting rapids featured on a multi day trip to Ghostrider in the low water season, when the rapids are at their biggest from August until November. The Zambezi Rapids were […]
An Adventure Travel Company From The Beginning.
Hamish McMaster
Water By Nature started from small beginnings. Whilst recovering from an injury when I was safety kayaking in Switzerland, I decided I wanted to offer the best of the best whitewater based experiences around the world. I sat down and wrote a brochure to offer trips to Nepal on the Sun Kosi, Karnali as well […]
15 Bucket List Rivers & Adventure Trips for 2015
Hamish McMaster
With another fun filled year upon us, what are the must do adventure trips for 2015? Here are our ‘bucket list’ (in no particular order) of wonderful trips for the New Year. 1. The Zambezi: Big, fluffy and FUN: Far from being the scary massive river you see on Youtube videos, a trip on the […]
New Zealand – A Safe, Friendly And Fun Adventure Vacation
Hamish McMaster
With so many holiday options bombarding us at every turn, what makes one country better than any other to visit? With acts of war, disease, security and safety issues being thrust upon us via almost every media channel, you’ll see very few warnings not to go to New Zealand. And here is why: 1. Very […]
Just What Makes A Good Guide, Great?
Hamish McMaster
The essence to a great river trip are the guides who accompany you on your adventure. Many times guides are asked, “so, what’s your real job”? Many have chosen to make guiding a career, where their skills always involves wonderful river guiding skills, it is what lies beneath these fascinating characters, that makes them special. […]
Zambezi Highlights As Rated By You – Our Guests
Hamish McMaster
We can write as much as we like about just how special Zambezi rafting trips are, but the only opinion that matters is that of you, our guests. Based on our feedback from surveys conducted this year, the favourite aspects of their Zambezi Rafting Holidays are (in no particular order) 1. Wine and Cheese Night […]
Rafting The Rio Cotahuasi – The World’s Deepest Canyon – Peru
Hamish McMaster
If you are like many of our guests, looking for the next adventure challenge, we can highly recommend a trip to raft the world’s deepest canyon (well okay, it shares that honour jointly with the Colca) with an adventure vacation down the Rio Cotahuasi in Peru. This river offers technical and challenging whitewater as well […]
Rio Futaleufu – Whitewater Rafting & “Glamping” At Its Best
Hamish McMaster
With the onset of autumn in full swing, many of us look for a break from the long hard winter with an adventure in warmer climates in the Southern Hemisphere. Embarking on a trip to Chile and Argentina on the Rio Futaleufu (pronounced foo-tah-lay-oh-foo) must just be your thing, especially if you love your home […]
California – All We Expected & SO Much More.
Hamish McMaster
California is a state renowned for it’s excellent whitewater rafting, draining from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We entered into the trip a little unsure of which rivers we were going to run, given an unseasonably poor snow pack and general lack of water this winter. No need to worry. We sampled some of the classics […]