Rafting na Savi

Vroče sonce kar kliče po osvežitvi. In kje se najlepše osvežiš? V mrzlih slovenskih rekah! Pa smo se odpravili raftat … Odpravili smo se po soteski Save Bohinjke, od elektrarne do Bohinjske Bele in še malo naprej, do ene krasne plažice, kamor se bomo zagotovo še kdaj odpravili počivat in se namakat.

This time of year it’s over 30 degrees in shadow here in Slovenia. To make the life more bearable we went rafting on a cool Slovenian mountain river Sava.

Raftali smo v organizaciji Sport4fun. V vsakem čolnu dva veslača, vodnik pa je v kajaku švigal okoli nas, nam kazal pravo pot in nas fotografiral.

In case you’re spending vacation in Slovenia and would like to go rafting, we can only recommend Sport4fun which took the care of us. As there were four of us they put us into two small rafts (each can carry three) while the guide use a small canoe.

Na začetku smo imeli raznorazne težave. Predvsem smo nasedali na skale …

It didn’t go very well at beginning. We had problems manoeuvring the boats …

… pa malo nas je obračalo, tako da smo se vozili s krmo naprej, enkrat pa sem celo uspel zvrniti raft. Vse se je srečno končalo, edino K. se je neprostovoljno malo naplavala. Pobrali smo jo dvajset metrov dalje, na koncu brzic.

… and we (K. and me) even turned the boat around one time (my fault). Nothing bad happened – if you don’t count K.’s involuntary swim 20 m down the rapids (without the boat).

Kmalu pa nam je šlo že precej bolje.

Soon we were quite proficient at the job.

Nad Češko skalo smo se ustavili, ker je tisti košček poti prenevaren za amaterje. Vodja je prepeljal čolne skozi brzice, ostali pa smo se medtem skopali. No – trije med nami, tisti, ki nas mrzla voda ne moti preveč.

A part of the rapids is too dangerous for tourists and we had to cross them on foot. While our guide rowed the boats down one by one, we (well, the three of us) used this time to nip into the river.

Po osvežitvi je veslanje spet prijalo.

We continued with more rapids.

Še en postanek smo imeli – tega smo izkoristili za skoke s kar spodobnega balvana.

On the next stop some of us (the same three as above) climbed the big boulder …

Vsak v sebi lastnem »slogu«.

… and did some free-style (or better, no-style :) ) jumping.

V zadnjem delu spusta sva se s K. zamenjala, tako da je še ona malo krmarila (in ugotavljala, kako raje vesla, kot da skrbi za smer).

K. tried the coxswain position in the last part of the trip.

Še pristanek na prekrasni plaži, malo spuščanja po divji reki, in – konec!

We landed on a beautiful beach and again dipped in the cold river.

Vse skupaj smo porabili približno tri ure, od tega slabi dve na vodi. Kar prehitro je minilo. Priporočava! Naslednjič gremo pa plavat po Mostnici.

The whole trip took us about three hours, two of which we spent rowing. Great fun! Next time we’ll go canyon swimming!