Rafting
Rafting Croatia
 The Rafting adventure begins early in morning on the hydrofoil from Vela Luka to Split. We leave Split as soon as all tourists have boarded and going to Omiš. Rafting trips are organised in cooperation with rafting club RAFT every day.
The name of the place where we begin our rafting adventure is "Pavića Most” (named after an old Roman bridge that is still in use today). Our starting also has a typical Dalmatian restaurant called a "konoba", locker rooms and toilets.
When getting out of the van each tourist takes oars, life jacket and helmet. Skippers will direct tourists to their raft. Each is lead by an experienced rafting skipper. We have the capacity to take 64 tourists at a time, which means we are able to take a 128 rafters per day, 64 in the morning and 64 in the afternoon.
 Each skipper along with the crew takes the raft and the equipment and goes down to the river. We begin trip on a very calm spot on the river. Once everyone is seated on the boat the skipper explains to the crew how to row, what to do if they fall into the river where it's calm and what to do in the rapids. The skipper will always check if everyone in the boat can swim. The first 9 kilometres of the river is a part where the river is very calm, the scenery is gorgeous and the water is crystal clear and clean. The river is full of fish and several people camp along the shore.
During this initial section of the river, the crew is practicing correct rowing and following directions that will later be required. We then pass through to sections of the river where the trees have overgrown and formed tunnels. This is the section of the river that is very technically demanding, so the crew must follow all instructions carefully. This section of the river is called the "labyrinth". We will then come to a small lake-like expanse of water where we take a break for about 10 minutes, so rafters can go swimming and refresh in the clear blue-green river.
 The next place we stop is at a small floodgate where tourists can taste the fresh clean wayer running from a small stream. From that place, the next couple of kilometres is the best part of rafting on the river Cetina. First only children on the toboggan go down, the made on the river especially for rafting and right after that we come to the bottom of the small waterfall "Studenci", one of the most beautiful waterfalls on the river Cetina.
We have a professional waterproof digital camera that is used to take rafting photos. The photographer will take photos of the most interesting rafting locations throughout your trip. A CD with photos of your rafting trip will be available to purchase after the rafting trip. Each cd has around 150 photos. CD's cost 50 kuna (7 euros).
The Waterfall "Studenci" is definitely something that has to be seen! After the waterfall comes the beautiful and very dangerous rapid "Oblacnik". Tourists exit the raft at this point and travel along the river edge for 50 metres while the skipper manouvers through the rapid “Oblacnik”. Tourists return to the boat and the adventure continues.
 After 2-3 minutes we come to two other smaller waterfalls. We travel under one of the waterfalls for some fun. Then we come to some very interesting rapids, called "Z". It's very important to listen to all the skipper's instruction at this point, otherwise you could fall out of the boat! "Z" is a place where your adrenaline is at its' highest level. Coming to the part of the river called "Tisne stine" as the river is fairly deep at this point tourists can jump into the river from rocks that are 3 meters above the river.
Not far away, after we pass through another 5-6 rapids, we come to the place where they filmed the final scene of a famous American western film "Winetou". This location is a paradise for rock climbers and it is a possibility that people who love this sport can come in the morning and then leave with the afternoon group.
In the last 25 minutes there are a couple of rapids and then rafting adventure finishes at the picnic place called Radmanove Mlinice.
 That's where the photographer waits for the rafters with developed pictures. Club "Rafting" will return you to Split in a van or a minibus.
Rafting on the river Cetina is an adventure that lasts between 3 and 4 hours, although you will we are sure you will talk about it for years (and when you show the pictures to everyone back home they will all envy you).
Most tourists are impressed by the beautiful Cetina river. The adrenalin that the adventure gives you will hopefully entice you to return as soon as they get some more free time.
At 15.00h we are catching a hydrofoil back to Vela Luka.
Price - 350 HRK per person.
Included - hydrofoil transfer (Vela Luka- Split - Vela Luka), mini van transfer (Split - Cetina river - Split), rafting equipment rent (helmets, oars, life jacket), rafting
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