Australia Rafting Holidays
The Franklin River
This 11 day rafting adventure takes you the full navigable length of the Franklin River, deep in the heart of Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area. Our journey includes a day's walk to the imposing Frenchman's Cap, the monarch of the south west, as well as rafting through one of Tasmania's most spectacular gorges. Accommodation both sides of the trip plus your airport transfers are included making the trip 13 days in total. Unpredictable river levels on the Franklin, mean our trip will always be an adventure -- it is possible to encounter both very low levels and floods within days of each other. Whatever the level, rafts offer the best way to explore this unique wilderness. Join us for the trip of a lifetime.
Rafting
Trips run November - April
Group size 4 to 10 people
Price - £1950
Day 1
Arrive in Hobart and transfer to your Hotel to relax. Later on you'll have a pre-departure meeting and a chance for the guides to check out the guides to check you've got the correct gear, and to get anything else that you need
Not Included: Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner
Day 2
A gorgeous scenic drive to the river nice and early this morning. We set up the rafts and have a thorough safety and paddle briefing before camping at the junction of the Collingwood and Franklin Rivers.
Included: All meals
Day 3
Today we will takcle the Log Jam, Nasty Notch, Descension Gorge and float calmly through the Irenaybyss and camp on the side of the river below the gorge.
Included: All meals
Day 4 - 5
Weather permitting we climb up Frenchman's Cap from our base camp. We'll enjoy spectacular views of the whole of South West Tasmania from the summit. Stopping over for two days gives us flexibility to make the best of the conditions, and do a bit more exploring!
Included: All meals
Day 6
One of the longest days on the river during the trip today with lost of great rapids. We camp beneath Sassafras and Myrtle trees and enjoy a great swimming hole.
Included: All meals
Day 7
There's some challenging rafting through the Great Ravine in store today along with our first portage of the trip at the Churn! Tonight we'll make our camp within the Great Ravine at Coruscades camp.
Included: All Meals
Day 8
We paddle out of the Great Ravine through to the Rafters basin. A mixture of paddling and portaging today through rapids such as Coruscades, Thunderrush and the Mousehole.
Included: All Meals
Day 9
Today we paddle through Propsting Gorge with some of the best rapids on the river including Cascades, the longest of all the rapids on this stretch. We'll camp at at the Black Forest or Newlands Cascades if the weather's good, if it's raining though we get to camp in Newlands Cave for the night!
Included: All Meals
Day 10
Today we paddle through the protected rainforest of the Lower Franklin, stopping off at Blackmand Bend to make camp.
Included: All Meals
Day 11
Today's higlights include Double Falls, and Big Falls flanked by spectacular limestone Verandah Cliffs. We camp at Sir John Falls, a little way down from the confluence with the Gordon River.
Included: All Meals
Day 12
This morning we catch a boat for a beautiful sail over to Strahan, where we'll be met by our bus to transfer us back to Hobart. This evening we'll have a fairwell dinner to round off the end of a fantastic adventure together!
Included: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 13
After breakfast at the hotel we transfer you back to the airport for your flight back home.
Included: Breakfast
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