CANYONING in Colombia
HeliJump & Whitewater Rafting Bundle
The HeliJump is a tour we originally created for Guatapé lake, but we were told to cease this activity due to noise complaints.
Due to its huge success and constant inquiries requesting the HeliJump, we’ve designed a new HeliJump tour combined with whitewater rafting!
This is a very exciting and unique adventure tour! This adventure tour really is one of the most special ones in the world. It has a Medellín helicopter tour where you get to see the entire city from the air. Furthermore, you have door off helicopter flying over green forests mountains, and then diving into deep jungle canyons. In one of these canyons, you will jump out of the door off helicopter into a remote pristine river to go white water rafting.
You will fly out of the local airport in downtown Medellin in a helicopter and fly over the city and the valley of Aburrá with its 10 municipalities towards a deep jungle canyon in the Andes mountains with a beautiful and untouched green river.
Jumping out of a flying helicopter into a remote jungle river to then go whitewater rafting!
The rafting team will be in the river waiting for you!
Here you will helijump into the water in a calm, flat water section where our whitewater rafting team will be waiting to scoop you out and go whitewater rafting for 10 miles through mystical deep jungle canyons and down Class III/IV rapids.
You will reach a takeout point where there’s a bridge and you will walk out to a LZ by the road where the helicopter will land and fly you back to Medellín.
The day before this tour you will be met with team members that will go through all of the logistics of this tour.
Itinerary:
7 am pick up at your place of residence. We pick you up in a private vehicle with an English-speaking team member and transfer you to the local airport Olaya Herrera, in downtown Medellín.
YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR PHYSICAL ORIGINAL PASSPORTS TO ENTER THE HANGAR SECTION OF THE AIRPORT. DON’T FORGET!
Passports will be kept in safe keeping in the helicopter hangar offices and returned to you upon your return.
This is an experience of a lifetime, a combination of helicopter city tour, door off helicopter tour through the Andes mountains, helijumping, & whitewater rafting ... ... the state of Antioquia's last free flowing, unobstructed river.
Take-off time is scheduled for 8 am. From there a 29-minute flight heading east towards the river.
There will be a pit stop on the way in the countryside at a place where we have installations and restrooms. Here while the crew takes the doors off of the helicopter you will be suited up by our team members with flotation jackets and helmets.
The prior days’ briefing on the helijump maneuver will be briefed again. Here you will take off for an 18-minute flight with one of our team members on board. The team member will be supervising the helijump and will be in radio contact with the rafting crew.
You will fly over the majestic Andes mountains and through deep canyons in a doorless helicopter in the most incredible scenery you can imagine until reaching the drop spot. The helicopter will then do a stationary maneuver over a section in the river with calm flat water and you will jump at team members’ command.
Rafting boats and safety kayaks will be in the water waiting. Helijump will happen in the area of 9:15 am.
We will have a GoPro on the helicopter and a GoPro on the rafting boat.
Whitewater rafting will have a duration of 3.5 to 4 hours.
Rafting is 15 kms/9.3 miles, with intermittent Class III/IV rapids.
The helicopter will pick you up next to a bridge (it will have its doors on by then) and fly you back to Medellín.
You will not need a change of clothes. Please dress comfortably and sporty. Can be shorts, can be long pants. What is most important is that you wear sneakers. And tightly laced at the pitstop point all the way to the takeout spot at the bridge. Afterward, you can loosen them up.
Included:
- All ground transfers.
- Meals and hydration throughout the day.
- English speaking team members at all times.
- GoPro videos and photos of HeliJump and whitewater rafting.
- Colombian lunch.
- Risk insurance.
Cost ….. Contact us for quote please.
Maximum 4 passengers per helicopter with a maximum total combined weight 400 kilos (880 lbs).
And don’t forget all our other cool stuff!
