RAFTING
Our Tremblant white water rafting activity offers Quebec’s most popular white water rafting trip for more than a quarter century. It’s an unbeatable one-day rafting adventure. The river rapids come up fast and furious in a cascade of ledges, drops and waves that are sure to thrill veterans and novices alike.
Our Tremblant white water rafting activity season usually opens in the Harrington Canyon when the spring flood is at its peak. During summer, we raft the challenging Seven Sisters that offer impressive continuous rapids. Our trips descend the best stretches of the river based on the current water levels.
You begin your day with a safety briefing. Once in your boat, an inflatable raft that can accommodate 6 to 9 people, your professional guide will practice basic rafting manoeuvres with you. Before each rapid, he will explain what to do and how to react. One of the Rouge River’s many advantages is having calm pools after each rapid, making the descent fun and diverse. Not only will you be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river but also its many sandy beaches. Between rapids are golden beaches and places for surfing the rafts, swimming, and floating in the current.
At the end of your day, a memorable photo and video presentation will capture the thrills and provide laughs. The classic Tremblant white water rafting activity includes 2 runs of the best rapids on the river (16 km), either the Harrington Canyon or Seven Sisters.
Also included are a light riverside lunch, complete steak, salmon or vegetarian dinner and multi-media presentation of you rafting! We provide bilingual guides, expert kayakers, state-of-the-art river equipment including rafts, helmets, high buoyancy life jackets, custom paddles and a wet suit. Enjoy “après-rafting” fun with 2 large hot tubs, pool, large shower facilities and a 250 seat licensed timber frame lodge.
This is a full day of rafting, including 2 runs of the rapids, lunch (sandwiches (chicken, ham, tuna, hummus), fruits and juice) and BBQ dinner (steak or salmon with potatoes and salad). Vegetarian option available (Chef’s choice).
SPORTYAKING
What’s Sportyaking? It’s a sportyak for 2 people and the ultimate white water sport. It combines the thrills of rafting and the skills of kayaking. It’s perfect for guests who have canoeing and rafting experience and want to take on a new challenge.
We begin our day with a safety briefing. Then, under the supervision of our experienced kayaker guides, you will learn proper paddle techniques for entering and exiting against currents, recovering your own boat in a surf and facing the rapids of the Rouge River at full speed!
You’ll do two thrilling decents of the Rouge River, taking time between rapids to enjoy the scenery and have fun on the calmer sections of the river. A riverside picnic on a beach is part of the fun; sandwiches (chicken, ham, tuna, hummus), fruits and juice.
At the end of the day, you will return to basecamp where you have access to all the facilities (showers, pool, hot-tub) and a hearty steak or salmon with potatoes and salad. Vegetarian option available (Chef’s choice).
We also offer a half day trip which includes just 1 descent of the river.
Know before you book :
- Minimum 12 years old (youth rate is based on children 12 to 16 years old).
- Youths aged 16 yrs – must be accompanied by an adult.
- A parent must sign the release form for 17 year olds.
- Rafting: Maximum 8 participants on each raft (10 participants is possible if there’s lots of young kids).
- Sportayking: Must have experience with canoeing and rafting.
- Minimum 4 participants for rafting or sportyaking with transport.
- All participants must know how to swim.
- Single participants can still reserve; if we don’t have other reservations, we will contact you 48h in advance to reschedule.
- No expecting mothers.
- This activity requires some physical exertion.
Know before you go:
- Please dress appropriately for rafting or sportyaking See our What to wear section.
- TO BRING: Shoes that fit on your feet, swimsuit, or clothes that dry quickly (no cotton), towels and glasses strap. *However, wetsuits are included and boots can be rented on site for $5.
Additional information :
- Our base is 1 hour 15 minutes from Tremblant resort and 1 hour 15 minutes from Montreal or Ottawa (our rafting centre is between Ottawa and Montreal near the Ontario border). Transport from Tremblant resort available.
- Duration: 4 hours of rafting. This is a full day. The total duration, including driving (or transportation) time, lunch, dinner and video presentation is about 10 hours.
- Participants will meet at the base camp. Lockers on site to store personal effects.
- In low season (May, Jun, Sep, Oct) we may cancel (rarely) if we can’t fill an entire raft. If we don’t have the minimum number of participants, the activity will not be offered.
- It is possible to have access to our basecamp site (pool, spa, bars, restaurant), including 2 meals, without participating in our rafting activity. Please contact The Activity Centre directly at 819-681-4848.
- For guests who choose to reserve in advance (recommended), directions to meeting points will be provided in your reservation by email. Otherwise, directions will be handed to you when you reserve at The Activity Centre.
- Prices do not include taxes or mandatory resort royalty of 3% and may be subject to change without notice.