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Wednesday 26 February 2014

Guatape river description by Fabian A. Bonanno

Guatapé River


The Guatape is a river in Antioquia Department, tributary of Samana North river. The scene of this river and the color of the water in the upper part are just perfect. This year as Jules Domine told us we have started a few km above the usual put in, a bit below from the hydroelectric plant. The water level wasn’t the high but adequate, is a call III and IV with a short class V close to end.
This time in the water was Jules Domine, Todd Wells, Ben Marr, Mikael Hyla, Jean Rigole, Fanfa Cha and mi self.
Before I pass to show you the pics from the river I would like to tell you about my experience in the towns of San Rafael y Guatapé are a must go!!!
Enjoy the pics!

                                                The view of San Rafael village.

                                          Church of Guatapé at the main square.

       All houses in town are painted with this color. Is one of the characteristic of Guatapé.

                             A man is pushing a small truck along the lake for the all day.

              Here is where we started and I have to confess that we were all a bit hangover.









Somewhere in between we had a break where a lot of local come in family and friends to swim and relax. And of course everyone was very curious about the boats!






A minor inconvenience happened in this section that is actually the last rapid. The thing is that we were coming down quite fast and suddenly Ben and Todd were falling in a short section mined of siphon; Ben pass with some bony rolls, Todd ends with half of his kayak in a siphon that later was pull out with a rope. The rest of kayakers did a portage.




                    After all we got back in San Rafael… a group photo and last hike to hotel.





Later we were heading back to Medellin to get ready for the FD of Cauca River, coming soon.