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River sections, crags and trails across South Africa
283 sections
Agly — Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (below Galamus) - Ansignan
Agly · Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
gorge
Ain — Haut Ain: Champagnole — Pont-du-Navoy
Ain · Jura (39)
gorge
Allier — Haut Allier : Alleyras → Monistrol-d'Allier
Allier · Haute-Loire (43)
gorge
Allier — Haut Allier : Chapeauroux → Alleyras
Allier · Lozère (48) / Haute-Loire (43)
gorge
Allier — Haut Allier : Monistrol-d'Allier → Prades
Allier · Haute-Loire (43)
gorge · dam controlled
Apies River
Apies River · gauteng
16 km · 6 to 8 hours · pool drop
Arc — Gorges de l'Arc au Pont du Diable (Avrieux)
Arc · Savoie (73)
gorge
Arc — Haute Maurienne: Termignon → Bramans
Arc · Savoie (73)
Ardèche — Gorges de l'Ardèche : Vallon-Pont-d'Arc → Sauze (Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche)
Ardèche · Ardèche (07)
gorge
Ardèche (haute) — Haute Ardèche : Pont du Diable (Thueyts) → Pont-de-Labeaume
Ardèche (haute) · Ardèche (07)
Ariège — Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Foix
Ariège · Ariège (09)
Ariège (Haute) — Mérens-les-Vals - Ax-les-Thermes
Ariège (Haute) · Ariège (09)
dam controlled
Arly — Ugine → Albertville
Arly · Savoie (73)
gorge
Arve — Chamonix (Les Praz) → Les Houches
Arve · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge · dam controlled
Arve — Passy (Chedde) → Sallanches
Arve · Haute-Savoie (74)
Asco — Asco village through the Asco gorge to Moltifao
Asco · Haute-Corse
gorge
Ash River
Ash River · gauteng, free state
19km · 4 hours
Aude — Défilé de Pierre-Lys (Axat - Quillan)
Aude · Aude (11)
gorge
Aude — Gorges de Saint-Georges (Usson-les-Bains - Axat)
Aude · Aude (11)
gorge · dam controlled
Beaume — Beaume : Pont des Deux Aygues → Rosières
Beaume · Ardèche (07)
gorge
Berg River
Berg River · western cape
207 km (course of annual Berg River marathon) · 4 days in annual Berg River marathon
Biaysse — Pont des Oules to Freissinières (upper) / Freissinières to Pallon (lower)
Biaysse · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Bienne — Molinges — Dortan
Bienne · Jura (39) / Ain (01)
gorge
Bléone — La Javie to Digne-les-Bains
Bléone · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
Blyde River Canyon
Blyde River Canyon · lowveld
9km · 3 hours to full day · pool drop
Bon Nant — Les Contamines-Montjoie → Pont de Bionnay (Saint-Gervais)
Bon Nant · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Bonne — Pont du Prêtre (Le Périer) → Pont Haut (Entraigues)
Bonne · Isère (38)
gorge
Bréda — Pinsot → Allevard
Bréda · Isère (38)
Breede River
Breede River · western cape
Bruche — Schirmeck — Urmatt
Bruche · Bas-Rhin (67)
Buëch — Serres to Laragne-Montéglin
Buëch · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Buffalo River – Buffelshoek
Buffalo River – Buffelshoek · kwazulu-natal
9km · 3 to 6 hours · pool drop
Buffalo River – Dundee
Buffalo River – Dundee · kwazulu-natal
42km · 5 to 7 hours
Buffalo River – Fugitive’s Drift to Buffelshoek
Buffalo River – Fugitive’s Drift to Buffelshoek · kwazulu-natal
13km · 4 to 8 hours · pool drop
Buffalo River – Rorke’s drift to Fugitive’s drift
Buffalo River – Rorke’s drift to Fugitive’s drift · kwazulu-natal
12km · 4 to 8 hours · pool drop
Bushmans River – Above Wagendrift Dam
Bushmans River – Above Wagendrift Dam · kwazulu-natal
5km · 2 hours · pool drop
Bushmans River – Estcourt to Weenen road
Bushmans River – Estcourt to Weenen road · kwazulu-natal
20km · 3 hours in a K1, 5 to 7 hours in a kayak · pool drop
Bushmans River – Wagendrift Dam to Estcourt
Bushmans River – Wagendrift Dam to Estcourt · kwazulu-natal
8 km · 2 to 3 hours in kayak, 30 to 45 min in K1 · pool drop
Bushmans River – Weenen road to Weenen
Bushmans River – Weenen road to Weenen · kwazulu-natal
23km · 5 to 7 hours · pool drop
Bushmans River – Weenen to Tugela River
Bushmans River – Weenen to Tugela River · kwazulu-natal
19km · 4 to 6 hours · continuous
Caledon River
Caledon River · free state
35km · 3 to 5 hours
Cavu — Cavu slides (Tagliu Rossu to lower D168a bridge)
Cavu · Corse-du-Sud
Cère — Basse Cère : Laval-de-Cère → Port de Gagnac
Cère · Lot (46) / Corrèze (19)
gorge · dam controlled
Cèze — Gorges de la Cèze : Tharaux → Montclus
Cèze · Gard (30)
gorge
Chalaux — Barrage de Chaumeçon — Chalaux village
Chalaux · Nièvre (58)
dam controlled
Chassezac — Chassezac : Chambonas → Casteljau (Mazet-Plage)
Chassezac · Ardèche (07)
gorge
Chéran — Gorges d'Alby → Rumilly
Chéran · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Chéran — Le Châtelard (pont d'Escorchevel) → Pont de Banges (Allèves)
Chéran · Savoie (73)
gorge
Clarée — Plampinet / Val-des-Prés to La Vachette
Clarée · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Corrèze — Corrèze : Bourg de Corrèze → Tulle
Corrèze · Corrèze (19)
gorge
Creuse — Creuse : Glénic → Jouillat
Creuse · Creuse (23)
gorge
Crocodile River – Gorge
Crocodile River – Gorge · lowveld
Crocodile River – Kwena Dam to Montrose
Crocodile River – Kwena Dam to Montrose · lowveld
33km, 24km · 3 to 5 hours, 2 to 4 hours
Cure — Haute Cure: Barrage des Settons — Gouloux
Cure · Nièvre (58)
dam controlled
Cure — Moyenne/Basse Cure: Pierre-Perthuis — Sermizelles
Cure · Yonne (89)
dam controlled
Dordogne — Dordogne : Argentat → Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Dordogne · Corrèze (19)
dam controlled
Dordogne (haute) — Haute Dordogne : Spontour → Pont de Saint-Projet
Dordogne (haute) · Corrèze (19)
gorge · dam controlled
Doring River
Doring River · western cape
64km · 3 days with a kayak, 4 to 5 relaxing days with a croc or raft · pool drop
Doron de Bozel — Brides-les-Bains → Moûtiers
Doron de Bozel · Savoie (73)
gorge
Doubs — Goumois — Soubey (Franco-Swiss Doubs)
Doubs · Doubs (25) / Canton du Jura (CH)
Dourbie — Grandes Gorges de la Dourbie : Dourbies → Saint-Jean-du-Bruel
Dourbie · Gard (30) / Aveyron (12)
gorge
Doux — Gorges du Doux : Lamastre → Boucieu-le-Roi
Doux · Ardèche (07)
gorge
Drac (upper) — Pont du Fossé → Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur
Drac (upper) · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Dranse — Bioge → plaine de Thonon (Pont de la Douceur)
Dranse · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge · dam controlled
Dranse d'Abondance — Abondance → Vacheresse
Dranse d'Abondance · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Dranse de Morzine — Morzine → Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
Dranse de Morzine · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Drôme — Saillans to Crest
Drôme · Drôme (26)
Durance — Gorges de Prelles / Briançon gorge (Prelles to L'Argentière-la-Bessée)
Durance · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Durance — Sunshine Run (Saint-Clément-sur-Durance to Embrun)
Durance · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Dusi River (including lower part of the Umgeni River)
Dusi River (including lower part of the Umgeni River) · kwazulu-natal
Dwars River
Dwars River · western cape
7 km · 4 hours · pool drop
Eau d'Olle — Col du Glandon → Lac de Grand Maison
Eau d'Olle · Isère (38)
Elands River – Gorge
Elands River – Gorge · lowveld
5km · 1 to 3 hours · gorge
Elands River – Sappi to N4 bridge
Elands River – Sappi to N4 bridge · lowveld
24km · 2 to 3 hours
Elands River – Waterval-Boven to Sappi
Elands River – Waterval-Boven to Sappi · lowveld
22km · 3 to 5 hours · continuous
Ellé — Les Roches du Diable (Locunolé)
Ellé · Finistère (29)
gorge
Ellé — Moyen Ellé: Le Faouët (Grand Pont) — La Loge Coucou
Ellé · Morbihan (56) / Finistère (29)
Epte — Bray-et-Lû — Gasny — Giverny
Epte · Val-d'Oise (95) / Eure (27)
Eygues (Aygues) — Rémuzat to Nyons
Eygues (Aygues) · Drôme (26)
gorge
Eyrieux — Haut Eyrieux : Barrage de Chervil → Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut
Eyrieux · Ardèche (07)
gorge
Fango — Barghiana (Ponte Vecchiu) to the D81 five-arch bridge near Galeria
Fango · Haute-Corse
Fier — Les Gorges oubliées: Lovagny → Val-de-Fier (Moye)
Fier · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge · dam controlled
Fier — Pont de Dingy (Dingy-Saint-Clair) → Pont de Brogny (Annecy)
Fier · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Fium'Orbo — Defile de l'Inzecca gorge (below Sampolo dam)
Fium'Orbo · Haute-Corse
gorge
Fium'Orbo — Middle Fium'Orbo (D344 spur bridge above Ghisoni to head of Sampolo reservoir)
Fium'Orbo · Haute-Corse
gorge
Gardon — Gorges du Gardon : Russan → Collias
Gardon · Gard (30)
gorge
Garonne — Fos - Saint-Béat (upper Garonne)
Garonne · Haute-Garonne (31)
gorge · dam controlled
Gave d'Aspe — Bedous - Escot (Gorges de Sarrance)
Gave d'Aspe · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
gorge
Gave d'Aspe — Etsaut - Bedous
Gave d'Aspe · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Gave d'Oloron — Navarrenx - Sauveterre-de-Béarn
Gave d'Oloron · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Gave d'Oloron — Préchacq - Navarrenx
Gave d'Oloron · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Gave d'Ossau — Arudy - Oloron-Sainte-Marie (lower gorges)
Gave d'Ossau · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
gorge
Gave d'Ossau — Laruns - Lac de Castet
Gave d'Ossau · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
gorge
Gave de Cauterets — Cauterets - Pierrefitte-Nestalas
Gave de Cauterets · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Gave de Larrau (Haute Saison) — Logibar - Licq-Athérey
Gave de Larrau (Haute Saison) · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
gorge · dam controlled
Gave de Pau — Gorges de Luz (Luz-Saint-Sauveur - Pierrefitte-Nestalas)
Gave de Pau · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
gorge
Gave de Pau — Lourdes - Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre
Gave de Pau · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Gave de Pau — Pierrefitte-Nestalas - Agos-Vidalos (Ecolorado)
Gave de Pau · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Gave de Pau — Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre - Lestelle-Bétharram
Gave de Pau · Hautes-Pyrénées (65) / Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Giffre — Samoëns → Taninges
Giffre · Haute-Savoie (74)
Giffre — Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (below Gorges des Tines) → Samoëns
Giffre · Haute-Savoie (74)
gorge
Golo — Barchetta gorge (Barchetta to Casamozza)
Golo · Haute-Corse
gorge
Golo — Ponte Castirla to Ponte Leccia
Golo · Haute-Corse
dam controlled
Golo — Scala di Santa Regina gorge
Golo · Haute-Corse
gorge
Golo — Upper Golo (Calasima / Albertacce)
Golo · Haute-Corse
Gouritz River
Gouritz River · western cape
7km · 2 hours · pool drop
Gqunube River
Gqunube River · eastern cape
10km · 4 to 5 hours · continuous
Grande Nive — Bidarray (Pont Noblia) - Louhossoa
Grande Nive · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
gorge
Grande Nive — La Classique: Louhossoa - Itxassou (Pas de Roland)
Grande Nive · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Gravona — Bocognano to Ucciani (D1 bridge)
Gravona · Corse-du-Sud
Great Brak River
Great Brak River · eastern cape
15km · 3 to 4 hours · pool drop
Great Fish River – Grassridge Dam to Cradock
Great Fish River – Grassridge Dam to Cradock · eastern cape
80km · 2 day race (many shorter options as well) · pool drop
Great Fish River – Halsowen to Mortimer
Great Fish River – Halsowen to Mortimer · eastern cape
22km · 2 to 4 hours · pool drop
Great Fish River – N2 to ocean
Great Fish River – N2 to ocean · eastern cape
30km · 4 hours with high water, 6 to 8 hours with low water · pool drop
Great Kei River – Kubusi River to N2
Great Kei River – Kubusi River to N2 · eastern cape
20km (16+4) · 3 to 4 hours · pool drop
Great Kei River – N2 to ocean
Great Kei River – N2 to ocean · eastern cape
80km · 2-day race, 3 to 4 day trip · pool drop
Groot River
Groot River · western cape
15km · 4 to 5 hours · continuous
Guiers Mort — Fourvoirie → Saint-Laurent-du-Pont
Guiers Mort · Isère (38)
gorge
Guiers Vif — Saint-Christophe-la-Grotte → Pont de Saint-Martin (Les Échelles, gorge de l'Échaillon)
Guiers Vif · Savoie/Isère (73/38)
gorge
Guil — Combes de Château-Queyras & Ange Gardien (Château-Ville-Vieille to Le Veyer)
Guil · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Guil — Lower Guil (Maison du Roy to Mont-Dauphin / Durance confluence)
Guil · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Guil — Triple Chute to Maison du Roy
Guil · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Guil — Upper Guil (Abriès to Aiguilles)
Guil · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Guisane — Le Monêtier-les-Bains to Briançon (Serre Chevalier valley)
Guisane · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Gyr — Pelvoux (Pont Lambeuf) to Vallouise
Gyr · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Gyronde — Vallouise to L'Argentière-la-Bessée
Gyronde · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Hérault — Gorges de l'Hérault : Moulin Bertrand (Causse-de-la-Selle) → Pont du Diable (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert)
Hérault · Hérault (34)
gorge
Isère — Aime → Centron
Isère · Savoie (73)
gorge
Isère — Bourg-Saint-Maurice → Aime (via Gothard, Landry, Bellentre)
Isère · Savoie (73)
Isère — Bourg-Saint-Maurice slalom course (Stade Claude Peschier)
Isère · Savoie (73)
Jonte — Jonte : Meyrueis → Le Rozier
Jonte · Lozère (48)
gorge
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Friday’s Farm to Laughing Waters
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Friday’s Farm to Laughing Waters · gauteng
7km · 1 to 2 hours in a K1, 3 to 4 hours in a croc · pool drop
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Lanseria to Friday’s Farm
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Lanseria to Friday’s Farm · gauteng
9km · 1 to 2 hours in a K1, 3 to 4 hours in a croc · pool drop
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Laughing Waters to Broederstroom
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Laughing Waters to Broederstroom · gauteng
13km · 2 to 3 hours in a K1, 4 to 5 hours in a croc · pool drop
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Woodmead School to Lanseria
Jukskei / Highveld Crocodile River – Woodmead School to Lanseria · gauteng
10km · 1 to 2 hours in a K1, 3 to 4 hours in a croc · pool drop
Kaaimans River
Kaaimans River · western cape
5km · 1 hour · continuous
Klip River
Klip River · gauteng, free state
21km · 2 to 4 hours · pool drop
Krom River
Krom River · western cape
2.5km from put-in to low-level bridge · 1½ hour · continuous
Léguer — Losser (Belle-Isle-en-Terre) — Tonquédec
Léguer · Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Letaba River
Letaba River · lowveld
7km · 3 to 5 hours
Liamone — Vico to Punta de Truggia
Liamone · Corse-du-Sud
Liebenbergsvlei River
Liebenbergsvlei River · gauteng, free state
45 km · 4 to 6 hours · continuous
Lignon du Velay — Lignon du Velay : Le Chambon-sur-Lignon → Tence
Lignon du Velay · Haute-Loire (43)
gorge · dam controlled
Little Fish River
Little Fish River · eastern cape
27km · 3 to 4 hours in a K1 · continuous
Loire (haute) — Gorges de la Loire : Goudet → Pont de Chadron
Loire (haute) · Haute-Loire (43)
gorge
Lot (haut) — Haut Lot : Bagnols-les-Bains → Mende
Lot (haut) · Lozère (48)
Loteni River
Loteni River · kwazulu-natal
17km · 2 to 3 hours · continuous
Loue — Haute Loue: Mouthier-Haute-Pierre — Lods — Vuillafans
Loue · Doubs (25)
gorge
Maronne — Maronne : Barrage du Gour Noir → Tours de Merle
Maronne · Corrèze (19)
gorge
Méouge — Gorges de la Méouge (Barret-sur-Méouge to Buëch confluence near Ribiers)
Méouge · Hautes-Alpes (05)
gorge
Meurthe — Haute Meurthe: Le Rudlin — Fraize
Meurthe · Vosges (88)
Middeldeur/Twee River
Middeldeur/Twee River · western cape
3.6km · 6 hours · pool drop
Molenaars River
Molenaars River · western cape
7 km from put-in at low-level bridge · 1½ hour, with playing 4 hours · continuous
Mooi River – Mooi River town to Sierra Ranch
Mooi River – Mooi River town to Sierra Ranch · kwazulu-natal
20 km · 2 to 4 hours · pool drop
Mooi River – Zulu Falls to Muden
Mooi River – Zulu Falls to Muden · kwazulu-natal
18 km · hours · pool drop
Moselle — Haute Moselle: Archettes — Épinal
Moselle · Vosges (88)
Moselotte — Saulxures-sur-Moselotte (Les Graviers) — Pont du Nol (Zainvillers/Vagney)
Moselotte · Vosges (88)
Mpompomani to Goodenough’s Weir
Mpompomani to Goodenough’s Weir · kwazulu-natal
34km · 3 to 5 hours · pool drop
Mutale River
Mutale River · lowveld
25km · Long 1 day, easy 2 day · pool drop
Nahoon River
Nahoon River · eastern cape
12km · 2 to 3 hours · continuous
Neste d'Aure — Arreau - Sarrancolin (gorge)
Neste d'Aure · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
gorge
Neste d'Aure — Saint-Lary-Soulan - Arreau
Neste d'Aure · Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Ngudwini River
Ngudwini River · kwazulu-natal
10km · 3 to 4 hours
Nive des Aldudes — Banca - Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Nive des Aldudes · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Nivelle — Dancharia - Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Nivelle · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Nzinga River
Nzinga River · kwazulu-natal
24km · 4 to 6 hours · continuous
Olifants River – Above Strijdom Tunnel
Olifants River – Above Strijdom Tunnel · lowveld
45km · 2 to 3 days · pool drop
Olifants River – Bobbejaan to Loskop Dam
Olifants River – Bobbejaan to Loskop Dam · lowveld, gauteng
34km · Long one-day, easy two-day trip · pool drop
Olifants River – Citrusdal
Olifants River – Citrusdal · western cape
35km · 3 to 5 hours · pool drop
Olifants River – Visgat
Olifants River – Visgat · western cape
40km · 10 hours / best to do overnight · pool drop
Olifants River – Witbank to Bobbejaan
Olifants River – Witbank to Bobbejaan · lowveld, gauteng
26km · 5 to 7 hours · pool drop
Onde — Entre-les-Aygues to Vallouise
Onde · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Orange River – Augrabies Gorge
Orange River – Augrabies Gorge · northern cape
Orange River – Augrabies Rush
Orange River – Augrabies Rush · northern cape
2 sections of 8km · 4 to 5 hours · pool drop
Orange River – Blouputs to Raap-en-Skraap
Orange River – Blouputs to Raap-en-Skraap · northern cape
60km · 2 to 5 day, depending on craft
Orange River – Goodhouse to Vioolsdrif
Orange River – Goodhouse to Vioolsdrif · northern cape
70km · 2 to 4 days
Orange River – Hopetown
Orange River – Hopetown · free state, northern cape
83km on race section, over 100km on full section · 2-day race, short tripping sections · gorge
Orange River – Mayaputi Bridge to Aliwal North
Orange River – Mayaputi Bridge to Aliwal North · free state
120km · 3 to 7 days, depending on craft and water level
Orange River – Neus Falls
Orange River – Neus Falls · northern cape
800m · 10 min to 1 day
Orange River – Onseepkans Gorge
Orange River – Onseepkans Gorge · northern cape
40km · 3 to 4 days
Orange River – Pella to Goodhouse
Orange River – Pella to Goodhouse · northern cape
90km · 5 to 7 days
Orange River – Vioolsdrif down
Orange River – Vioolsdrif down · northern cape
75 or 120 or 160 km · 4 to 8 days
Orb — Gorges de l'Orb : Tarassac → Roquebrun
Orb · Hérault (34)
gorge
Orne — Clécy — Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom
Orne · Calvados (14)
Orne — Pont-d'Ouilly — Clécy (Suisse Normande)
Orne · Calvados (14)
Palmiet River
Palmiet River · western cape
25 km from farm, 4 km from reserve · 6 to 8 hours, or 1 to 2 hours for last section with playing · pool drop · dam controlled
Palmiet River - Grabouw Section
Palmiet River · Western Cape
8.5 km · 3–4 hours · gorge
Polela River
Polela River · kwazulu-natal
23km · 4 to 6 hours · pool drop
Porto — Below Ota (Spelunca gorge outflow) to Porto
Porto · Corse-du-Sud
gorge
Prunelli — Bastelica to Lac de Tolla
Prunelli · Corse-du-Sud
gorge
Restonica — Restonica gorge to Corte
Restonica · Haute-Corse
gorge
Rizzanese — Lower Rizzanese (Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano to Spin'a Cavallu / N196 bridge)
Rizzanese · Corse-du-Sud
dam controlled
Rizzanese — Rizzanese gorge (Zoza to Rizzanese reservoir)
Rizzanese · Corse-du-Sud
gorge
Roizonne — Lavaldens → La Valette
Roizonne · Isère (38)
Romanche — Bourg d'Oisans → Rochetaillée
Romanche · Isère (38)
gorge
Roya — Classic Roya (Pont de Gémion to Breil-sur-Roya slalom stadium)
Roya · Alpes-Maritimes (06)
gorge · dam controlled
Roya — Gorges de Saorge (Fontan to Pont de Gémion)
Roya · Alpes-Maritimes (06)
gorge · dam controlled
Sabie River – Lower section
Sabie River – Lower section · lowveld
8km · 3 to 5 hours
Sabie River – U1 section
Sabie River – U1 section · lowveld
7km · 3 to 5 hours · pool drop
Saison — Licq-Athérey - Tardets-Sorholus
Saison · Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
Salat — Seix - Kercabanac
Salat · Ariège (09)
Salat (Haut) — Salau - Couflens
Salat (Haut) · Ariège (09)
Scorff — Pont Kerlo (Plouay) — Pont-Scorff
Scorff · Morbihan (56)
Séveraisse — La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar → Saint-Firmin
Séveraisse · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Séveraisse — Valgaudemar (Le Bourg / Villar-Loubière to Saint-Firmin)
Séveraisse · Hautes-Alpes (05)
Sioule — Gorges de la Sioule : Châteauneuf-les-Bains → Ebreuil
Sioule · Puy-de-Dôme (63) / Allier (03)
gorge
Solenzara — Upper Solenzara (D268 Bavella road to D268/D69/D119 junction bridge)
Solenzara · Corse-du-Sud
gorge
St. Lucia Estuary
St. Lucia Estuary · kwazulu-natal
Taravo — Middle Taravo (below D757 toward the N196 bridge)
Taravo · Corse-du-Sud
Taravo — Upper Taravo (Bains de Guitera to D26 bridge west of Olivese)
Taravo · Corse-du-Sud
gorge
Tarn — Gorges du Tarn : Les Vignes → Le Rozier
Tarn · Lozère (48) / Aveyron (12)
gorge
Tarn — Gorges du Tarn : Sainte-Enimie → La Malène
Tarn · Lozère (48)
gorge
Tavignano — Corte to Vecchio confluence
Tavignano · Haute-Corse
gorge
Tavignano — Lower gorge (Chez Milou camping to N200 bridge near Faio / Pont de Piedicorte)
Tavignano · Haute-Corse
gorge
Tavignano — Upper Tavignano gorge (hike-in above Corte)
Tavignano · Haute-Corse
gorge
Tech — Le Tech - Arles-sur-Tech (haut Tech)
Tech · Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
Teebus River
Teebus River · eastern cape
25km · 4 to 5 hours
Têt — Villefranche-de-Conflent - Prades
Têt · Pyrénées-Orientales (66)
gorge
Thomas River
Thomas River · eastern cape
24km · 4 to 6 hours · continuous
Tina River
Tina River · transkei
80km
Tinée — Saint-Sauveur gorge (Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée to Bancairon reservoir)
Tinée · Alpes-Maritimes (06)
gorge · dam controlled
Tradouw River
Tradouw River · western cape
11km · 6 hours · continuous
Travo — Travo classic (D645 bridge below Chisa, 6 km)
Travo · Haute-Corse
gorge
Trieux — Pabu (Guingamp) — Pontrieux
Trieux · Côtes-d'Armor (22)
Truyère — Haute Truyère : Le Malzieu-Ville → Viaduc de Garabit
Truyère · Lozère (48) / Cantal (15)
gorge
Tsitsa River – Lower Gorge
Tsitsa River – Lower Gorge · transkei
70km
Tsomo River – Lower
Tsomo River – Lower · eastern cape
45km · 2-day trip · pool drop
Tsomo River – Middle
Tsomo River – Middle · eastern cape
21km · 4 to 6 hours · pool drop
Tsomo River – Upper
Tsomo River – Upper · eastern cape
32km · Long day · continuous
Tugela River – Canyon
Tugela River – Canyon · kwazulu-natal
55km · 2 to 3 days · pool drop
Tugela River – Drakensberg section
Tugela River – Drakensberg section · kwazulu-natal
16km · 2 to 3 hours · continuous
Tugela River – Gorge
Tugela River – Gorge · kwazulu-natal
23 km · 6 hours, or easy 2 day trip · gorge
Tugela River – Middeldrift to Mandini
Tugela River – Middeldrift to Mandini · kwazulu-natal
60km · 2 days · pool drop
Tugela River – N3 to Colenso
Tugela River – N3 to Colenso · kwazulu-natal
22km · 2 to 3 hours
Tugela River – Red Ravine
Tugela River – Red Ravine · kwazulu-natal
30km · Long 1 day, easy 2 day · pool drop
Ubaye — Gorges du Lauzet (Le Lauzet to Serre-Ponçon lake)
Ubaye · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
gorge
Ubaye — Racecourse (Le Martinet to Le Lauzet-Ubaye)
Ubaye · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
Ubaye — Upper classic (Jausiers / Barcelonnette to Le Martinet)
Ubaye · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
Umgeni River – Albert Falls Dam to Wartburg road bridge
Umgeni River – Albert Falls Dam to Wartburg road bridge · kwazulu-natal
16km · 2 to 3 hours · pool drop
Umgeni River – Howick Gorge
Umgeni River – Howick Gorge · kwazulu-natal
Umgeni River – Mamba gorge
Umgeni River – Mamba gorge · kwazulu-natal
9km · 3 to 4 hours · pool drop
Umgeni River – Midmar to Howick
Umgeni River – Midmar to Howick · kwazulu-natal
7 km · 2 to 3 hours · pool drop
Umgeni River – Wartburg road bridge to Nagle Dam
Umgeni River – Wartburg road bridge to Nagle Dam · kwazulu-natal
20km · 3 to 4 hours · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Deepdale to Hella-Hella
Umkomaas River – Deepdale to Hella-Hella · kwazulu-natal
35km · 5 to 8 hours · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Hella-Hella to Josephine’s Bridge
Umkomaas River – Hella-Hella to Josephine’s Bridge · kwazulu-natal
1) 14 km 2) 26 km · 1) 3 to 5 hours in a kayak, depending on water level and the time spent playing. 2) 3-5 hours in a K1. · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Impendle to Lundy’s Hill
Umkomaas River – Impendle to Lundy’s Hill · kwazulu-natal
38km · 8 hours if the river is not high. Long 1 day, easy 2 day trip. · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Josephine’s Bridge to Riverside
Umkomaas River – Josephine’s Bridge to Riverside · kwazulu-natal
36km · 3 to 4 hours in a K1 · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Lundy’s Hill to Deepdale
Umkomaas River – Lundy’s Hill to Deepdale · kwazulu-natal
10km · 2-5 hours, depending on playtime · pool drop
Umkomaas River – Riverside to Mpompomani
Umkomaas River – Riverside to Mpompomani · kwazulu-natal
24km · 2 to 4 hours · pool drop
Umkomazana River
Umkomazana River · kwazulu-natal
16km · 3 to 5 hours, depending on water level · pool drop
Umtamvuna River
Umtamvuna River · kwazulu-natal
44km · 8 to 10 hours, depending on water level. Preferably a 2 day trip. · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Centocow to Stoke’s farm
Umzimkulu River – Centocow to Stoke’s farm · kwazulu-natal
18km · 2 to 3 hours · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Drakensberg Gardens to Second Coleford bridge, aka Drakensberg Challenge
Umzimkulu River – Drakensberg Gardens to Second Coleford bridge, aka Drakensberg Challenge · kwazulu-natal
60km · 2 day race
Umzimkulu River – Islington Store to Umzimkulu
Umzimkulu River – Islington Store to Umzimkulu · kwazulu-natal
22km · Less than 2 hours in a K1 · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Oribi section
Umzimkulu River – Oribi section · kwazulu-natal
15km · 3 to 5 hours · continuous
Umzimkulu River – Polela to Centocow
Umzimkulu River – Polela to Centocow · kwazulu-natal
10km · 3 to 4 hours · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Stoke’s farm to Islington Store, aka Waterfall Section
Umzimkulu River – Stoke’s farm to Islington Store, aka Waterfall Section · kwazulu-natal
1) 5km 2) 30km · 1) 2 to 3 hours 2) 6 to 7 hours · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Thrombosis Gorge
Umzimkulu River – Thrombosis Gorge · kwazulu-natal
1) 8km 2) 25km · 1) 2-4 hours, depending on amount of scouting. 2) 6-7 hours · pool drop
Umzimkulu River – Umzimkulu to Oribi
Umzimkulu River – Umzimkulu to Oribi · kwazulu-natal
110km · 3 to 5 days · pool drop
Umzimvubu River – Dikela to Port St. Johns
Umzimvubu River – Dikela to Port St. Johns · transkei
70km from put-in at low-level bridge · 5 days for full section
Umzimvubu River – N2 to Welsh bridge
Umzimvubu River – N2 to Welsh bridge · transkei
90km
Umzimvubu River – Welsh Bridge to Dikela
Umzimvubu River – Welsh Bridge to Dikela · transkei
85km
Vaal River – Barkly West
Vaal River – Barkly West · free state, northern cape
18km · 4 to 6 hours · pool drop
Vaal River – Barrage to Parys
Vaal River – Barrage to Parys · gauteng, free state
44km · 4 to 7 hours
Vaal River – Kloppers to Vischgat (or Groenoewers)
Vaal River – Kloppers to Vischgat (or Groenoewers) · gauteng, free state
9 or 15 km, depending on the take-out · 1 to 2 hours racing in a K1, 3 to 5 hours in a different craft
Vaal River – Parys downstream
Vaal River – Parys downstream · gauteng, free state
12-15 km · 2 hours to full day
Valserine — Chézery-Forens — Confort
Valserine · Ain (01)
gorge
Var — Gorges de Daluis (Guillaumes to Pont de Gueydan)
Var · Alpes-Maritimes (06)
gorge
Vecchio — Middle Vecchio (Pont du Vecchio to D43 bridge near Noceta)
Vecchio · Haute-Corse
Vecchio — Upper Vecchio (Vivario to Pont du Vecchio)
Vecchio · Haute-Corse
Vénéon — Bourg d'Arud → Les Ougiers
Vénéon · Isère (38)
Verdon — Castellane to Pont de Soleils
Verdon · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
gorge · dam controlled
Verdon — Grand Canyon (Pont de Carajuan to Pont du Galetas / Lac de Sainte-Croix)
Verdon · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) / Var (83) border
gorge · dam controlled
Vésubie — Saint-Jean-la-Rivière to Plan-du-Var (final gorge)
Vésubie · Alpes-Maritimes (06)
gorge
Vézère (haute) — Haute Vézère : Barrage des Bariousses → Pont Lapeyre (Treignac)
Vézère (haute) · Corrèze (19)
gorge · dam controlled
Vire — Tessy-sur-Vire — Condé-sur-Vire (Roches de Ham)
Vire · Manche (50)
Vis — Vis : Madières → Saint-Laurent-le-Minier
Vis · Hérault (34) / Gard (30)
gorge
Wilge River – Verena bridge to Loskop Dam
Wilge River – Verena bridge to Loskop Dam · gauteng
28km · 5 to 7 hours · pool drop
Wilge River – Zemvelo Reserve to Zusterstroom
Wilge River – Zemvelo Reserve to Zusterstroom · gauteng
25km · 4 to 6 hours · pool drop
Wilge River – Zusterstroom to Verena bridge
Wilge River – Zusterstroom to Verena bridge · gauteng
15km · 2 to 3hours · pool drop
Wit Els River
Wit Els River · western cape
18km · 1 to 2 days · continuous
Witte River
Witte River · western cape
8km · 4 to 5 hours with people who know the river, 8+ hours when scouting · continuous
Yonne — Yonne below Barrage de Pannecière — Montreuillon
Yonne · Nièvre (58)
dam controlled
Frequently asked questions
What is a river section on Jatelo?
A river section is a mapped stretch of river with its put-in and take-out, difficulty grade, length and notable rapids — the way paddlers describe a run.
What do the difficulty grades mean?
Whitewater grades run from I to VI, from easy moving water to extreme and rarely-run. Each section shows its grade so you can match a run to your ability.
Can I see live river conditions?
Many sections show live information — flow gauges, webcams and weather forecasts — on the River Feed, so you can check conditions before you drive out.
Are all South African rivers covered?
Coverage focuses on commonly-paddled South African rivers and is growing. Paddlers can add new sections and suggest live-data sources to fill gaps.
How do I find rivers near me?
Use the map or the rivers list and filter by grade and water type to find sections close to you.
