Bushmans River – Weenen road to Weenen

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First 15km: easy rapids, a few worth scouting, all kayak-runnable. K1-paddlers will portage some but not all. Alien vegetation prevalent. Next 5km: largely unspoilt gorge inside the Weenen Nature Reserve, several class 4 rapids reaching class 5 at high levels. Watch bad holes at high water, particularly one at the base of a small fall that is sticky at most levels. Below the gorge the river flattens through farmland. A weir appears that is runnable at some levels - scout first. Further down, another weir has been built on top of a waterfall: if continuing to Weenen, portage on the right (tough portage from here on); alternatively take out 200m upstream on the left.

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Permits

Permission from landowners at put-in and take-out

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