After finishing up the Rio Colca we headed to Cusco with our kayaks to paddle the Rio Apurimac. Definitely a much easier river to get on compared to the Cotahuasi and the Colca, the Apurimac is run commercially on a regular basis by a few different rafting companies. We caught a ride to the river with Mayuc Expeditions. They were sweet and super friendly. We ended up doing the Apurimac in two days with no trouble at all (putting on at about 3pm and taking off the next day by noon). Most commercial trips take three days. The river is amazing, super beautiful and a bit higher flow than the other two rivers we did. I would say by take out we had about 2500cfs (which is low for the river bed). There were two harder rapids on the run (solid class 5) which we opted to portage. Other than that it was read and run class four with some spicier class fours thrown in here and there. The scenery was amazing, more jungle like with smooth round granite. The camping was killer and the bugs weren´t terrible. It seems to rain out in this area on and off all the time so I would be ready for that. We had rain our first night and during the second day, but the water and weather are warm. After finishing the run and hanging out on the road at take out a semi truck picked us up and rolled us all the way to Cusco. The the driver drove safe but his truck was pretty much falling apart. We made it safe and sound and preceded to try and sell our boats and gear.
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| Put-in Road Rio Apurimac |
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| Rio Apurimac |
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| Take-out Ride |
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