.Trhe Rawas White Water Boating

Target Specification
The Rawas District, a long known Dutch localities, since the colonial, of place where most gold of this island have been dug out and shipped to Netherland, still remains as wild as they used to. Local villagers, with their long riverboat, will take you down facing the whitewater upstream. Some may enjoy kayaking and rubber rafting downstream, but please let us inform you that boarding the small riverboat and race it to the upstream breaking rapids and narrow stream rocky channel tastes more adventurous. This area of southeastern part of the Park is dominated by Mesozoic rock formation Rawas is located in the border of the northwest trending park. If you are looking for a fresh- isolated place, a green paradise, guaranteed by a western-owned accomodation, and of course you need to taste those white water boating , sitting on a 8m long x 1.5 meter wide wooden long boat breaking through rapids and sharp rocks formations, Rawas shall have it all.

:: Minimum 2 person.
:: Trip will be 6 days and 5 nights

Available pick and drop service at Changi Airport of Singapore or Soekarno Hatta Airport Jakarta.

Detail of Trip

.Day Number	.Detail Specification
Day 1.	Arrive and picked up at Jambi Airport, check in for hotel accomodation , visit Batik Village at the afternoon, stay overnight at the hotel.
Day 2	Land travel to Surulangun ( 4 hours driving ), check in at Rawas River Lodge, a very relaxing place just on the rawas river side. Afternoon visit local market and explore for old traditional house's architectural styles, and cultures of river society Blend of 19th century european , chinese and ancient malay , can be seen still on the local house styles and architectures.
Day 3	Boading to river boat, start your adventure upstream . Lunch at Pulau Kida. Continue boating upstream and stay overnight at Napallicin. Overnight is optional up here, whether you want to stay with locals in their traditional houses and village, or just simply book the fancy Kubu Lodge, a very isolated lodge built up by a Dutch - Indonesian folks, with a western facilities.
Day 4	In the morning, enjoy the harmony of shouting Gibbon and monkeys just outside your rooms, after breakfast, board back into riverboat and boat upstream to Napal Licin Cave, a limestone cave with exotic stalactyte and stalacmyte. continue apstream to our special hidden paradise swimming spot. Just finish your lunch before jump swim onto the clean rapid stream...While swimming , try to explore for petrified woods, a used to be woods, which internal structure was completely replaced by silica mineral. Grab your own nature's gift souvenir, and boat downstream back to lodge. If you choose to stay overnight with local people, there is a special attraction we would like to offer you, that is ' fish - shooting ', using local's oxbow of bullets made of long sharp wire, which you will use while swimming on the river, using your google and try to have your best shot on the fish. Canoeing can be your choice also as we provide fiberglass 2 piloted canoe for you
Day 5	After breakfast, we will take you for an easy trekk, to survey one hotspring mudpools up in the jungle nearby , which is used by wild animals as a salt feed, around 4 hours walk. After lunch, continue to a hill top, and let your camera scream as you will find a very spectacular landscape of sparkling whitewater river, cutting across karsted limestone formation and filled up by a very green lowland tropical rainforest. Stay overnight at the lodge/ village.
Day 6	Rafting day.... After breakfast, we will be finished setting up your rubber raft, and set in in front of the lodge. Just put on your safety jackets, and helmets, and we will raft down to Pulau Kida. Reach Pulau Kida at the afternoon, and continue your travel by riverboat to Rawas River Lodge.Stay overnight at Rawas River Lodge
Day 7	Land travel to Jambi, and stay overnight at the Hotel. During the afternoon, we will take you to kajanglako gallery and enjopy their collection of ancient stuff from the 8th century of Melayu Kingdom
Day 8	Depart Jambi by first flight of the day

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.Picture Gallery (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
Rawas Lodge, a comfort place inherit local culture blending western facilities	Rawas Lodge, the pool, with restaurant at the background
Fishing druing sunset may be certain culture to the river community	The long boat
Group of macacas monkey, along the river side	Our guests will be given an honor to board the boat especially at this stage
This is the adrenaline pumping scene. For downstream, we will take a rubber raft
Survival scene	Napallicin village " river port "
Traditional gold panning activity	Kubu lodge - photo courtesy of kubu lodge
Folks at Kubu Lodge - photo courtesy of kubu lodge	Another angle of the lodge, limestone hill at the background
PNapallicin Cave - photo courtesy of Alain Compost ICDP A	Smoky hills

 

 

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