Our Courses
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Our Fundamentals Course
In order to be both safe and competent on whitewater we highly recommend that everyone undertakes our Fundamentals Course. It is normally 3-days and held on the Derwent River, just outside of Hobart. This course starts with basic river rescue skills such as swimming, throwbagging and assisted/self-rescues. It then proceeds to provide paddlers with a super solid basis of technical strokes including significant time on the highly important technique of forward paddling. Participants will learn the basics of navigating whitewater and techniques that will set them up to carve into the future.
Our Intermediate Course
Our standard intermediate course provides paddlers with an excellent understanding of how to competently enter and exit eddies. The ability to catch any eddy is a game changer. This course focuses on reading the water, learning how to make use of currents, water features, the correct strokes and boat design in order to be able to carve both into and out of eddies as well as across fast currents.
High Intermediate Course
Our high intermediate course is usually held on fast flowing grade 2+ whitewater such as the Mersey Whitewater Course or the Mitta Mitta River. The focus is on being able to navigate more complex rapids and the ability to catch and make use of mid-stream and micro-eddies. Participants learn to use sweep boofs and
Advanced Technical Course
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Advanced River Running
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Multi-Day River Running & Group Management (Franklin River)
Coming in the future - Packrafting Tasmania is in the process of signing off on a permit to deliver a 9-day river running course that sees participants tackling the mighty, world-heritage Franklin River. This journey is world-renowned and has been called one of the top 10 multi-day rafting trips in the world. The trip starts at the Collingwood River Bridge on the Lyell Hwy and finishes on the Gordon River. The river includes numerous challenging sections and portages. Note that sections of the river are dangerous in high water so instructors may need to alter or even cancel the trip in certain situations.
Course Dates
To see when the above courses are running please click on the LEARN MORE buttons above. You can also click the link below to see all of our current course offerings.
If you do not find any course dates suitable, get in touch with us and we will see what we can do to help.