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Super Rafting on Northeastern Baikal rivers

Rafting on three rivers:
River Angidjan
River Nandony (Grayling river)
River Kotera

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Trip properties


 

 

All these rivers are situated in the basin of the Upper Angara River. The Kotera flows into the Upper Angara, the latter flows into Baikal.

The length of rafting
Duration
Period of time
Equipment:
100 km.
6-7 days.
from 15 June till 20 August.
rafting with special durable dinghy
(carrying capacity 500 kg), or catamarans for
each two persons, life jackets, top boots.



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Trip details


 

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Features of the rout
A wild nature, rock cliffs along the banks the height of which reaches several hundred meters, rapids of third category of difficulty. Perfect fishing. There are plenty of taimen, lenok, and grauling. There are not any inhabited localities in the basins of these rivers.
For this journey you should have some rafting experience, in spite of the third category of the rapids is a low level of difficulty, any way rapids on the river are dangerous.
We’ll accompany you with instructor, and share with you all the difficulties of the rafting. We think that rafting is the best way to know oneself, and one of the most powerful impression of life.

1 Nijneangarsk – river Angidjan
The length is 180 km. By helicopter – 1h 20 min, (5-6 persons), to the Right Bank of the river Angidjan, near the mouth of the river Aldunda.
Beginning of the rafting from the river Angidjan, the river is full of rapids, width – 20-30 meters. Velocity of the stream – 1.5 m/sec. The depth varies from 0.5 to 1.5 meters. The length of rafting on the river Angidjan – 35 km. Stay for a night near the mouth of the river Narrow in the tent.

2 Angidjan – Nandony
The Nandony is more full -flowing then river Angidjan.The Nandony translats from Tungus in english as Grauling River. The Nandony is full of rapids, the hight of wave reaches 1,5 m., on the rapids. Each rift alternates with reach of river. Velocity of the stream – 1.5 m/sec. The Nandony flows into the river Kotera. The extent of rafting – 20 km for one day.

3 Nandony – Kotera
The length of rafting on the river Kotera is 15 km. The width of the river – 100 m. Rafting to the settlement Delakora.

4 Return back to Nijneangarsk by car.
2-3 hours of driving.


If you are willing to prolong rafting for 3-4 days, we’ll raft farther on the river Kotera, the next river is the Upper Angara. The Kotera is tributary of the Upper Angara. The banks of the Upper Angara are sandy, the velocity of stream 1.2-m/sec. The Upper Angara flows into the group of Baikal 's lakes, farther, the river streams in the middle of the lakes untill it flows into Baikal dividing Island Yarki into tree islets, not far from Nijneangarsk – 20 km. Island Yarki is a perfect sandy beach.


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Contact Info
 

 

If you are interested - email us: nbaikal@mail.ru



Last update:
15 Dec 1999

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