subject: Guests At Mendoza Hotels: a Premium Experience by:Oscar Boutto [print this page] Many passionate extreme sports lovers choose to stay with us over all the Mendoza's Hotels. Our cool water rivers and rapids are the first things that catch the attention of every experienced or amateur rafting fan. Guests at every Mendoza's Hotels wish to try the Mendoza River, famous for its grade of difficulty and adrenaline level.
Several companies in this province offer rafting tours and expeditions, with different levels of complexity, according to the visitors skills and the water course they are going to try. Usually, Mendoza's Hotels provide a guide with some direction and advice in order to choose the right excursion.
The rafting trip along Mendoza River involves a 4 hours journey trough the class III or IV thirty kilometers of this river, from Cerro Negro to Potrerillos. The excursion begins pretty early in the morning, with a short stop at the base or arrival point. There, jacket, life jacket, waterproof pants and neoprene shoes are given to the each person in the group. Then, some instructions are provided for everyone's safety, so the experience can be an entire success. After that, guide and group get on the raft and everybody takes an oar.
At first, Mendoza River is calm and allows the crowd to enjoy the view of massive mountains and colorful hills. Then, water course gets a little more violent and some of the raft occupants may be surprised with the shakes. At that moment strength and resistance are required, in order to keep up with the course of the raft and nobody gets thrown out of it.
Fortunately, rapids and calm and easy parts are alternated, so the group gets the chance to rest a little from time to time. During the quiet moments, the guide tells stories and anecdotes about Mendoza's people and their culture, as well as the origin of the names of many of the rivers and hills they see during the excursion. After stopping for lunch, the second part is even more exciting and thrilling, due to the waterfalls, some complicated rapids and massive rocks that show up in the way. The adventure continues with waves and shakes and lots of amusement for the raft occupants, until the river gets wider and the waters get more and more calm. That indicates the end of rafting day.
At many Mendoza's hotels, those who have had such an experience tell and recall enthusiastically every little detail of their fabulous trip.
