The mountain rivers provide a wonderful playground in summer with stunning scenery all around. There's a range of great white water sports available from beginners to advanced, children and adults. Read on if you fancy getting your hair wet...
A summertime favourite, white water rafting is something we'd recommend everyone should try whilst in the alps in Summer. The rafts take up to 7 people plus your guide, and our local river is called La Dranse. You enter the river just outside Morzine, for the 7 kms (beginner) or 12 kms (advanced) paddle downstream towards Thonon and Lake Geneva.
The qualified guides will provide you with everything you need - wet-suit, buoyancy aid, helmet and paddle! White water rafting is available for all ages, and makes a great family day out. They have several rafts so if you are a large group you can still go down the river together. We can arrange transport for you as well.
A beginner's trip takes a half day and costs 38 euros per person. It's available to all ages.
Please just get in touch if you'd like information about more advanced options.
Just let us know and we'll arrange everything for you.
Every fancied getting right in there with the white water? If so then this is the sport for you. You swim down the rapids, equipped with a wet-suit, flippers and a float! You'll be doing a 4kms stretch of the Dranse river (15 mins drive away, we can provide transport).
A trip takes a half day and costs 38 euros per person. It's available from 12 yrs and above.
Just let us know and we'll arrange everything for you.
We'd highly recommend this experience! Our local rafting company offer a great full day option. You'd do the white water rafting trip, go for a 3 course lunch in a local restaurant, then after some relaxation and digestion time you'd be hydrospeeding for the afternoon. It's a great day out and will leave you exhilarated and warn-out all together. As always we can arrange transport for you.
The full day costs 90 euros per person including lunch. It's available from 12 yrs and above.
Just let us know and we'll arrange everything for you.
Canyoning is a fairly new adventure sport involving abseiling, walking and swimming down a river! If you've ever wanted to jump off waterfalls or slide down rapids then this could we well worth a go. The guides will provide everything you need and we'd be more than happy to arrange transport for you.
A half day canyoning costs 55 euros per person. It's available from 12 yrs and above.
Just let us know and we'll arrange everything for you.
Eaux-Zones Rafting and Sports provide all our white water adventures. They are a great local company and all their guides are fully qualified:
Rafting74.comAquascene Water is a water sports website specialises in inflatable kayaks from Sevylor. Be sure to have a look if you are planning any activity holidays next summer.
Aquascene WaterFrogs Rafting are a local company offering rafting and other whitewater activities, not only in Les Gets, but across the Portes du Soleil. Well worth a look for your summer holiday in the Alps this year.
Having been born and raised right here in Les Gets, Raphael travelled Europe as a noted chef before returning to his home in 2008 to found Mountain and Tradition with his wife, Jana. Drawing on her background in hospitality, Jana looks after the organisational side of your ski break, making sure everything is in place for the perfect ski chalet holiday.
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