im planing for a gap year next summer but i cant choose whare to paddle, so basicly id like every one to give me their five best countrys to paddle in and the best rivers in that country. any towns or villages that i could stay in would be good to thanks guys. oh im going to start off in norway (i think) but need some locations for their to.

chili and to 7 tea cups or com to america and do the gualy and green narrows

[quote:acb6a1aa9f="play_king_wylie"]im planing for a gap year next summer but i cant choose whare to paddle, so basicly id like every one to give me their five best countrys to paddle in and the best rivers in that country. any towns or villages that i could stay in would be good to thanks guys. oh im going to start off in norway (i think) but need some locations for their to.[/quote:acb6a1aa9f] Nothing to say about america (south and north). But you could find good place for paddling at all continents, I think.

thanks

ill let u guys know where i intend 2 go when i know my self

im hopefully going to nepal for 3 weeks in my gap year (this summer)

Costa Rica, New Zealand, USA, British Columbia, Ecuador

I only know of rivers to hit in West Virginia, definetly go for the Gualey and the New. Go here and ttp://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/ This'll help, you can choose what rivers to run by their difficulty and if you have too many to choose from just ask us here if we know what the river is like.

[color=cyan:a8728d4bc2]I don't know what type of paddling you want to do, but if you want to play then consider the White Nile in Uganda. Excellent waves and holes and big volume. Or if you want to include more river running then think about the Zambezi. Your money will go far in these places. You didn't say if you're in the northern or southern hemisphere?? Good luck.[/color:a8728d4bc2]

European Alps French side around Briancon good technical rivers play spots from gade 2 -5/6, Austria Big Volume and technical rivers again every grade good playspots, Slovenia really nice country awsome river sections again every grade cheaper beer 2! Switzerland nice rivers but roads are expensive, if you use their motorways you need to buy a special ticket!

South Africa?
Russia?
China?
Alps?

Just read about in reviews.

i live in the uk but i will be traveling all over from usa to australia so any ware really just trying to plan my rute around the world.

it's obviously difficult to say where it is best, as nearly every country offers some whitewater during some period of the year.

year round, easy access, cheap, bi gvolume, small volume, waterfalls, park n play, expedition rivers and the rest of the hole spectrum i think will be best found in

USA
Himalayas (India, Nepal)
Russia

most of the other countries will lack many possibilities but ehy...you can go and kayak in sri lanka and have a great time with falls, creeks and surf...so in costa rica and..

but overall i think my personal winner has to be the himalayas...

the biggest mountains..means some of the biggest drainages....few dams...means long stretches of rivers to be akyaked...easy access...in india most rivers will have a road access point...airports high in the mountains in nepal and helpers to carry the weight...

rivers are plenty and there are very good rivers in thsi world i haven't been on and are great or in stretches better then maybe anything you can find here but overall i think while kayaking around the world you should give the himalayas a shot...

sounds good thanks

personally, id try to get africa on there firts. Nile, Zambezi, all classic

I am also going to Nepal in november with any luck. It sounds a great place for boating but also like the others said it depends what sort of boating your looking for.

Argentina is a great place to paddle. Rio Manso, Villegas, Corcovado, Azul, Alumine in Patagonia. Rio Diamante, Grande, Mendoza, Tupungato, Tunuyan, Las Vacas in Mendoza. Rio Iruya, Lipeo in Salta. Rio Los Sosa, Pueblo Viejo in Tucuman.

im not wure where you live, but if your summer is Usa' s winter, you should come check out oregon. Nice creeks and a play run that, at flood stage is upposedly world class. Soggy sneakers is the oregon guidebook to rivers so you could maybe check that out. This is a little on the shameless self promotion side, but if you head over to the west coast oregon isnt a bad bet.

"California possesses the largest, most diverse concentration of accessible high quality whitewater in the world". from Holbek/Stanley "Best Whitewater in California".
I've can't compare Cali to anywhere else, but damn, we got it good here!

probably true, cali is sposed to be good

Cali has everything you can ask for. Its amazing