A great new boat has hit the water - the Paddlecat.  This catamaran, or "Cat", is set to become an alternative to the famous Croc. It's light, fast, very quick in the turn, and highly stable in holes and waves. The Cat will be in action on coming river courses. We want to develop it as the…

This will be my little blog to keep in touch with some rambling writings and river-nonsense to hopefully entertain. I work for Felix Unite on the Namibian side of operations. Our camp is approx 10 kms outside of a tiny town called Noordoewer which basically forms the border between Namibia and South Africa. We provide Mohawk canoe multi-day trips down the Orange river over a span of about 60-65 kms on mostly level 1-2 water. This river does have its challenges though- it is incredibly wide…

Young trainee river guides Fly and Arno had their first big fright when a hole grabbed them and wouldn't let go. With their hearts in their mouths they eventually got up the courage to scream Yeeehhhaaaaa! and after that they were keen to whoop it up again in the hole. So it goes: get beaten…

Want to have some fun and learn plenty about river-running? Join us in mid-July on the beautiful Doring River which runs through a gorge in the Cape Cederberg, near Clanwilliam (about 250km north of Cape Town). Read on!