Visitors who venture into white water rafting on Kenya’s beautiful rivers are totally awed by this experience. This adventure is unique in three ways: firstly, it remains the sole experience whereby visitors admire Kenya’s animals, awesome valleys, forest, and birdlife from a river. Secondly, programs vary in goals and time lines, from approximately four hours, where visitors enjoy a soothing glide on a river, seven days. Goals could entail a personal learning experience or team-building experience. Thirdly, the rafting experience accords visitors the opportunity to carry out an extremely pleasurable experience. Barely 95 kms from Nairobi, the Tana River provides thrilling white-water spills or thrills experience. The voyage begins with three kilometres of simple class II and III white water, where ample opportunity is provided to acquire and muster the paddle proficiency needed to manoeuvre through the lower course of the river. Next comes a six kilometre phase, where visitors are allowed more than one hour to unwind, admire the huge bird population available, cool down through swimming in Tana River’s comparably warm waters (approximately 200C), or simply enjoy a sun tan. The concluding seven kilometre journey back to the camp begins with simple class III waters where visitors re-visit paddle commands. Guests then head into the initial 3 huge (class IV or V) rapids, namely Captains’ Folly, Can of worms (having 4 successive 90-degreee bends), and Sphincter Flexor. Depending on water levels, visitors may manage to surf within the ‘Fish Eye’ and subsequently swim through the subsequent minor rapids. Many smaller rapids bring visitors to the final huge ones, called Spasms, composed of a succession of declines over a 750 metre segment with a huge surprise half-way through. Visitors arrive at the campsite approximately five hours from the time they left, and can enjoy a completely barbequed lunch having soft drinks and beer. Alternatively, visitors can opt to take a three-to-four-hour safari on car-boats over an approximately 8 kilometre stretch to admire the plentiful birdlife found on Tana River’s banks. The picturesque float journey lasts three to four hours over approximately a 12 km stretch. Visitors view the plentiful birdlife residing in the thriving riverine woodland bordering river Tana’s banks. More than 110 bird species have been recorded by white water rafting guides. Guests may as well raft for the entire 450 kilometres of River Tana which takes one from near Nairobi to Malindi at the coast. This expedition takes approximately 21 days, however, more often; guests cover an 80 kilometre section which traverses the finest scenery through medium-grade white rafting. The section borders the Tsavo National Park and hence there is plenty of wildlife including buffalo, elephant, and giraffe. In-between the picturesque sections, about 12 sets of class II to IV rapids are found. White water rafting is also done on Athi, Ewaso Ng’iro and Mathioya rivers. Mathioya, with more than 450 metres of decline over its 22 kilometre length, river is among the hardest to raft in Kenya. It is a constricted, technical, rather low-volume River even in rainy seasons. However, it offers serious, persistent grade IV or V white-water, and hence past experience is mandatory. Athi River offers multi-day adventure trips. Visitors may raft as many as 80 kilometres in 3 days and nights through the Tsavo National Park where they are treated to breath-taking soothing calm water coupled with game viewing. Elephant, lion, crocodile, hippo and buffalo are visible as visitors undertake exhilarating white water of up to grade IV. The Ewaso Ng’iro River, traversing Samburu national park, also offers white water rafting. Both the river and the game are wilder. Trip duration plus nature is similar to the Athi River case with more sustained and serious water. This is surely an exciting must-do activity while in Kenya.