In Reply to: go for it posted by happyhols on Friday, 28. March 2008 at 13:53 Bali Time:
We went WWR a couple of years ago. We booked with a staff member from melasti beach resort. Can't remember which company but it wasn't far from Ubud. For the start we walked down heaps and heaps of steps and had no stairs to climb at the end as it was flat so that was great.
On the way down the stairs the staff carried most of the stuff so it was great. We did this in September and the river was reasonably calm and more than exciting enough for us.
Half way through our trip our raft guide told us to all lean backwards flat as we could when he yelled out. When we did this we felt our selves hurtling downwards like we were on a very steep cliff. It only took a couple of seconds until we reached the water again and when the guide told us to turn around you wouldn't believe the height of the drop we had just been down. It appeared like we had left one part of the river that had been blocked off and we then entered another part of the river. I reckon we easily free falled on the raft at least 6 feet!!!
It all happened very quickly and at the time we couldn't believe we had done this and just laughed at the height at which we plunged but in hindsight!!!!! wow!!!
We did enjoy it and the scenery is beautiful. The food at the end of our trip was pretty ordinary!!!
Kathy