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    Rafting Elo River, Joyfull Challenge With Beautiful Panorama

    With the exotic location, Elo river offers a challenge and beautiful panorama while your adrenalin rushes in fast in rafting along the river. Surely, rafting at Elo river will give you a sensational experience.

    Elo River rafting is on grade II, means that it is safe enough for beginners. With some challenges of the rapid current of the river along with some big rocks in it, the trip will take around 2.5 hours to finish a 12.5-km track. That's challenging enough to increase your adrenaline even if you have tried river rafting
    before.

    The Elo River is situated close to Borobudur Temple and Mendut Temple in Magelang district. It is also known as Progo's creek --tipped on the western slopes of Mount Merbabu-- . Elo river has clearer water than Progo river. It offers not only a challenging journey, but also beautiful - natural scenery such as trees and chirping birds along the rafting river.

    This trip starts from Blondo bridge and finishes at Mendut or a point where Elo and Progo rivers meet. In the middle of the trip, participants will take a short break and have their snack, served with fresh coconut water which will give them more energy to get back in the rafting game. Besides rafting, natural scenery and atmosphere around Elo river also suit people who have different interest such as outbond or hiking..

    After 2.5 hours of challenging and joyful rafting journey along the Elo River , participants still get their chances to visit one of the famous seven wonder in the world, Borobudur temple, along with Mendut Temple. It is easy to get there because its location is not far from the river.

    Wanna join this trip ? You'll need to spend only IDR 130.000 per person if there are six passengers on the boat. That includes standard safety rafting equipment, mineral water,snack, and meal.

    The trip operators arelocated in the roadside of Yogyakarta - Magelang road, it takes only 40 minutes from Jogja if you catch a public bus from Jombor terminal and then get off in the Blondo bridge, Magelang. It takes a normal time of 2.5 hours, if you catch a bus from another city like Semarang. Or just click here to
    pick the package trip.

    Source: tourjogja.com


    photo: auliacs.blogspot.com


    photo: mendutrafting2010.co.cc


    photo: visitingjogja.com
    Last edited by Backpacker; 19-01-2012 at 15:42.

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