Rafting around Briançon

You’ll complete your route with our friends and partners River Tracker.

The Guisane is a river that can be approached in 2 ways.
Depending on your level and expectations, the guides will adapt the descent to guarantee your safety and offer you maximum thrills!

As A Couple, With Friends, With Family Or Group, Practice Rafting In A Fun And Friendly Way

Allowing you to discover rafting in the best conditions is our priority. You will learn how to navigate an inflatable boat during a whitewater rafting. A fun and sensual sports activity. “

Discover the river “La Guisane” during your rafting descent: A tributary of the Durance, La Guisane is a river that has its source at the Lautaret pass. With a length of 27.7 km, La Guisane is fed by the waters coming from the glacier of Casset and Monêtier. It is during the months of May to August that La Guisane offers the largest flow, as well as it is the ideal time to practice rafting in Hautes-Alpes. The turquoise and clear waters of this river associated with the wild and preserved nature of Briançon’s surroundings will ensure a change of scenery.

What Exactly Is Rafting?

Rafting is a complete sport, practiced in an inflatable boat called raft. The raft is an inflatable boat specially designed for rafting, it is unsinkable and very stable.

Ideal for discovering white water activities, rafting is a real team sport. You will board up to 8 people + the guide on solid inflatable boats, equipped with a complete equipment perfectly suited to the weather (wetsuit and neoprene jacket, neoprene booties, vest, helmet and paddle).

Led by qualified professional guides with perfect knowledge of the natural environment, these stable and unsinkable boats will take you across the river rapids of the Serre Chevalier valley, from 6 years old with family, friends, alone or in groups.

Sensation for Everybody !

Try your hand at adventure, plunge into the heart of nature and enjoy the more or less tumultuous rapids of the Guisane or Durance rivers.

Rafting takes you through the wild, unspoilt landscapes of the Hautes-Alpes and the clear, limpid waters of the rivers in and around Briançon.

" The aim of this white-water rafting activity is to have fun and experience extraordinary sensations.Enjoying yourself and experiencing extraordinary sensations is the objective of this whitewater activity. "

Selection of the best Canyoning courses

Discover the ideal playground for Watersports in Briançon in the High-Alps. In the south-east of France, located between the Ecrins mountains and Italy, the Serre Chevalier Sensation team welcomes you in an ideal setting for rafting.

A geographical situation and climatic conditions that make Briançon the capital of rafting in the High-Alps

The geographical situation of Briançon and Serre Chevalier is ideal, sunny for more than 300 days a year.

The History Of Rafting

Rafting as a commercial sporting activity was born on the Colorado River in the United States in the 1950s. Tours were offered to tourists and the practice of this activity has continued to expand since. We can now go rafting on all continents. It was not until the 80s and Aquadesign brand that rafting is democratized in France. It is now possible to practice rafting on all French rivers. A free ride, an adventure without big risks to explore the world of rivers.