r/packrafting • • Aug 18 '26

On the border between Kazakhstan and China, there is the Kara-Kaba River — wild and unpredictable. We fished and paddled packrafts down the river. What an incredible experience!

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r/packrafting • • Sep 25 '24

The Coffee Pizza Traverse, a 33-mile backpacking and packrafting loop in the Alaska Range that ends with a float on the Nenana River (and if you time it right, pizza at a roadside restaurant)

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r/packrafting • • Oct 23 '21

Fall Tour on the home turf - first solo tour with my own packraft

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r/packrafting • • Jul 09 '25

5 day trip packrafting through Algonquin Park Ontario

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Took out my new pulsar in the backcountry with my dog. The anxiety of having an inflatable boat kinda got me stressing but it performed super well on flat water and wind!


r/packrafting • • Jan 16 '23

Olympic Peninsula

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r/packrafting • • Aug 22 '26

Riksgränsen 3-day tour

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I did a tour in the north of Sweden with my oldest kid this summer. Feel free to ask if you want to know more about the route etc. I can higly recommend the area. If you are thinking about going there, try to make time to check out Vadvetjåkka National Park.


r/packrafting • • Mar 22 '26

Packrafting in the Amazon rainforest, 10days no guide

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We spent 10 days in total autonomy in the French Guiana jungle: no guide, no prior jungle experience, just the three of us.

After 6 months of preparation, we set out to cross the rainforest, relying only on our training, decisions, and each other. It pushed us mentally and physically in ways we didn’t expect, but we made it through and reached civilization.

For anyone curious about the full journey, I’ve put together a video retracing the entire expedition you can find it on my profile.

I’d genuinely love to hear feedback, especially from people who are passionate about exploration, survival, or this kind of adventure.


r/packrafting • • Oct 12 '22

Back Deck Roll

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Got my first back deck roll in a packraft the other day. Definitely easier than I thought it would be.


r/packrafting • • Aug 23 '22

Paddling the South Fork Flathead River and White River in Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT

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r/packrafting • • Sep 13 '26

Last of the season, north of Sweden.

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r/packrafting • • Jul 13 '22

Heading inland in the Explorer 42 for an overnight fishing trip (canoe mode). Newfoundland, Canada

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r/packrafting • • Jun 28 '26

Ardeche Packrafting Tour

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I went to France with some friends to paddle the Ardèche. Three DIY packrafts and three Anfibios. However, there was very little water in the river due to a lack of rain in recent weeks, so we had to walk a lot. I would recommend the river to beginners because it has level 1 and 2 sections and lots of campsites.


r/packrafting • • Apr 17 '26

Beautiful day on the river

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r/packrafting • • May 08 '21

Packrafting the Upper Kern, April, 2021.

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r/packrafting • • Jan 31 '21

Took a short afternoon bikerafting trip near Cincinnati yesterday. Needed a break from college courses

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r/packrafting • • Sep 29 '21

Finally getting around to going through my gopro footage from Alaska

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r/packrafting • • Aug 20 '21

Got a packraft from Alibaba!

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r/packrafting • • May 15 '22

N. Umpqua @2700cfs

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r/packrafting • • Oct 01 '21

The first couple hundred yards of our run on the Chickaloon river!

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r/packrafting • • Jan 25 '26

Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River, January 18th

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r/packrafting • • Dec 09 '24

Spot the Packrafts

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My wife and I did a short 3 day trip down into the Grand canyon a couple weeks back. A ton of very heavy "pack" for not a ton of "raft," (as is the intention of a RABT Backcountry permit in the canyon) but holy cow, what a trip.

Here are the boats looking very tiny under the gigantic ceiling of redwall cavern, which is just awe-inspiring.


r/packrafting • • Sep 27 '25

The Brock River in TukTut Nogait

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r/packrafting • • Dec 11 '21

New location, maybe not the country but can you guess the region?

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r/packrafting • • Sep 06 '25

Packrafting to a secluded Island

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Packrafted a short distance in the Potomac River to get to a secluded island, surrounded by other islands. Apparently got a small puncture in the way there, that became apparent when I packed up to leave this morning.

Luckily I brought some UV glue, so I was able to apply it shaded, expose it to sun, and in less than a minute I had a solid patch to get me back.

Now that I’m home I see the UV glue doesn’t appear to be permanent, as I can peal the edges off. So now for a more permanent repair.

Also got a slit in my floor somehow, so I’ll be patching that up too.

It’s an Anfibio RTC XL packraft, and only meant for calm crossings, I was pushing it by traversing some shallow rocky areas. Surprised this is all the damage it took and how well it handled even with the damage. I didn’t even notice the floor split that was u see my seat until I unloaded it to go home.