For the thrill seekers, Croatia’s uncorrupted countryside imparts itself to bicycling and hiking, along with serious mountain climbing, while the expansive coastline and plenitude of rivers is ideal for virtually every type of water-sport imaginable, even for rafting.

Rafting as a mode of transport up and down watercourses also bears a long tradition in Croatia. Yet, white-water rafting as a modern kind of risky venture commenced only in the late 1980s and assisted to attract notice to the grand beauty of Croatian rivers which, up until that time, was recognized merely to relatively few kayaking explorers and fishermen.

The fathers of the Riverfree Club, initiates of commercial trips through the rivers and experts on the waterways of Croatia, did not predict the subsequent grade of interest and the resulting popularity of rafting on rivers which do not burst with wild rapids and high waves. Nevertheless, thousands of people have since savoured their close confrontations with the memorable magic of rivers, of green river banks, sheer canyons and crystal-clear depths.

Rivers in the continental regions of the country are flanked by massive woods and by mounts, while those closer to the sea rise massive green banks and deep and shaded mysterious canyons. What they all have in general are greenish pure waters that one can watch through right down to the river bottom.

The range of difficultness of Croatia’s white waters is, on the average, range 3; just on the Rivers Dobra and Una can you take on range 4 waters. The Cetina river is the most best recognized place for white water rafting. The mouth of the Cetina river opens up into the sea at Omis, a marvelous setting for a town, separated by a deep ravine which, after many kilometres of being fairly wide, pulls in here to just a few metres wide.