CLASSIC ALPINE 2010.

WHITE WATER COURSES FOR ADVANCED KAYAK/CANOE/RAFT

ALSO ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS
(accommodations fees includes 30 cents local tourist tax)

PAGE CONTENT
-NEW Grand River Tour of the South French Alps 2010
-Advanced ww courses
-Dates 2010
-Six, Four and Two day
-Course only prices
-Camp and course prices
-Full-catered camping and course prices
-Self-catered apartment and course prices
-Full-catered gite and course prices
-Extras
-Reductions
-Local Information

At CANOE CONTROL we are developing a number of new courses/trips for our next years South French Alps season. To complement the advanced tour shown below we have developed an intermediate tour with the same concept.

A GRAND RIVER TOUR OF THE SOUTH FRENCH ALPS.
Advanced Kayak Grade 3-4

A GRAND RIVER TOUR OF THE SOUTH FRENCH ALPS 2010.

OWING TO DEMAND DATE 19-26 JUNE SOLD OUT.
NEW DATE FOR INTERMEDIATE GRADE 2-3 TRIP 26 JUNE 03 JULY PLACES AVAILABLE

Advanced Kayak grade 3-4 trip
Date 12-19 June 2010 Just 2 places left
Intermediate Kayak Grade 2-3+
Date 19-26 June 2010 booked out.
NEW DATE Intermediate Kayak Grade 2-3+ 26 June 03 July Places available
Cost £965 per person
(does not include your travel costs to the Alps)

CONCEPT
A whistle stop kayaking tour with the UK’s most experienced WW Kayak School in the area. We guarantee six intensive days of fantastic white water paddling. This will be a great road trip to enable you to take full advantage of the immense variety and quality of this areas rivers. We will be traveling fast and light to the river systems of the Durance, Drac, Guil and Ubaye. For accommodation we will use fast and easy up tents and carry mats (you will need to bring a sleeping bag). We will have a dedicated driver so no waiting for shuttles. The group will be small and compact cutting out the faff factor. Keeping pace with over 20 years of a 100% safety record, each trip will have a safety boater as well as a lead boater.

This is a fully catered trip we provide breakfast, riverside lunch and dinner. Whilst on the road trip dinner will be taken at a local restaurant

ITINERARY

Day 1) Arrival day. Check into our Alps base and then relax. All boats and kit will be loaded in the evening in readiness for an early morning departure. Over a relaxed dinner we will have a briefing about the next week
Dinner will be a set menu prepared at our base and served with wine.
Day 2) 0700 hrs breakfast.
Leave for the Drac.
Warm up on the Drac Blanc, and then paddle the middle Drac and Severaisse.
Day 3) 0800 hrs breakfast.
River options are sections of.
The Bonne, Drac Noir, Severaissette and Roizonne.
Day 4) 0700 hrs breakfast.
Leave for the Ubaye
River options/sections of the Ubaye, Ubayette and Bachlard.
Day 5) 0700 hrs breakfast.
Leave for the Guil
River options many sections of this fantastic river await you.
Day 6) 0800 hrs breakfast.
If you want you can take a relaxed morning or not.
River options, more sections of this fantastic river await you.
Day 7) 0700 hrs breakfast.
Leave and head for Briancon
River options. Durance Gorge, Lower Guisane, Gyronde and Gyr.
Dinner will be a set menu prepared at our base and served with wine.
Day 8) Departure day 0800 hrs breakfast.
Reflection/feed-back from you about your week with Canoe Control.
Whichever way you head for home have a safe journey.

Fin Une excursion grande des Alpes français du sud

COST £965 per person
We do offer a range of percentage reductions for groups

INCLUDES
6 Days guiding and safety cover
7 Nights Full/Catering
Dedicated driver with people carrier
Campsite fees
Easy up single tent and sleeping matt.
Camping equipment

DOES NOT INCLUDE
Travel to the Alps (available as an extra)
Airport transfer
Wine and beer whilst on the road trip.
Boats, equipment or insurance (available as an extra)

EXTRAS
Hire of boats (£20 per day £100 per week)
Kayaking equipment (£10 per day £50 per week)
Insurance (get competitive adventure insurance off our website)
Percentage reduction for groups
Airport transfer Turin £90 (single supplement reductions for groups)

KAYAK ADVANCED ALPINE WHITE WATER

DATES 2010

May 29th - June 05th
June 05th - June 12th
June 19th - June 26th
June 26th - July 03rd
July 03rd - July 10th
July 10th - July 17th

COURSE DATES ALSO BY ARRANGEMENT
BCU STAR 1-5 & WW RESCUE COURSES ALSO BY ARRANGEMENT

COURSE ONLY price
Six river days
£540.00 per person
Four river days
£360.00 per person
Two river days
£180.00 per person

CAMPING price seven nights including course
Six river days
£585.00 per person
Four river days
£405.00 per person

FULL-CATERING TENTED price seven nights including course
A fully catered course including breakfast, lunch and dinner served with wine.
But excludes the last nights restaurant dinner
Six river days
£750.00 per person
Four river days
£615.00 per person

FULL-CATERING GITE price seven nights including course
(excludes last night restaurant)
Six river days
£840.00 per person

SELF-CATERING APARTMENTS price
(price shown is minimum price based on 2 sharing)
Six river days
£660.00 per person
Four river days
£480.00 per person

EXTRAS
Airport transfer from Turin available
£90.00 per person (single person supplement group reductions available)
Boat and equipment hire
£20.00 per boat per day £100 per week
£10.00 per boat and equipment per day £50 for the week
BCU fees
Insurance. We have some great packages just click on the insurance icon for details

REDUCTIONS
Return Alps booking 10%
2-3 persons 5%.
4-7 persons 8%.
8-10 persons 10%.
For under 16 years 15%.

LOCAL INFORMATION
Some of the other activities that can be sampled in the area include via ferrata climbing, fly-fishing, mountaineering, mountain biking, canyoning, telepheriqies (cable car), horse riding, walking, swimming and sailing.
There is shopping and services at l'Agenterie la Bessee, 10 minutes away.
There is a Boulangerie, Pizzaria and Bar/Tabac in Roche de Rame 10 mins away.
Doctor clinic in l'Agenterie la Bessee.
Main Hospital 20 k away in Briancon.
The area has a plentiful number of Bars and good Restaurants.

TRAVEL INFORMATION
Main Paris SNCF (train) 10 minutes away. Overnight train to London via Paris
Main Paris TGV (high speed train) from Oulx (Italy) 40 min. away. Oulx to Paris 4+ hrs.
Auto Route at Grenoble 2 hrs away. Total trip time Briancon to Calais 10-12+ hrs
Turin City and airport 2 hrs away.
Nice and airport 4-5 hrs away.
Marseille and airport 3-4 hrs away.
Lyon and airport 3 hrs away.
London to Grenoble by Euro Coach then local SNCF to l'Agenterie Les Ecrin (la Bessee)