Do I need to be able to swim?

Yes, a confident one. You are solo in the water in a buoyancy aid, so swimming ability and comfort in moving water matter.

With a qualified guide, a river matched to the group and full safety kit, yes. Guides brief you thoroughly and lead the way.

How fit do I need to be?

A reasonable level of fitness for the paddling and self-rescue. Guides pick suitable water and set the pace.

Do I need experience?

None of bugging itself, though you must be a confident swimmer. Guides teach you to steer and read the water as you go.

Swimwear under a wetsuit, provided with a helmet, buoyancy aid, webbed gloves and fins.

River Bugging | adventuro

River bugging swaps the big team raft for a small inflatable bug that you sit in solo, feet first, steering with webbed gloves on your hands and fins on your feet. It is a far more personal way to take on white water, low to the surface and entirely in your own hands, which makes even modest rapids feel lively.

You need to be a confident swimmer and up for getting thoroughly wet, but no bugging experience is required. Guides brief you, lead the descent and pick rivers to match the group, building you up as your confidence grows.

The operators on adventuro run river bugging sessions with the bug, wetsuit and safety gear provided. It is white water at its most hands-on, and grin-inducingly good fun.

River Bugging

River Bugging on the River Tummel

3-Hour River Bugging in Kinlochleven, Scotland

Hydrospeed Boarding on the Genil River in Cordoba

River Bugging on the River Tummel

3-Hour River Bugging in Kinlochleven, Scotland

Hydrospeed Boarding on the Genil River in Cordoba