White Water Rafting in the Great Chico River

Are you an adventurous person and always wanting to do more adrenaline-pumping activities? Do you like to experience riding the fast rapids of the river? If you do then go extreme and try to conquer the rapids of the Chico River in Kalinga Province by white water rafting.

Kalinga is the White Water Rafting Capital of the Northtern Philippines. The Chico River is definitely a great destination for you to go rafting. The water levels of the legendary river is generally of Class III and IV based on International Scale of difficulty. The Chico River is considered the umbilical cord or River of Life for the Kalingas. Its headwaters emanate from Mt. Data and span the whole of Central Kalinga.From the First Put-In In Tinglayan to the Tabuk Take-out is approximately 72 kilometers. With its waters, run the rich political and cultural history of the Kalingas. It is one river that united the whole of the Cordilleras in opposition to development aggression. It will be recalled that in the early seventies the Chico River was supposedly the site of one of the biggest hydroelectric dams in Southeast Asia but the Kalingas successfully opposed the project. The opposition to the hydroelectric dam dramatized the struggle of the indigenous peoples to be free from development aggression and for self determination. To the Kalingas it is popularly called "kayakayam" which means crawl.

You can check the ChicoRiverQuest site for details.