Žagarkalns raft rent

The trip is ideal for an original celebration instead of a birthday party or just to have a nice day in nature with friends. The trip gives you the opportunity to enjoy an original lunch on a raft and at the same time observe  one of the most beautiful parts of the Gauja, swimming along the largest cliffs in Latvia – Ērgļi cliffs.

The total journey time is (depending on wind and current) from 5-7 hours.

Trip description:

The recommended starting time is around 12:00 to 13:00. Departure to the starting point of the route from Žagarkalns boat base. So, when you leave Riga on holiday on around 10:00 or 10:30, you are in our campsite at 12:00, where you park your cars. Next, our minibus takes you to the starting point at Jāņrāmis bridge, where is waiting for you.

The raft has everything you need for the event: table, bbq, life jackets, oars. You can bring food and drinks with you or order from us. Together with catering services we offer: sets of dishes, charcoal with fuel, skewers and even flower vases, if necessary. In catering matters, we cooperate with various catering companies from Cesis! Prices and quality are good and service adequate.

The first stage of the trip takes about 1.5 -2 hours, while your raft floats downstream to the foot of the Ērgļi cliffs. All you need for the trip is the need for one or two men to slightly adjust the raft so that it stays in the stream. You can also order a guide, then the care of the raft is completely dropped and it costs an additional ** €.

It will be time for lunch by the rocks. The raft can be anchored at the shore or, if desired, even in the middle of the river under the cliffs. We recommend that you do not continue your trip during lunch, serve a table and then sit at the table in peace as if you were having a fine lunch. If there is a special request, we can bring food warm directly to the rocks and such an additional transport service will not be expensive.

After lunch, the journey can continue, and then you have three options to end the journey at three different times.

The first place where we can send you a transport to take your company to the Žagarkalns campsite (where your cars are located) is after less than an hour of rafting from Ērgļi cliffs. It is water tourist settlement Lenči.

The second place of disembarkation is after about 2-2.5 hours of rafting from Ērgļi cliffs and it is the water tourist settlement Lenčupīte.

The third and last opportunity is to swim a raft 3-4 hours from Ērgļi cliffs and get off directly at Žagarkalns camping.

You can decide when to end the trip (depending on the weather and preferences) even after you have finished dining at the cliffs. It only takes atleast 1 hour in advance to call our administrator. Our bus will be in front of you at your chosen disembarkation point.

The trip is over and, depending on the place of disembarkation, you are back at our campsite either around 16:00 or 18:00 (no later than 19:00). There you can still walk the Gauja nature trails and see the wild Mirror Cliffs near Dzidravots (about 1 hour walk) or go to the center of Cēsis to have a coffee in one of the Cēsis summer cafes, see the old town, castle or parks and then go home. To book a raft, please call: 371 26170074 (Mārtiņš).