I was wondering if anyone had a line on information about paddling
Mexico. I have been Google searching in English and Spanish, and
finding almost nothing useful, other than ads for commercial rafting
companies. In desperation, I printed out a 50 year old article in
Spanish from a mountaineering magazine, but I imagine the river is
different today.

As a long time traveler in Mexico, but a relatively recent convert to
serious canoe paddling, I am thinking about a trip down south this
winter or spring.

I just picked up Tom Robey’s book, A Gringo’s Guide to Mexican
Whitewater. Most of the trips are class IV, so over my head, but he
lists quite a few class II and class III rivers. Some of the trips he
lists are pretty extreme, with portages requiring rappels and zip lines,
and lots of pictures of kayaks running waterfalls. Class I trips with
great scenery might be nice also, but he seems to focus on Whitewater,
which is even in the title of the book! ;-)

I was particularly interested in the rivers that empty into the Gulf of
Mexico. Many of them are in the state of Veracruz, which is probably
the center of the commercial rafting business in Mexico. Rivers that
looked especially interesting to me include the following. The Rio
Actopan, not far from the city of Veracruz. The Rio Guayalejo runs
through the El Cielo Biosphere reserve, and would be a two or three day
trip.

Any experiences or pointers to other sources of info would be appreciated.

Richard


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