Discover Maremma

Active holiday with soft rafting

Active holiday with soft rafting

For sports lovers even on holiday, to experience intense emotions, full of adrenaline, try the descent of the Ombrone river aboard a rubber dinghy, the raft, together with your friends or family.

Soft rafting in Maremma
Soft rafting in Maremma

Soft rafting in Maremma

For those who love nature and adventure, a river descent on a rubber dinghy on the Ombrone river, inside the Maremma Regional Park, a watercourse that alternates between quiet stretches and small rapids and descents, immersed in the most uncontaminated nature you can spend pleasant days with your friends or family and have fun together.

The crew of each dinghy is made up of six people who actively participate in the descent, and are coordinated by the conductor, seated on the back, who maneuvers it and ensures the descent in complete safety. It is a sport suitable for everyone, even for the little ones, no particular physical preparation or previous experience is required. Even if you have never tried it, it will be very simple, rely on expert guides and the rest is pure fun.

Fun in total safety

The Ombrone river is the second longest river in Tuscany, it crosses its last stretch for 12 kilometers, the Maremma Regional Park, flowing between Principina a Mare and Marina di Alberese. It is a river that lends itself well to being crossed, it does not present particular technical difficulties, which makes it easily passable without major difficulties.

Many companies and sports associations offer the possibility of booking guided excursions, accompanied by expert guides you can immerse yourself in unspoiled nature, observe the landscape from an unusual perspective in total safety, without taking risks, thinking only of having fun and spending pleasant moments together with your family or friends.

Different tracks available

A river that flows quite placidly interspersed with small rapids, to be traveled in complete safety, you can choose between different itineraries, which cover different stretches in terms of intensity and difficulty. Suitable for anyone who wants to spend a few hours discovering the Ombrone river immersed in the wildest nature within the Maremma Regional Park.

It is an activity that combines sporting activity with the protection and conservation of the natural environment, being a zero-impact sporting activity which in no way affects the natural balance of the existing ecosystem. An adventure for those who love nature, want to get to know it, thanks to the guides who will not only allow you to navigate in complete safety, but will tell you the history of these places and will describe the rich flora and fauna found in this spectacular corner of Maremma.

May also be interested ...

  • ReitenReiten Land von Rittern und Amazonen Mit seinen vielen Naturparks, Bergen und seinem vielseitigen Innere, mit seinen unberührten Stränden und seinen en...
  • AnsedoniaAnsedonia On the Puccini notes After 1919 the Tuscan composer Giacomo Puccini lived here for many years in the historical complex of the Medieval Tower, als...
  • La Settimana Rosa a Castiglione della PescaiaLa Settimana Rosa a Castiglione della Pescaia Da domenica 8 ottobre fino a domenica 15 ottobre tutto il territorio comunale di Castiglione della Pescaia si tinge di rosa! Una settimana all’inse...
  • Road of the Montecucco wine and the flavors of AmiataRoad of the Montecucco wine and the flavors of Amiata The road of the Montecucco wine and the flavors of Amiata traverses ten maremman communities: Arcidosso, Campagnatico, Castel del Piano, Castell'Azzar...
  • Experience Etruria: viaggio nella storiaExperience Etruria: viaggio nella storia In occasione di Expo 2015 la Maremma si presenta con un progetto di promozione a 360 gradi che oltre a valorizzare le bellezze di questa terra vuole p...
  • GiannutriGiannutri Der Halbmond des tyrrenischen Meer Die halbmondförmige Insel Giannutri ist Teil des Toskanischen Archipels im Tyrrhenischen Meer und gehört zur Ge...
  • The wine road Monteregio di Massa MarittimaThe wine road Monteregio di Massa Marittima The region of Monteregio comprises the area of the Metallic Hills of High Grossetan Maremma, made up of the communities of Massa Marittima, Monteroton...
  • Giglio IslandGiglio Island The goats island The island has been inhabited since the Iron Age. Giglio owes it's name to the presence in past times of numerous goats (αίγες...