National Canoe and Rafting Center Ivan Team — Attraction in Solagna

traveling up from Venice to go Rafting while attempting to search for level 3-4 rapids, but after reviews thought would still have a good time on Brenta River and with Ivan Team and absolutely did. Guide was Daniele, the team seems to have a couple English speaking Guides always available. Did Rafting "Adventure level" expecting level 1-II rapids after trading emails, and on this day they were level 2 with maybe a couple 3-level bursts. You will do swimming in the river, jump into a natural pool in addition to rafting.

Views from the river are amazing of the mountains that feel like they are on top of you, priceless views.

You must have water shoes, and I recommend having the better, hard shell at bottom of feet kind because the side of the river is rocks, no sand. Launch lasts 3hrs so be well-fed prior to.

Major train station nearby to aim for is Basso Del Grappa, and then you can take 2 stop small regional train to San Nazario and then 15-20 min walk. We took cab on way directly there from Basso Del Grappa 10-12 mins costing nearly 20 euro so that was worth it They do have a small selection of food available (panini, beers) to picnic afterwards, and shower available upon returning.

As many have indicated, tour group is organized well, know the Brenta river like the back of their hand, and check out their website they do tons of stuff. If you do their "lesser" level Rafting Family Tour or the "Extreme" level I would be very comfortable, these are experienced pro's that do their own competitions locally, adventurers by trade, not some...

Excellent experience and incredible staff! Our camping site had ads for Team Ivan and we were interested in rafting with the kids. The centre is easy to find and well sign-posted. The car park is pretty big but fills up quickly. The lady at the reception desk was friendly and got us booked in quickly. Likewise, getting kitted out and the bus drive 10 minutes back up the river were all dealt with a minimum of fuss.

The briefing by Jack (Giacomo) was informative and great fun, but the absolute highlight was our guide Ariz. He was fantastic. My wife and kids had never been rafting before, likewise the family sharing our boat had two younger children with them. Ariz was humorous, but attentive, professional, but empathetic enough to make sure the four kids in the boat were having fun.

The rafting itself was amazing. The river Brenta is perfect for this activity and the tour was so much fun it felt like it was over in five minutes, but of course it wasn’t. There were stops to dive into the water, detours to interesting spots and Ariz kept us entertained the whole time.

It’s not cheap entertainment, but worth every cent. Ivan Team are brilliant and the kids loved every second, as did my wife and I.

A photographer took photos at stages of the tour which were emailed to us, for free, within a few hours.

Again, it is worth every cent. This is the stuff memories...

Overall, the rafting experience was very impressive. The tour was well organized, the guides were experienced, and they showed us both important techniques and the beautiful landscape.

However, we would like to address the tone of communication used by some of the guides. Our teacher, in particular, was shouted at multiple times, and some of the girls in our group felt uncomfortable due to repeated inappropriate comments…

Statements like “You suck” issimply not acceptable regardless of the situation.

We understand that the guides may be under pressure and are responsible for our safety, which is of course very important. Nevertheless, a RESPECTFUL and PROFESSIONAL tone should always be maintained. The REPEATED use of such language was disappointing and negatively affected the...