The paddle through Pont d’Arc and down the Gorge de l’Ardeche has got to be amongst my favourite paddles – anywhere. It is the combination of enough whitewater, most of it very easy, along with spectacular rock scenery and, of course, the spectacular Pont d’Arc, where the river has carved a 60-metre rock arch through a limestone ridge.

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Many thanks to Ian at Adventure Ardeche for sorting us with camping, bivi tickets and the shuttle https://adventureardeche.com or
email: [email protected] They can help sort for folk and even provide boats and instruction.

There is a wonderful guidebook to the area by Peter Knowles, Best Canoe Trips in the South of France. Published by Rivers Publishing


Paddling the Afon from https://www.venturekayaks.com

Paddle is the WW Big Dipper by https://freebirdpaddles.co.uk

PFD and Gear by https://www.nrs.com

My website: http://www.RayGoodwin.com

Signed copies of my illustrated book 'Canoeing', are available direct from me or from Amazon. It covers far more than my YouTube channel.

Outside of the UK the cheapest way to get my book is via the Book Depository which does free postage worldwide: https://www.bookdepository.com/Canoei...