Hi all - I've just finished producing the third Remote River Man DVD - REWA: Guyana's Primeval River. It's available for sale now through my website at http://www.remoteriverman.com This was an incredible experience - 5 weeks accompanied by a Makushi tribesman (an expert at primitive bow and arrow f...

Don't think you'd want one of these landing in your packraft - they're the largest rodents on earth, and nearly as heavy as a person...

Cheers,
Kevin Casey
www.remoteriverman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=338LkiD3aLU&feature=channel_video_title Though my definite preference is to conduct expeditions solo (and these days, with a packraft!), on my 2011 Guyana journey I had an indigenous companion, who helped me find drinkable water vines in the jungle (of course I had do...

If you're planning to take your packraft to an extremely remote jungle one day, this might be useful...

Cheers,
Kevin Casey
www.remoteriverman.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XcYkbeK1Xc&feature=channel_video_title My companion on my journey to Rewa River in the Guyana jungles was a Makushi tribesman who fished with a primitive bow and arrow, made entirely from natural rainforest materials. His skill was freakish. He was also an exceptiona...

Hi all - I've just returned from another epic jungle river expedition, this time to the extremely isolated Rewa River in the Guyana jungles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duEJg8NMZu4&feature=channel_video_title Here's some of the bizarre and beautiful wildlife I encountered during the 4-week journe...

Just returned from two months in Guyana, exploring the very remote Rewa river (and untouched tributaries) in the center of the country. Not by packraft - I used a canoe and was accompanied by a very experienced Makushi tribesman who used a bow and arrow to fish, played remove-the-hook with several l...

The Fitzroy is a huge river, volume-wise - very dangerous in the wet season, but a pleasant waterway in the Dry. In my younger days (1986) I walked from the Fitzroy Crossing bridge all the way up the Fitzroy, into the Hann River, then into the Barnett River, finishing the hike a month later at what ...

I visited Gabon last year and explored some extremely remote rivers, and I did it with guides (not my preferred method, but unfortunately necessary in many parts of Africa). I paddled the Ntem in northern Gabon, and also a couple of tributaries of the Ivindo. I believe, based on these experiences, t...

I'm off to an extremely hard-to-access jungle river in central Guyana in a couple of months, and am quite excited. It's a tributary of the Essequibo river system, as opposed the Orinoco or Amazon. Interestingly, I've read that in high flood water times, all three of these river systems connect up (t...

Last year I used an Alpacka Yukon Yak (just a little over 2 kgs) to explore an extremely remote river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. A couple years before I used a Sevylor K2 two-person inflatable kayak on another month-long remote river exploration in coastal BC Canada (I took the se...

Hi all - Last year I conducted a month-long solo exploration of the extremely remote King Edward River in northern Australia by packraft. Later in 2010 I explored some isolated jungle rivers in Gabon, West Africa (not by packraft). I have (at long last) produced the DVD which includes both these tri...

Hi - For those heading to Bettles Alaska to packraft the Brooks Range, a quick question. I understand bear spray can be obtained in Bettles, and presumably then can go with you on the local floatplane to the put-in spot of your choice. When I explore rivers in bear country, I also like to carry one ...

Just wondered if any of you regularly use chest waders while packrafting in cold water places, for both sitting in the packraft and all those periodic bits of wading when you need to drag the boat past an obstacle, or line it down stream past some dubious rapids. Keeping the backside and legs dry wh...

I had a look at the Rio Platano in Honduras as a possible remote river journey, but then saw a photo of about four of five good-sized rafts lined up on the shore, ready for a trip. Bit too crowded for my purposes... I think it's paddled pretty regularly these days. Probably very pretty through there...

Hi - Has anyone had any experience in Misty Fiords National Park near Ketchikan? I'm talking about the easternmost freshwater rivers between Behm Canal and Hyder, Alaska (such as the Chickamin and any others), not the saltwater inlets such as the Behm Canal, which I know have been paddled many times...

Just had a look at the website for a thing called a Windpaddle - basically a small round sail for use on kayaks and very small, lightweight craft. Has anyone used these things, and if so, how did it go for you? I could see some potential use on large stretches of lake or saltwater estuary, for headi...

Down here in Australia we tend to have some different brands to yours in North America. For my month-long solo wilderness river journeys, I have used the Mountain Equipment Freycinet, and more recently the excellent Macpac Cascade expedition 90-litre canvas pack. It's a big thing, but it gives a nic...

Hig and Erin - Great job - looks awesome!! I know from experience how hard film-making can be when you're cold and wet, tired out, or just anxious to get moving. To get all this on a little hand-held camera is impressive indeed. I commend you both on your amazing journey, your dedicated film-making,...

As an Aussie who used to be an Alaskan, I am willing to concede that Alaska is indeed the birthplace of packrafting. I note that in Roman Dial's excellent book there is also a great old photo of Dick Griffiths taking an old patched up Air Force ditching raft down the Copper Canyon in Mexico. That tr...

Hi Roman - I just got back from Gabon, West Africa, where I explored some remote rivers with the Baka pygmy people. Not as much wildlife around as I had hoped (because the pygmies are VERY efficient hunters), but there are plenty of very raftable rivers in the jungle there. Tourism infrastructure is...

Hi all - I have been exploring remote rivers around the planet for 3 decades now, but only used a packraft for the first time this year, when I did a solo run down the King Edward river in the Kimberley in northern Australia. The Yukon Yak impressed me with its durability - it certainly worked well ...

I completed a packraft exploration down the King Edward river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in May 2010. I've got the Yukon Yak. Handled superbly, and did the job. Very happy with it, first time I used it. There is a short video about the trip at the website: remoteriverman.com It's c...