Onda Selvaggia® is an Outdoor Sports Centre with more than twelve years of experience within the river activities Rafting, Kayak, Hydrospeed and mountain activities as Trekking, climbing and Nordic Walking.
 

Our Guides, Sport Technicians and Teachers have licenses that are recognized at national and international level belonging to the Italian Federation of Canoe and Kayaking(FICK) and to the Union Italian Sport (UISP). 
 

We provide to all participants technical equipment and anyone, even with no previous skills or particular training, can enjoy doing the different activities.





The Brenta river is an ideal setting for an easy and at the same time thrilling descent. Clear water, beautiful scenery in a still mostly unspoilt environment, located in a valley rich of history. It is also possible to organize visits to some local interesting museums or historical sites, as well as pleasant walks or an easy trekking, and climbing lessons.



You can also combine in the same trip a visit to some artistically and historically interesting cities not far from our base, like Bassano del Grappa (15 km), Marostica (25 km), Padua (50 km), Vicenza (50 km), Venice (90 km), Verona ( 120 km) that are also easily reachable by train or bus.



We are presenting here below our program for a two-days stay. The program is just a suggestion and we can easily change it according to your requests. Or you can also make up a single journey of just one day.

“FOLLOWING THE BRENTA RIVER” from March to October           




 FIRST DAY:

Rafting descent.
A fascinating itinerary along the Brenta River, difficulty IIW-IIIW , interesting also for its natural environment and for ancient rests that remind to the past human history.


Total time length, logistics included: about 3 hrs.







Easy trekking to the first world war trenches 
Time length : from 1h  to 2h30 according to the chosen itinerary.

 

SECOND DAY:                                                            

Kayaking lesson: learn the basics of paddling
in an quiet section of the river.

Total time length: about 3 hrs



“First horizontal Steps”                     
                                         
Trail Climbing: learn the basics of climbing
on an artificial climbing wall following a
programme step by step that gradually will take you to understand how to move
horizontally and , at the end, even vertically.

Total time length: about 3 hrs






The river activities can be jointed to the following options:

Walking along the river
A nice itinerary that anyone can face walking along the right side of the river up to the Valstagna ,or further down, Campolongo village. This itinerary goes along the river where people can stop in green areas observing landscape, flora and fauna.
Lengh : 3 or 6 km circa 
Total time length: from 1h30 to about 3h 30 depending on the itinerary

Museum of Tobacco
It is not far from our Base and it is a nice Museum that shows when in the past this area was cultivated up to the top of the mountain at Tobacco. This was the unique economical source at that time. 2 wide rooms where you can see pictures documentation, tools and tradition of this area.
Time of visit : 40 minutes about

Historical Trekking – 1st World War
Historical nature Trekking located nearby our Base where you can visit 1st World War Trenches, Artillery positions , bivouac and belvedere on the Brenta Valley.
Total time length: from 1h30 to about 2h 30 depending on the itinerary (the excursion is not available in case of rain). It is useful to bring torches

Visit the Covolo of Butistone - The castle in the Rock (*)
Guided visit to the unique fortress built in a karst cavity, at 50 meters high in the narrowest point of Gorges between Cismon and Primolano dating to the early years of thousand.
Visiting time: 40 minutes per group (up to 15 people at a time)

Oliero and the Grotte (*) - Cave
Guided tours by boat to the sources of the Oliero river, one of the largest sources of Europe, in an environment characterized by several concretions. The internal temperature is 12 degrees so it is recommended the use of a sweatshirt.
Visiting time: 30 minutes per group (up to 20 people at a time)

What you need to bring:

River activities
- bathing suit or trunks
- gym shoes that can get wet
- t-shirt of any fabrics rather than cotton (fleece, lycra, wool, polyester, etc)
- change of clothes and shoes
- towel and toiletries

Other activities
- windbreaker
- gym shoes and jumpsuit
- trekking shoes

If you wish further details or information and personalized proposal don’t hesitate to contact us : e-mail  info@ondaselvaggia.com or phone / fax (+39) 0424 99581