Първи спускания за 2022
For another year, a group of brave enthusiasts descended the stormy waters of the Struma River on January 2.
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Kayakers saved a fisherman – News report
As they crossed the Cold Well Dam on Sunday, kayakers from rafting and kayak club reflip rescued a distressed fisherman who had fallen from the boat. Rafting instructor Veselin Paunovski pulls him out of the water. The fisherman is lucky…
Pirouette
DON`T TRY THIS ALONE!!!Rafting trip on the rapid “Kazana” at high water on river Struma.
Kayaking a waterfall
The kayakers – Borislav Paunovski from Bulgaria and Predrag Angelkovic from Serbia went to try the Sheitan dere waterfalls. They used a mechanical advantage system to pull the kayaks up the waterfalls and went down one at a time. The…
State Championship 2020
The state championship was held on the Struma River in October. The competition is organized by the Bulgarian Rafting Federation. The boats are provided by the municipality of Kresna, which always supports the sport of rafting and its development. The…
First aid training
We conduct annual first aid exercises for our guides and instructors.
High water kayak trip
Struma’s second name is Strumbezi. Like the Zambezi River – the largest and most popular rafting river in Africa. Although there is twice and three times lower water than the Zambezi, the waves on the Struma River are extremely strong.…
High water rafting trip
With the constant rainfall in Southern Bulgaria we expected high water. But when we arrived at Struma, we were fascinated by the water cubes in the river. There were nearly 200 cubic meters that day. We quickly equipped ourselves with…
First trip 2 January 2021
New year, new season, new emotions! The first descents for the 2021 season. on January 2nd. The weather did not scare anyone. We all equipped warmly and embarked on our favorite Bulgarian route. Smiles never left their faces, the water…
Disappear in seconds
Ето как рафтинг лодка с дължина 4.20 метра изчезва под вълната на бързей 3-5-8
Opening rafting season 2019
The opening of the season was quite stormy. Winds and cold weather. We decided to go down by bike from the village of Stara Kresna to the Kresna Inn. We set off on the dirt roads to explore them a…
Rafting on Arda – photos and video
Зимните спускания са уникални. Слабите зими са явление, което се повтаря все по-често. Вместо сняг вали дъжд на много места и пълни реките с вода.
The best of 2018
The end of 2018 has come, we look a little nostalgic at the past year, because it was great. We are looking forward to the New Year 2019 with greater enthusiasm and a bunch of new ideas and projects. We…
Thermopile kayak at sunset
Everyone chooses how and where to rest. But the place is not as important as the desire to find it and make an effort to get to it. Everyone chooses how and where to rest. But the place is not…
In the name of the children
Rafting Club Reflip is an organization composed of young and enterprising people. We would like to give the opportunity to disadvantaged children and young people to touch the water and the emotion it gives. This shared mission has become a…
Почистване на Струма 2018
For another year Rafting Club Reflip is one of the organizations that clean the garbage in the Struma River with rafting boats. We will divide into groups and clean the shore and the river. We will enter along the Struma…
International flood action training
A training course of the volunteer teams at the Bulgarian Red Cross was held with international participation from Macedonia, Romania and Hungary. For 5 days the participants trained rescue techniques in fast-flowing waters. Lectures and practices in First Aid, water…
The tenth-anniversary cleaning of Ognyanovo
For the 10th consecutive year, the cleaning of Ognyanovo Dam is organized thanks to the Shopska Zadruga Association, the Municipality of Elin Pelin and supporters from all over the country. We invite all willing volunteers and associations to join the…
Rafting wedding
A wedding ceremony on the banks of a transparent blue river and guests boarding rafting boats – this is how guests arrive at a wedding celebration on the Tara River in Bosnia. After the main ceremony, the guests and friends…
President of Bulgaria on rafting
The rafting on the Struma River was organized as a birthday present for President Rumen Radev by his wife – Desi Radeva. Until the last moment, he did not know what awaited him. The descent took place in the late…
Survival in wild waters
What can make nearly 50 young people from different countries come to Bulgaria and participate in training to rescue and deal with fast rivers or waters as a result of floods. I wonder this while watching an exercise to pull…
To descend into the wild waters of Tara
The Tara River meanders majestically in the world’s second largest canyon, after the Grand Canyon in Colorado. The canyon and the Tara River are located in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The waters of Tara are remarkable not only for…
Opening of rafting season 2017
We are looking forward to the first descents on the Struma River for the 2017 season. The good weather, big smiles and new friends provided us with unforgettable memories and a very positive mood for the new season. The river…
Think global, act local
Rafting Club Reflip has vacancies for participants in the youth exchange “Think Globally, Act Locally”, which will be held in Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria in the period May 26 – June 5, 2017.All project costs are covered: transport, food and accommodation…
International expedition to Panama
From 11 to 15 January 2017, an international cave expedition took place in Panama. The expedition was attended by researchers from the United States, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica, France, Poland and four Bulgarians, under the flag of the Bulgarian…
Where is summer in no hurry to go?
Navajo, the shipwrecked bay. The Blue Caves, the Kerry Caves, the Bay of Turtles – Geraka, Porto Voromi; and the face of Poseidon. This is the plan for the places we want to visit. That is the intention, but is…
The freedom of the sea
Wanting to escape from the busy everyday life and looking for secluded and quiet places is quite natural. Everyone understands and chooses their way of rest differently. Some want to be among many people. To have hotel comfort, and the…
Power of the water
Rafting, or diving on fast river waters, is a great activity for people looking for strong experiences. You probably think that apart from looking for strong emotions and adrenaline, they are not interested in anything else. There are some. But…
