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Rough Guides' adventure sports expert Helen Abramson gives us her top tips on some of the world’s best adrenalin-pumping whitewater rafting. Rapids are classified from I–VI, where grade VI is “un-runnable”, so the Grade V rivers listed here are essentially as thrilling as it gets.
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Group of people river rafting on Rio Pacuare in Costa Rica in the pouring Rain © Fabienne Kunz/Shutterstock
Kayaking at Futaleufu river, Patagonia - Chile © Guaxinim/Shutterstock
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