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Review of Pocono Whitewater

Extremely dangerous and unsafe! You can very well ...

Extremely dangerous and unsafe! You can very well die by going rafting with this company. Let me preface this by saying that I have gone white water rafting with another company on the same river and had an amazing, safe, and fun experience. I got two free tickets so that's why I went the next time with Pocono Whitewater rafting. It's a real miracle that we survived the trip. They go with way too many people, over 100 with just 5 guides. The river is so overcrowded with so many rafts and there is no way that 5 guides can keep so many people safe. So it's basically FEND FOR YOURSELF. Which is what happened when the couple in our raft fell out into Class IV Rapids. Our raft hit a big rock and they fell out and got stuck under the raft! With all the other rafts coming he might have been trapped under two rafts that were stuck on the rocks. Thank goodness he was able to get out in time otherwise he could have drowned. He banged his head on the rocks and had two huge bumps the size of golf balls. Meanwhile the guide is standing on a rock far away yelling instructions to the rafts flying past for someone to save them and pull them into their raft. She banged her knee and couldn't move her leg and lost her shoes, sunglasses and hat. They were understandably completely shaken up with their brush with death and nobody did anything. Like I said its fend for yourself on the river. Meanwhile I was left with one paddle to steer the raft all by myself through the rapids. Nobody came to help. It was totally insane! This company should be SHUT DOWN for unsafe practices! It is a tragedy waiting to happen!!! If you want to stay alive go rafting with the other companies that don't crowd 100+ people and make sure you have a safe and fun experience.