There can’t be many people who can proudly say that their business has been going downhill for ten years but here at Rafting Bike we are happy to say just that.

When Rafting Bike was born, some of the equipment we needed, like the specialised trailer for the bikes didn’t exist and we had to invent and adapt what was currently available.

This photo was taken in November, 1999 on one of the first Rafting Bike excursions that we made and it shows the cumbersome and expensive first attempt at our trailer.

We’ve gone through four design changes since then and though the trailer we are using today is still not perfect it is a whole lot better than that bulky blue contraption.

In those days the bikes were trailed up to the starting point, at 2,200 meters high, by  a 1973 Volkswagen jeep. Nowadays we use the latest of the several Rafting Bike vans that we have had.

In the past ten years we have been told by the thousand of people who have gone raft biking with us that it was the highlight of their Tenerife trip. Really we are lucky to say we have been going downhill for ten years because how many other people do you know that get to do something they love but who also get to make so many people happy at the same time?

So, what are you waiting for? Fill in the simple  contact form and let’s get your Rafting Bike trip organised.

We are often asked ‘who can do bike rafting’.  The answer is just about anyone. As the intrepid Scots pictured here show, age is no barrier to freewheeling downhill for 22 miles. At 85 the husband is our eldest participant and his wife at 79 is our eldest lady rafter.

Both sailed downhill like champions and were as delighted with their day as we were to have them with us proving that age is no barrier to having a little out-of-the-ordinary fun on your holidays.

At the other end of the scale, we offer baby chairs on bikes for parents of children up to the age of approximately 3 or 4, depending on the size of the child. Over the weight of 20 kilos the baby chair becomes a little unwieldy and with safety in mind we don’t advise having the child on the bike with you beyond this weight.

At about 9 years old kids become a lot more confident and responsible and we have found that at this age, children are quite capable of coming along on their own bikes. This depends on the child’s own ability to ride a bike and their level of maturity of course.

So the only people who cannot ‘do bike rafting’ are children between the ages of 3 to 9 but we can make a special arrangements for them to accompany you downhill in the support van.