The four items, on both tours
Our two products word it slightly differently and list the same kit. The river day calls it full safety equipment; the Tazı Canyon combo calls it all rafting gear. Either way:
- A helmet.
- A life jacket, worn from the base to the finish.
- A paddle.
- A wetsuit.
Nothing is hired and nothing is charged at the base
This is the objection the question is really about, so here it is plainly. There is no equipment rental, no kit deposit and no per-item charge at the riverside. The four things above are in the price of every line on the ladder, including the €38 quad and buggy combos, the €43 zipline lines and the €48 four-part package. If you want the numbers side by side, what it costs is set out line by line on its own page.
What you will be offered at the base is the photo and video service of your run, and that is not included in the fare — it is on our excluded list and it always has been. Drinks are the other one. Neither of them is equipment, and neither of them is a surprise if you have read this far.
Why there is a wetsuit
Because the water is cold. That is the honest whole of it: the Köprü is a mountain river and a wetsuit is issued for that reason rather than as a flourish.
What we will not do is put a number on it. We do not publish a water temperature in degrees, we do not publish a warmest month, and we do not tell you the wetsuit is optional in one season and essential in another. Nobody has measured any of that for us. "Cold" is what the record supports, and it is enough to explain why the suit is in the price.
When you are fitted
At the riverside base, before the safety briefing and before anyone gets into a boat. That is the sequence for everyone, so a wetsuit that is too loose or a helmet that rocks is something to say at that moment rather than in the boat.
Say it. The guide team would far rather refit a jacket on dry land than watch it ride up on the first rapid, and nobody minds being asked.
Sizes and fit: what we do not publish
We hold no sizing chart, no weight limit and no fit policy, so this page carries none. That is a genuine gap rather than a shy answer — if you are worried that nothing will fit, ask us on WhatsApp before you book and we will ask the base rather than guess on your behalf.
The same goes for very small children. The rafting takes everyone from seven, and how the kit is sized for the youngest end of that is a question for us rather than for a web page.
The equipment is why swimming ability is not required
The life jacket is worn throughout — from the base to the finish, including the calm stretches where people are tempted to loosen it — and a professional guide travels in every raft and steers it. Those two facts together are why people who cannot swim take part on this river.
That is also why the jacket is the one item to leave exactly as it was fitted. A loosened jacket is the only way the kit stops doing its job, and it is usually loosened because somebody felt warm on a flat section.
What the kit does not cover, and what you bring
Footwear, mostly. Shoes are not supplied and they matter: they have to fasten to your feet, so trainers you do not mind soaking or sandals with a heel strap. Flip-flops come off in moving water and the riverbank is rock.
Beyond that, a swimsuit to wear underneath, a towel, a full change of dry clothes and a little cash for drinks. No dry bag is provided and nothing in a raft stays dry, so phones, wallets and anything with a screen belong in the hotel safe. The packing page has the long version of that list.