KERALA TOURISM NEWSLETTER
Paddlers to Battle it out at Malabar River Festival
The fifth edition of the Malabar River Festival, considered as Asia’s biggest Kayaking festival, will start off from July 20. This four-day event will see around150 participants from across the world battle it out in the waters.
Considered as the sole extreme adventure competition in southern India, the Malabar River Festival will have kayaking events held across the rapids of the rivers Chalipuzha, Iruvanjhipuza and Kuttiyadi in Malabar.
The competitions would be held in three categories namely beginners, intermediate kayakers and a separate category for the best paddlers from the Indian Sub-continent. The competition is organised on the behalf of Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society by Kerala Kayak Academy and Madras Fun Tools.