Programs
WWOW’s 2025 Program Line Up!
(so far…)
Nari Nauka II - Women’s Guide School
Ganga River - Rishikesh, India
March 22 - April 4 2025
This will be the second round of the Nari Nauka Women’s Guide School on the Ganga River in India, designed to help local Indian women break into the current of the thriving whitewater industry in Rishikesh, where women have never had a place before. Last year we were able to run a 5 day program, training 14 women to become raft guides and pursue careers in whitewater! This year it will be a full two week program that will include the opportunity for the participants to earn ACA Raft Guide certifications, First Aid & CPR certifications and Swiftwater Rescue credentials.
This program is supported with on the ground logistics by Red Chilli Adventures.
Women’s Guide School
Tay & Gary Rivers - Scotland
May 3-9 2025
When WWOW founder Elisha McArthur was 20 years old, she spent a season working on the rivers in Scotland. At the time (2001) she was the only female raft guide working in the entire country. Twenty four years later, River Wild Adventures, owner and guide Bonnie McGhie-Convery says “Not much has changed.”
We are hoping this program will help to change things and give Scottish women a foothold, and a leg up, in the whitewater industry in Scotland!
This program is supported with on the ground logistics by River Wild Adventures.
Women’s Guide School
Sarapiqui River - Costa Rica
Fall 2025 (Official Dates TBA)
Costa Rica has a thriving whitewater rafting industry, where local women are excited to become guides, but struggle to stick it out in the “machismo” guide culture. Arenal Rafting owner Danny Anchia hopes to change the guide culture at his rafting company envisions a future where at least half his guide staff are women.
This program is supported with on the ground logistics by Arenal Rafting.