Programs
WWoW’s 2026 Program Line Up!
(so far…)
Costa Rica con Las Machacas
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Pejibaye & Pacuare Rivers
January 10-17, 2026
Costa Rica con Las Machacas program aims to empower local Costa Rican women by providing professional training in whitewater rafting and river guiding. This initiative aligns with WWoW’s mission by using river-based education and mentorship to create career opportunities and promote gender diversity in the rafting industry. Participants will gain essential skills, certifications, and mentorship to become confident and competent river guides.
Contact Us: cr.machacas@gmail.com
Donate Here:
Sponsor a girl for $260!
Nari Nauka III
Rishikesh, India
Ganga River
March 20-28, 2026
This will be Nari Nauka’s 3rd annual progroam! In 2025 we were able to run a 7 day program with 9 amazing girls, 4 instructors, and a bonus tag-along, Sarah Hamilton that took some amazing footage of this program! This year’s goal and progression is to now mentor the girls to teach so they can, in turn, take the program over.
Contact Us: info@whitewaterwomen.org
Mnathan na h-aibn
[ma-rah-hen nah high-n-ya]
“Women of the River”
Tay, Spey & Gary Rivers - Scotland
May 2026
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.
Zambezi River Girls
Zimbabwe and Zambia
Zambezi River
November 2026
Growing up in Zimbabwe, when Elvis discovered rafting, he knew it was not only his passion, but also his golden ticket to a better life. He tried to get his sisters involved in rafting, hoping to help them forge that path as well, but to no avail. Elvis now owns his own rafting company on the Zambezi river, and when he learned about WWoW he immediately reached out to ask if we could do a program there, as “It is [his] dream to see local black women guiding on the Zambezi!” We are also very excited to be partnering with the one local woman who has worked as a guide on the Zambezi for this program, Monde, who currently lives in Canada and is actively working her way back to whitewater and back to the Zambia.
This program is supported with on the ground logistics by Try Rafting Mpala Guest and Adventure Farm
