Bamboo rafting: Bamboo Rafting is a one of its kind experience and a unique water activity. One can travel through dense forests on a bamboo raft, which is a part of the ‘natural walk’ of eco-tourism ...

A bamboo raft that looks like a prop pulled from the set of “Cast Away” was the latest strange item to wash up on Padre Island National Seashore. The park, which spans 130,355 acres across Padre ...

A three-mile raft ride on Jamaica's Martha Brae River lasts just over an hour. Photo Credit: Omar Perez Sure, beaches and massages bring forth a welcome dose of serenity while on vacation. But on a ...

Perched on a bamboo raft, we cruise down Martha Brae River past giant banana trees and under dense rainforest canopies. Our guide Joseph navigates the 30ft vessel along the bends and straights of ...

After two nights in Negril, we headed north back to Montego Bay, the second largest city in Jamaica after Kingston. Most of this area’s resorts are located just east of the city in an upscale ...

Sometimes, the "rafts" are actually a plastic disc or a homemade frame with floating tubs and netting. Often, these devices have nets and ropes hanging from them where small fish hide out in the deep ...

Dendrocalamus barbatus (family of bamboo) in the North Central province of Thanh Hoa is famous and fishermen of the region have been using it for a long time to build rafts for fishing near shore.