Staying Home Sucks, home
Les roches rouges du massif de l'Esterel
Near Ravin du Mal Infernet. Photo: Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ravin du Mal Infernet

Kayak spot · France

Whitewater: a river with rapids

Is it worth the trip?

66Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 66 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in four facts

  • Grade IIat its hardest
  • Moving waterthe water
  • 0.7 kmthe section
  • Best Jun–Sep7 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kayak conditions at Ravin du Mal Infernet, each day of your trip
DayWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2to 8usually6 kn15kn17°C0 mm

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go.

Best time to go

best Jun–Sep

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for new paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

put-in, take-out, its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ravin du Mal Infernet

A river section on the Ravin du Mal Infernet, from a put-in down to a take-out. Grade II, on the international scale. It runs 0.7 km along the river. Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade. 2 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 3.9 km away. For new paddlers the best months are usually June, July, August and September, with about 7 good days in 7; in January, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Saint-Raphaël. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot, 1 climbing area and 1 mountain bike area.

  • River Ravin du Mal Infernet
  • Grade Grade II, on the international scale.
  • Length 0.7 km along the river.
  • Who it suits Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire 2 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 3.9 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,370–US$2,590 each

about US$1,370–US$2,590 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NCE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$80–US$134
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$154–US$288
Totalabout US$1,370–US$2,590

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Saint-Raphaël

Closest

Saint-Raphaël

17 min by car · 72 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 72 places to stay in Saint-Raphaël · Booking.com

About Saint-Raphaël its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 55m

About 17h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → NCE, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 55 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go.

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits