Boating the length of the fifty-kilometer gorge can take four days. Some pack camping gear and sleep out, but sudden rises in the water level can prove dangerous.
但要泛舟遊完全程，卻需四天的時間。馬達拉溪全長五十公里，沿途沒有人家，許多年輕人自備營帳、橡皮艇、繩索等攀登、溯溪而上，沿線峽谷地勢險峻，溪水急湍，泛起舟來，驚險萬狀，不亞於秀姑巒溪。