The Journey He wanted to sail from Peru in South America to the South Pacific Ocean using just the material and resources available centuries ago The Kon-Tiki raft was made of bamboo and balsa wood trees. Inside the 13-meter long raft was 250 liters of water for drinking. The Kon-Tiki had a crude rudder attached to the rear of the raft. But it didn't steer that well The raft's journey was more than 6.980 kilometers long and lasted 101 days. For a lot of the time. the raft just drifted with the ocean currents. In order to help them navigate. Heyerdahl and his crew of five brought a radio a sextant, knives, charts and watches. None of these inventions existed centuries ago. but they were not relevant to testing his theories. Heyerdahl wanted to see if a wooden raft could actually survive the journey across the ocean. In this