American Family River Rafting Trips

Without interruptions and distractions of soccer practice, television, homework, the Internet and telephones, it's amazing what families can learn about each other. Escaping on an outdoor adventure allows families to get back to basics and the core of relationships. Children and parents are introduced to new environments, people and activities. Sharing these new experiences together allows families to adapt and develop common bonds.

Family River Rafting: Desolation Canyon

Desolation Canyon has been home over the years to prehistoric Indians, frontiersmen, and even Butch Cassidy. Today, if you really want to get away for some family river rafting in an environment of green cottonwood groves, white sand beaches, and clear-water side streams, there's no better place than the Desolation Canyon Green River Wilderness.

Family River Rafting: San Juan River

Unforgettable sights surround the fast-moving San Juan River, providing countless thrills and memories for you and your family. Scores of warm-water rapids, numerous polished limestone swimming pools, and breathtaking views characterize this trip through the lands and cultural sites of the ancient Pueblo Indians. If you are looking for a short (3-4 day) family rafting trip, the San Juan River is for you!

Family River Rafting: Lodore Canyon

The Lodore Canyon boasts a challenging, 44-mile segment of the Green River for your family's rafting pleasure and also a natural zoo: the canyon is a sanctuary for bighorn sheep, deer and other friendly critters. Lodore Canyon provided the first major test for John Wesley Powell on his famous explorations, and his descriptive names live on today: Disaster Falls, Triplet Falls and Hells Half Mile challenge river runners. This trip takes you into the rugged backcountry of Dinosaur National Monument, past scenic vermilion cliffs and rainbow-colored rock formations.

Family River Rafting: Lower Salmon River

Late in the summer, the Lower Salmon River provides some of the best family river rafting in America. The trip is filled with all sorts of different scenery, as the river slices through everything from sheer rock canyons to rolling mountains plated in golden grass. The awesome majesty of the four canyons through which you will travel-Green, Cougar, Snowhole and Blue-will force thoughts of work and school out of your mind and bring your family closer together.