We were on a family reunion and decided to spend one of the days river rafting. This was the best day of our trip. We had so much fun being together and with our guides, Pam, Alfredo, and Erica. They were super professional and lots of fun. The rafting trip was a combination of relaxation, sightseeing, and white knuckle excitement. I highly recommend Echo Canyon and make sure you ask for Pam who was just perfect with our group. Everything was taken care of and it was a super memorable experience. read more

Echo Canyon River Expeditions - Family fun and adventure on the Royal Gorge! - Boating Near Me - Canon City, Colorado

Echo Canyon River Expeditions -- JP is the GOAT, the river is wild, and we peaked as a family. We did the full-day rafting trip, and honestly? 10/10, no notes -- except to demand JP as your guide because that man is the GOAT. Guide of All Time. Funny, knowledgeable, calm in the chaos, and somehow knew both river facts and dad jokes. He could lead a TED Talk on how to have a good time on water. It was our family of four (two adults, two kids -- 12 and 15, professional eye-rollers) plus another awesome family we met on the raft. Total strangers at first, river besties by lunch. Echo Canyon clearly knows how to pair people up -- no drama, just good vibes and shared paddling trauma bonding. The river itself? Just enough rapids to make us scream-laugh, plus plenty of chill spots where we could float, swim, or yeet ourselves off rocks like majestic river creatures. It was basically summer camp, adrenaline edition. Speaking of lunch: we expected, like, a soggy sandwich and a dream. What we got was a deluxe box lunch -- huge, delicious, and teen-boy approved (which is saying something). Energy fully restored. We were ready to conquer the next round of splashes. By the end of the day, we were soaked, sun-drenched, mildly sore, and so happy. JP made the whole experience feel like a guided nature documentary with more laughs and fewer khakis. Book the trip. Ask for JP. Make friends on the raft. Eat the lunch. Jump in the river. Live your best life. read more

Had an amazing white water rafting trip with JP! I had never been white water rafting before, and after the bus ride to the entry point, I thought for sure I was going overboard, but JP was a great leader who made me feel comfortable AND I did not fall out of the boat. He knew the river well, and kept our crew moving. I had SO MUCH FUN and already want to go back! Highly recommend Echo Canyon for the Royal Gorge! read more

Absolutely incredible!!! Would do again 10/10. Instructor Pam is so fun and nice. She has all the fun facts and info about the canyons. The views are amazing!! Have to see!! read more

Echo Canyon rafting is the way to go. Josh was behind the counter this season (we truly believe that he has found his new calling in life, he might argue to get back on the river). He is very knowledgeable and explained both trips we were going to take that day. Trinity was our morning guide through Big horn sheep canyon. This was the more family friendly but also not your typical stroll down the river. She did a great job explaining exactly what we would need to know to have a great time. Grant was our guide for the second part of our day down the Royal Gorge. This was a beautiful trip with stunning views. It also came with some adventure as we made our way down through the challenges of the river! I would highly recommend the royal gorge if you don't mind some bumps, fast action and putting in the work to keep yourself and others in the raft. Make sure you ask for Grant if you decide this route is best for you. He won't steer you wrong. (Literally). A couple tips Bring cash to tip your guides (they have an ATM if you forget like us) Good food and beverage on site. they do have some quick options if you are in a hurry. It was well worth the price of admission and we would love to do it again in the future. read more

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If you're lucky enough to get Wade as your guide with Echo Canyon River Expedition , buckle up--you're in for the adventure of a lifetime. Wade didn't just guide us down the river; he brought the perfect mix of energy, knowledge, and humor that made the whole experience unforgettable. He was dialed in on safety without killing the vibe, knew every twist of the river like the back of his hand, and had stories that kept us laughing between the rapids. Whether it was navigating a gnarly stretch of whitewater or pointing out hidden gems in the scenery, Wade was 100% on point. Hands down one of the best guides I've ever had. If you're thinking about booking with Echo, ask for Wade. You won't regret it. read more

Great time on our whitewater rafting adventure with Pam! We had four people in our boat (not counting Pam), including a 14 and 9 year old. It was just enough adventure without being terrifying, and everyone had an amazing time. We were surprised to see that they had free wet suits and water shoes to use. Easy parking and a nice changing area. Would definitely recommend this excursion when you are visiting the area. read more

First Time Here & First Time riding the rapids :) We have (3) boys ages 12, 10, & 7. While visiting CO wanted to try something adventurous yet safe. Signed up for the 1/2 day Big Horn Sheep excursion. With our family of 5 including our boys, we had the whole raft to ourselves, led by Sara. She was awesome. Sara entertained the boys with fun conversation, animal facts, and great stories for each part of the rapids. The rapids were just enough to make the boys a little scared but they all conquered any fears they had. The weather was perfect, slightly overcast with some occasional mist. Start to finish, the excursion was about 3 hours from when you arrive/check-in to when you load back up to return to home base. Tips: 1. Buy cheap water shoes (WalMart, Amazon) so you don't have to rent them or wear your teva type of shoes. 2. Bring a water pouch for your phone if you want to take pictures while cruising down the river. The only picture opportunity is the one where you have to purchase through Echo Canyon photographer. The price was something like $75 for one picture. Great family memories, lots of laughs, and a nice adventure for the day! read more

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We did the half day trip through the Royal Gorge in mid-September. Alfredo was our guide, and he was awesome! He shared lots of history of the area and was super skilled for our first time rafters. Echo Canyon is a great outfitter; they were easy to book with, easy to find, provided wetsuits/booties/splash guards/helmets at no extra charge, and were very professional with great customer service. The gorge was beautiful, and the river was amazing It was lower and not as fast since it was the end of the season, but it was still a great rafting experience. Lots of rocks and technical parts of the river to raft through. I would highly recommend going any time of the season. We'll be back in June when the river is high! read more

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We had a wonderful time river rafting! It is expensive, but well worth it. They provide all the equipment you need, included in the price. Luke from Mississippi was a great guide! We were very inexperienced and he did a great job making sure we knew what we were doing! Enjoyed the whole thing! I don't think we'll ever raft anywhere else besides Echo Canyon River Expedition! They're awesome!! read more

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We had an amazing guide, Sarah, during our white water rafting trip. She was just full of knowledge, energy and a great smile. You can tell she not only loves her job, but is very passionate about the safety of her team and those in her boat! I Would highly recommend Echo Canyon. read more

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I had an excellent rafting expedition down the Royal Gorge with Echo Canyon River Expedition. We had a wonderful guide named Audrey who was very competent and sure-handed while directing the rest of us newbies down some occasionally hairy white-water rapids. I was also impressed with their facilities and equipment, everything was modern, clean, and new-looking, from the bathrooms/changing rooms to the adjacent bar and grill (which is owned by the same company). Would highly recommend this company for a river rafting trip. read more

Needless to say I am a first timer !! The expedition starting with some great information delivered by Jeff. Clear instructions on what was to come and what they needed you to do next. My boyfriend and I had our 10 year old son with us and Wyatt was our guide. He gave clear instructions, practice time, made my son comfortable on where he wanted to sit on the boat. Our boat was off to a rocky start but we got it together real quick and Wyatt gave great positive feedback so we could keep going. Great part was no one fell out the boat !! awesome day and possible I may be open to doing it again. read more

Echo Canyon is the absolute best - rafted Bighorn Sheep with a group of adults 10 years ago and recently returned with my 4 and 5 year-old daughters for their very first rafting experience. The family float trip was a blast, and "Richie" was the best guide! We couldn't have asked for a better way to spend a beautiful afternoon - can't wait to return soon! If you've got littles and love adventure, I highly recommend getting them on the water with Echo Canyon. read more

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Awesome Trip the Bighorn trip is the best !! Paw is an amazing guide and everyone was super friendly read more

Our tour guide was Spencer. He was fantastic at making sure we newbies stayed safe and had a great time. He's extremely knowledgeable about the area and the wilderness. When I come back, I definitely want him to guide us again!! Thanks Spencer!!! read more

Went on the 9 am white water rafting with Jacob STU! Hope I'm spelling that correctly. on 7/3/23. He was an absolute sun beam to experience this 2 hour thrilling adventure. He edged us right to a heart pounding explosion of excitement, while still making us feel completely safe all while having a laughing riot of fun - He made our experience one of the best things EVER. The views were amazing, the rapids were exciting, the money was well worth it. Can't wait to experience it again with him as our tour guide! read more

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This was AMAZING!!! Our guide Jacob was great! Super fun and had great stories. I would do this again and again! read more

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Thank you Echo Canyon River Expeditions for a wonderful time! We rafted with this company last Friday. We chose them because of their excellent reviews and i'm glad we did. This was by far the nicest facility in town. We have two young kids so we booked Big Horn. I was super nervous the kids would be scared and freaked out but they killed it! It was the perfect level of excitement (but not TOO much) for kids. Pringle was our guide and she was awesome. We LOVED the group jump and river float off the rock. Even my 6 year old jumped into the river like a pro. Also felt that was just the perfect amount of time. Wear LOTS of sunscreen. My alabaster hubby got a bad burn on his legs. read more

Echo Canyon River Expeditions - He always looks miserable in photos but he had a great time assisting Pringle in guiding. :) - Boating Near Me - Canon City, Colorado

Second family float with Echo Canyon. Another fun adventure for us. It rained during our float and made it a little chilly at the end of the trip. We ate lunch at Echo's restaurant before our afternoon float. The included snacks are minimal for our growing boys so best be prepared. Our guide was Gabi and she was awesome. Great energy - we were designated as the sweep boat, bringing up the back of the rafts. She was easy going and knows the river well. Next year - Big Horn with Gabi as our guide! read more

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My wife and I had a splendid time on the river today. We are both very adventurous and this was our first experience. We were a little nervous to experience class 3 & 4. We love adventure so it was a lot easier than expected. Don't get the wrong impression. We had an amazing guide. If given the chance ask for "Corn Dog" to be your guide. She will take good care of you. Also based on the photo guy she is the best at getting good quality photos. It was such a breath taking view at Royal Gorge. Not sure I would want to do the 8 hour float. The 4 hour was just right. For $7 we added wet suits. That kept us warm and was money well spent. If you are on the fence just do it. It was done very professionally and we never felt in danger. The only thing I would do different is sit in the front. The gopro did not take amazing photos since we were in the middle/back. Oh well. read more

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We did a scenic float with Ashlyn in July and had a fantastic time! We especially appreciated the included safety equipment and wetsuits.

Highly Recommend the rafting tours. Great for family time . Our guide Craig made the trip enjoyable. If Craig's Mom is reading this, you raised a good boy and he is making good life decisions. Excellent tour guide, safe environment, the bus was fun. All around awesome time! read more

Echo Canyon River Expeditions - Craig giving an awesome tour of the river. - Boating Near Me - Canon City, Colorado

Sara!!! Our guide was awesome! All of the guides seemed to be very laid back and fun. Cant go wrong with any of them. Fun for all levels. Will be back. read more

Echo Canyon River Expeditions - Great day! Thanks Sara! - Boating Near Me - Canon City, Colorado

Went to experience rafting for the first time. I'm not a water fan but this was an amazing experience! I would go again any time as long as Erica was my guide. She was amazing she knew the river and exactly where to go to keep us safe. I did the half day rafting for beginning/ intermediate. Great instructions would recommend for any age this rafting experience. Many other places charge for gear but this is all inclusive wetsuit, shoes, splash jacket, helmet, life vest. Military discounts available at the desk for the experience not the merch if that applies to you. Get out and get rafting with Echo Canyon! read more

Trip leader Ramsey and raft guide Skip contributed to a great trip for our family. Skip answered all of my 7 year olds many, many questions. We appreciated her feedback to her call-out instructions throughout the rafting ride. Organization, transportation and ease of getting equipment and check-in were all top notch for this excursion. Highly recommended. read more

Pam was our guide.. she was so amazing.. kept her cool when 4 of us fell out of the raft. She showed strength and courage. Pulling my grown son from the water while he was being swept away with the rapids.. tried to leave her a big tip for making sure we all made it back into the boat and back to the bus together. But I think she had be traumatized herself because Having 4 of the 6 people thrown from her boat at the same time prolly doesn't happen very often. She told us we were the first that had 4 fall out at the same time. We couldn't find her when we got back to the bus..if anyone can tell her how much we appreciated her.. and how much we admire her ability to stay calm during such at stressful time. Other than that.. we had a great time and laugh about it still. Sincerely, the Callison/Merrick group. read more

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Yesterday we went on the extreme white water rafting half day adventure with Spencer! They keep your keys safe for you and provide wetsuits and shoes which was awesome! Spencer was a great guide and made the expierence so fun! We saw some amazing views that are unmatched and learned a lot from Spencer! Thank you so much for such a fun and great day! read more

This was the most awesome, amazing experience for my whole family. We have never done anything like this before and it was a blast. Everyone is totally laid back and so knowledgeable. The ride to the drop off was quick and smooth. I appreciate fact that they did not sugar cost the possibility of things that could go wrong and what you need to do. Our guide Gil was amazing and had such a blast having her for our guide we will be definitely be going back next summer to tackle the harder one for sure and make it a all day . We did half day big horn sheep - was not intimidating at all. We had our 13 and 18 yr old with us. Perfect for families for sure if you want to step it up from just the laid back float. Definitely ask for Gil as your guide she is awesome read more

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Went on a rafting trip with Echo Canyon after two weeks of hiking in New Mexico. We had a large group of scouts, and because of our group size were able to negotiate a small discount and get free wet suits and boots thrown in, though most of our group declined the wet suits. I got one, and it made the trip much more comfortable. The main outfitting station was well organized and well run; there is a restaurant attached which looked to have good food, though we decided to eat elsewhere. What made our trip perfect was the guide on my boat, Alfredo. He explained the commands well, and engaged our boat crew in conversation the entire time, pointing out areas of historical and aesthetic interest along the Royal Gorge route. He really was an amazing host- request him personally if you can. The trip was recorded on Go-Pro, but my group declined to purchase the footage. Overall I would definitely recommend this place for a white water adventure. read more

Had a great time for it being the first time. Mickey was a great leader of our group and would definitely recommend going on this with your family or friends read more

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Had such an amazing time with my family! Tacey our guide is an expert of her craft, she never led us astray. Highly recommend this rafting tour. read more

Had an amazing experience today with Jenny as our guide. She made sure we were safe, had a ton of fun and also gave us tons of information on the history of the Arkansas River, rock formations, plants, animals and more. Echo Canyon River Expeditions Rock !!! Also, their restaurant "8 Mile" is really, really good !!! Highly recommended !!!!!!! read more

What a fun time! We had to split our group into two boats, we had nine people. But they keep the boats fairly close. Luke was our guide and he was awesome! We will be back next year! read more

Been rafting a few times with a few different companies and will have to say Echo Canyon River Expeditions is the best out of all of them. I recently took a child with a disability and they were extremely accommodating. We needed ear plugs, they didn't have on site, so they went and purchased some for my son. The guide, Mr. Ben was patient and paid close attention to my son's questions so that he wouldn't be so anxious on the raft while managing and looking out for the other two rafts behind. Thank you! Thank you for making this a seamless trip. read more

This was so fun!! Ben was our tour guide and he was absolutely amazing! Highly recommended!

Wow! What a great time! I was terrified having my 7 year old, but he loved every minute of it. The staff was very knowledgeable and informative. Lucas was our guide and an amazing, funny, genuine guide with lots of knowledge of the river. Only thing I would change is the weather. It was cloudy and rainy, but still a great time! Cant wait until my kids are at least 15 to take the bigger tours! Thanks Echo! read more

Echo Canyon River Expeditions - Dad and 7 year old - Boating Near Me - Canon City, Colorado

I chose this place because they have lockers available. We drove roughly 14 hrs to this location. We didn't want to leave our expensive electronics in the car. I called about five other places who refused to hold our things out of the heat. The staff at this location was nice and accommodating. One guy even helped us figure out the lockers. Also, the facility is well kept and not as dumpy as most of the others we passed on the the drive in from Cañon City. We enjoyed our tour guide Jeff in the bus as well as the charismatic river guide Lucas. We did not tip our raft. The ride was very informative and safe due to thoughtful and careful guidance. He prepared several dad jokes for the float. Shoutout to Lucases mom. I would like to thank her for raising a kind young man. read more

We've gone on over 10 tours with this group and will be back again next year! We did the more adventurous tours as college kids and have since moved to the family float with our young kiddos. Yesterday we floated with our guide Jamie and our party of 18 (5 families with kiddos ranging from 4-6). We felt VERY safe for the littlest kids and there was just enough splashing for the more adventurous girls going into 1st grade. Our guide Jamie was professional yet kiddo-friendly asking even our youngest kiddo to sit next to him and paddle. If you're debating doing this - DO IT. You will NOT regret this adventure!!! read more

Echo canyon river expeditions was amazing all the way around! We went as a family of 4 on our first white water experience on the big horn sheep canyon half day trip. Our guide was Smalls and he was wonderful! He was very knowledgeable and knew how to have some fun! We did a 360 on the last rapid and got out to swim. The whole family loved it! We will be back when the kids are older to raft the royal gorge rapids. read more