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    Performance Tours Rafting

    4.6 (27 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Jeffrey H.

    We thoroughly enjoyed our full day Royal Gorge Whitewater raft trip. It started at 9:30 AM in the town of Cañon, about 1 hr 40 min from Breckinridge. Checking in was easy and low-key. There were only about 30 people going on the river that day, which is a contrast from other places which sometimes have to process hundreds of people a day. We got an adequate safety briefing and equipment fitting, and then we were taken by bus to the put-in point. We had about two hours on the upper part of the river, which was Class 2-3, and then had a lunch break. Lunch was absolutely amazing -fruit, cold cuts, bacon, cheeses, vegetables, toppings, 3 different loaves of bread - made the biggest Dagwood sandwich I've made in years. there was enough food for 20 people but they were only five of us on the boat including the guide. Then there were cookies to die for. The second half of the river contained the class 4 Rapids, and the Royal Gorge. We were well coached through the difficult ones. Beautiful especially when we floated under the Royal Gorge Bridge, about 1200 feet above us. By the end of the day, we really felt that we had an exciting experience that we had earned through our hard paddling. Joe, the guide, had a great attitude with all appropriate safety consciousness, with an encouraging and humorous personality. Equipment was in top shape.

    B M.

    This was an awesome experience! MUST TRY! I was scared since it was my first time but super fun and felt safe! Our tour guide was Ashley(Splashley) she made it awesome actually and made sure we were good the whole time! She's very experienced and we enjoyed her company! -The Wife

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    Buddy T.

    If you come to Colorado to do white water rafting book your tour with Performance Tours. Very friendly, professional and experienced. Our guide Drew was extremely knowledgeable not only of rafting but local information as well. We did the half day Royal Gorge trip and it was the best white water rafting experience I've done.

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    Knoe W.

    We took the Browns Canyon half-day Arkansas River Tour with these guys and they were awesome. Our guide also oversaw the group and we could not have felt safer or in better hands. Everybody was cool fun serious when they had to be for instruction, and our Group of six inexperienced rafters in our late 50s had a blast. There were kids and older folks on the water that day and everybody loved it

    One of my daughters lost her balance and went for a swim but Ara saved the day!

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    Chris Rice was fantastic- funny, very knowledgeable and we felt he was an expert and we were in good hands.

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