This is my second time water rafting, the first time I went it was with a different company. I went with a group of 5, and we had a blast overall. However, I am confused on why they don't offer helmets especially with how many rocks there are. Our guide, Jake did openly swear at one of the customers for hanging onto his kayak, I understand it can be chaotic when people fall into the water and other people are frantically trying to get them back on the raft but it is very unprofessional in my opinion to be openly cursing at people for no reason. It could also be their first time rafting, and to have someone curse at you your first experience is not a good look. I also want to note the other guides were super helpful, it was just that one moment I noticed that threw me off! read more

The guides gave a thorough safety and intro talk before our drive to the launch. once on the river they guide you as to which side to stay on. It is important to stay on certain sides to avoid bigger rocks and your team has to work together. there are simple showers but you need to supply your own towel, soap and shampoo. We were a group of older adults and had a great time! read more

A number of families met up to experience white water rafting for the first time, for most of us. The staff did a phenomenal job of removing any angst associated with the novelty of a new activity on the river in the Poconos. The instructions were spot on. The weather was perfect! The river was limitless fun. I appreciated the physicality of the experience. Everyone in your boat (5 in ours) gets to ACTIVELY contribute LOL! My children and I were plenty tired... in a good way! Cannot wait to return! read more

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What an incredible experience white water rafting on the Lehigh River! Our guides were amazing and took us through class two and class three rapids. The entire 13 mile journey was around five hours with breaks and lunch in between. We were so excited and had so much fun rafting, and getting to experience Pennsylvania on the water with the stunning mountains. We went with around 120 people, and it was very organized and we were able to maintain a good schedule and finish and end on time. The accommodations were great with bathrooms and changing rooms at the site and an area to have a barbecue. They also offered zip lining, which was fun and I look forward to another rafting experience next year. read more

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If you want to have fun this is the place to go. the staff is amazing Helping with everything you need Take more water with you than you think you're going to need cap and sunglasses with string to hold it if you Fallin a must read more

Whitewater Rafting Adventures - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania

The three of us went white water rafting yesterday and had a marvelous time on the water, and being together. This is an excellent organization to go with: the two guides: Danielle and Angelo are quite knowledgeable about the river, and a joy to be with. We never felt uncomfortable or concerned about our safety. We traveled with a small group rather than a large group: I did not like the large group as they were very loud, and felt disorganized. Whitewater Rafting anticipates your needs and work well as a team. We will be back. Thank you!!!! read more

We had a great time the guides were great and fun.. I would recommend and definitely will be going again

It was wonderful experience with my family with amazing team. Great team work. Best wonderful memories with my family. Everyone must try this adventures. Great staff. read more

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12 year old boy died yesterday on my daughter's school trip. The children were not even offered helmets, most of the rafts had no guides. Reportedly, the children pulled each other out of the water when the raft capsized at a down tree in the river. So yelp asks what could be improved? Proper supervision. Offering people helmets even though they are not required. Perhaps a safety briefing like what to do if your raft capsizes. Appropriate staffing who try to help children in danger. This company's attitude toward safety is truly cavalier. read more

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You should stay clear from this unsafe company. A young boy on a 6th grade school trip died yesterday due to, in my opinion, a gross lack of safety. A lot more would have died but for the bravery of one of the school kids who worked to save others who fell into the river after several rafts hit a tree in the water. Stay safe. Stay away from this company. read more

One of the worst experiences I've had. This felt more like a slow kayaking trip than river rafting. The guide was not very responsive, never stopped to allow swimming, and communication was disappointing. Other guides mentioned there would be swimming opportunities later, but that never happened. Overall, I would not recommend this experience. 0/100 read more

The Lehigh River is a gem. The staff at WhiteWater Adventures is very unprofessional. On the van trip to the put in the driver and the safety boater loudly disscussed payroll issues, lunch issues with the on site café and their co workers. These two were audiable to us sitting in the back of the van. Once we got to the Lehigh River, I had hoped the staff would be more professional. I was wrong. Their behavior got worse. The Trip Leader, a man named Jake, openly swore. The staff dissed the customers. I understand that their needs to be an evaluation before a river trip. This wasn't an evaluation of skills. The staff were making fun of the customers. The Lehigh River is a gem. Just find another company to explore it with. read more

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This is a great way to introduce yourself and your family/friends to whitewater rafting. Be prepared for a full day from sign in to finish. Check in, safety briefing, bus ride, rafting, swimming, lunch, rafting, swimming and final bus ride. Once back you cab change to dry clothes and hit the snack bar for food and libations. Big barn fire to hang around and chat. We were a group of 7 adults and had no problem all being in one boat. The family ride was very easy and controllable with few places to get hungup ( rocks, trees or underpass) There are guides in front, back and throughout to keep everyone safe and moving along. Overall we had a really good time rafting, paddling and having water fights with other boaters and the pirates. Watershoes a must, bring water to drink and water guns or canons to defend yourself. The lunch was all you could eat- hot dogs, PBJ's, chips, salad and water or lemonade. Can't wait to try a more challenging adventure next time. Enjoy! read more

Whitewater Rafting Adventures - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania

This year we had a group of 31 go.....another awesome day! Perfect weather, great day on the River! read more

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Went there to do a zip lining, and found out there's a check-in deal with the Yelp app! It's a beautiful space and provides different event such as paintball, rafting and zip lining, there is also a cafeteria setup inside incase you want a quick recharge before or after your adventure, price is reasonable and food is decent. And of course there's a gift shop(mostly clothing) because they have a listing of banned outfit for certain adventures(short shorts, flip flops etc.) read more

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I can't say enough great things about this company. Four of my friends and I went for the 4th of July weekend raft and zip. Everything from registration on was a piece of cake. I reserved our raft with Hilary and she was so accommodating, professional, and friendly. When we arrived Beatrice and the cute blonde haired kid (totally forgot his name and I apologize) directed us where to park. The facility has a gift shop, outdoor chairs and tables, a nice cafe, locker rooms with hot showers, bathrooms, and changing stalls. So you basically check in, fill out a quick waiver form for the white water rafting, stash your lunch in sealed buckets they provide, pick up your paddle and life jacket, and then there's a 15 minute safety course. I'm so bad with names but the older brolic guy (Steven?) did the safety course and was basically the "captain" of our entire crew (which consisted of about 20+ rafts with 4-8 people in each raft. He was hilarious!! So after the brief safety course you load up on the busses and get dropped off at Lehigh river which is about a 5 minute drive. We had the cute blonde girl (Courtney???) as our guide throughout the trip. All of the staff were super helpful. The water on the river was sooo nice. We started our trip around 1230 ish and ended around 4:30pm. Some parts were smooth sailing but we had a good amount of rapids at about 5 to 6 different spots. There's also a ton of rocks that you have to avoid or you can capsize the raft. Some parts were challenging but this rafting trip is good for beginners. You stop 1/2 way down the river to eat lunch on a rocky beach. There were also calm parts of the river where we got out to swim. One of the best parts was messing around with the other rafters. They supply you with a white bucket to take out any water that gets into your raft, but during the safety course we were told we could use the bucket to splash other rafters. It was literally a battle and free-for-all!!! Lol. One guy got so carried away from splashing us, he slipped and fell face first into the river! It was hilarious. There was also an instance where one of the rafters hit her ankle on a rock or something and got hurt. Our raft had the safety kit so the cute blonde haired guide had to jump from his kayak onto our raft, retrieve the ice pack and other supplies to help the lady out, and jump back onto his kayak while we were in the middle of rapids! It was literally one of the funnest days ever!!! Lol. After the rafting they have a BBQ with unlimited free food such as hotdogs, chips, pretzels, etc. and then after that we did the 900ft zip line! Super fun. They also do a dam release every other weekend after July 4th where the rapids are really intense. I can't wait to come back! read more

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Gus, Dylan, and Spiriden are exceptional employees. They guided our Family Rafting group with poise and confidence. They were kind and friendly to our young children. We had a blast and would recommend this company again and again read more

Troop 4 Woodbury, NY-fourth or fifth year at this camp and it is always a good time, very well run, very organized and very civilized. Many thanks to all those who assisted us with this adventure. Looking forward to another exciting rafting trip down the Lehigh! read more

My husband & I have been here a couple of times & highly recommend it! We had so much fun! The staff is highly knowledgeable, works hard to ensure safety, & also makes sure it's a good time! We feel they provide a personal experience for everyone unlike other places we've been where we felt lost in the crowd. Their grounds are beautiful, neat, & clean. The river is amazing offering some stunning views. Can't wait to go again! read more

Almost drowned. Please stay away for your safety. I was thrown from my raft and sent through the rapids and almost drowned. You are not provided any helmets. I was sent through the rapids backwards, and came very close to having my head slammed against one of the boulders. Please go somewhere else. Someone drowned in this river in 2018 (though they were with a different company). read more

Amazing experience highly recommend this company. Great tour guides everyone was really friendly.

Had a remarkable experience at WRA. Saturday my wife, son and I took on some rapids on the raft and then Sunday we did the 26 mile bike ride from the Rockport area through the gorge. Both days we had excellent service. Our most memorable time with WRA was with Larry. Larry transported us to and from for our bike riding trip through the gorge. Thank you WRA for a great experience we will be back again! The Salvano family- read more

Great whitewater trip down the Yough today! Our guide Jake was skilled and absolutely entertaining!

DO not do the whitewater with this group. We went with a group of 4, and for some reason, even with class 2-3, I expected there to be a guide with each boat. Definitely not the case. We got 5 guides I believe for our group of 20+ rafts, all in kayaks, and most of them (3-5) stayed at the front, and communication was poor (except for one of the guides, who when we saw her was good at telling us what to expect). The other guides we saw were making all these jokes, saying say your prayers when we asked what to expect through the next set of rapids, and you're on your own since you signed the waiver (this was not just one of them). None of these were helpful for our group, especially since my younger son, aged 13, fell out of the boat twice, both times due to boats crashing into us, because the guides weren't actually in the middle of the section of boats so no one knew to not bunch up, etc ..it was madness and could have all been avoided if the guides actually were where they needed to be instead of all at the front making jokes. They also kept having all the groups bunch up instead of allowing each group to stay with a guide for 4-5 boats, and that ended up causing a lot of waiting and a lot of issues when everyone was then told to go, everyone trying to go together instead of one at a time-they did say twice to go one at a time, to our group in the front and then paddled in front of us, not going back to say anything to the other groups. This company was, in my whole groups opinion, negligent, and didn't provide the service that we paid for. And now my son, who has ridden class 4-5 rapids before without any issues, is now scared to do it again. If I could do zero stars, I would. I am shocked they haven't been sued before. read more

My girlfriend and I recently went to WRA with some of her friends from work. I had never been whitewater rafting before -- my girlfriend had been a number of times. They start off with an humorous orientation class to get you familiar with how they run things, how to get in and out of the boat, etc. You do have to sign a waiver to protect them if you get hurt somehow. The do have equipment that you can rent (including wet suits), but they do provide you with the essentials, including a life jacket and oar. They also provide large canisters with screw-on lids to hold your lunch (that you have packed and brought along.) Don't forget sunscreen! They have rowing jackets available for a $4 rental fee. You will want to wear polyester to dry quickly (like a swimsuit), water shoes or sandals that won't be damaged by water, and you'll be leaving all of your valuables in the car. You leave your key in special bins in the gift shop while you are on your trip. They take you to the drop site in old school buses that all have appropriate names, such as "Cool Bus" (the "S" and "H" had been painted over), Shark Attack, etc. Each raft can hold about seven people. Bring along water pistols for the "battles" you'll have with other rafts. They do sell them in the gift shop, but you can certainly bring your own. We went about 4 miles down river over the course of the morning before pulling off shore to have lunch. The weather was perfect for us after a drenching morning storm that passed through right before we were to head out. When we got back to the WRA, they had late lunch planned consisting of hot dogs, potato chips, pretzels and draft birch beer. My girlfriend and I also did the zip line, which is $10 per person (it's normally $15, but you can save $5 if you have also done the rafting trip in the same day.) I have also never zip lined before and I have Acrophobia (fear of heights) -- I made it through no problem. The worst part for me was climbing up the ladder backwards, even though I was hooked in to the line overhead. The zip line itself is fun but over quickly. It's 900 feet long apparently. It was a lot of fun overall. Remember to bring sunscreen -- even if rain is in the forecast all day (like it was for us) -- those weather forecasters tend to be wrong! (I got a pretty good sunburn!) read more

This place is amazing. I have been rafting with theme serval times now and each time gets better and better. Our guide Mallory ensured we both had a safe trip and great time. Would gladly come back here again!! read more

I went with my camp 2 years ago and has an ok experience. I just went again and everyone was so rude. They screamed at me and my fellow campers and counselor. They made numerous people cry and when we had dinner all of the food was raw some even got food poisoning. I understand that they were slow but their behavior towards adults and children is absolutely absurd . If you come here with a large group you will not have a great experience. The worst part about this trip was the fact that not everyone was with a guide. There were probably 25 rafts but only 4 or 5 guides for all 90 of us. They recommend going in a raft of 5-7 but we were in a raft of 4 with 3 children and one adult who had no idea what to do. The rapids weren't the best either. I think for the most part this wasn't the best trip and I don't recommend. read more

I take groups here two or three times a year.always a great organization to work with the guides are helpful and pleasant. I prefer to go on days when is a dam release. I highly recommend this for rafting especially people that are new . They have other locations upstate with better rapids read more

This place is awesome. My friends and I reserved this place about a week in advance, we elected to go with the rafting. Unfortunately, one of my friends got sick right before the trip, so we only had 4 going. Since it was not refundable, we asked if we could switch our rafting to a package so we won't have to lose $$ for our friends not being able to make it. They were accommodating, and said it was fine. So when we arrived, the first day for the rafting, there was a cafe, and buncha other people already there. We got checked in, and everyone was super friendly. It was supposed to be a really nice day, and of course, with my luck, it was a solid low 60s. We rented a wet suit for the rafting and it was only $12/person. Since it was middle of September, they no longer had dam releases, but just a fun family float down the Lehigh River Gorge. We had such a fun time just floating along and watching other rafters be hilarious. There was a lunch break, and the whole trip took about 4 hours. The guides had so much personality, and there was a really cute tour guide. Our friends affectionately named her, "the cute 17 and half year old." (We have no idea how old she is, she could be 21 for all we know.) We were absolutely pooped by the end of the trip. Thank goodness it was only a float, and not an intense rapids trip. The next day, we came back for the biking, and we were about 10 minutes late. Turns out we were the only group for the biking, and they were patiently waiting for us. Larry, our tour guide was just a really nice guy with great character. He fitted us all for bikes and dropped us off 26 miles up from the check in site. We didn't get a chance to pack a lunch, so he opened up the cafe for us to grab some granola bars. We had such a nutritious lunch with a large bag of lays, pretzels, and granola bars. The trail was amazing and beautiful. It was laden with waterfalls and other appealing scenery. We also met a talking snake! (Just kidding about the talking part, we tried talking to the snake, but he wasn't really responsive. I think we pissed him off.) I would highly recommend Rafting Adventures just because they are pretty flexible with things and they are super nice (and there's a 17.5 year old). read more

I came last Saturday with a group of 20 something classmates, and this was without a doubt the most fun I've had all year. If you've never gone rafting (which I hadn't, until last Saturday) I definitely recommend it! It was exhilarating!! I went on a class 2/3 rapids trip, and each raft carried 4-6 people. Ive heard that some companies have a guide inside every raft, but we were able to go w/ just our friends and the guides accompanied us on the side in kayaks. It made it a lot more fun, as we were able to get into a little more...mischief...without a guide in our raft. =) Whitewater Rafting Adventures provided everything for us. We had a delicious, abundant boxed lunch (sandwiches, chips, cookies, soda/water - conveniently packed in waterproof bins) and when we got back from the river, we had hot showers and a hotdog dinner waiting for us. The guides were all extremely fun, friendly, and super skilled at rafting/kayaking. EVERYTHING was perfectly planned by this company I had a blast, and even though it's pretty far from NYC, I can't wait to go rafting again w/ Whitewater Rafting Adventures. read more

I experienced white water rafting today with 6 people in my raft. It begin with us getting to the place and finding out that the national park is actually a 20 minute drive. It took an hour to go over all the instructions and everything. The instructions gave good directions. When we reached there, we went right to getting into a raft. It was our first time rafting. We had a good time. I wish that the trip was only 2 hrs. 4 hrs felt very long after having lunch. Got to the place the 11:30 am and finished around 6:30 pm. There were a lot of rocks that kept getting that rafts stuck which was getting annoying after a while. I felt like they could use a little more instructors with the massive groups they take with them. It's a good experience if you're planning on not doing anything all day. It was a good time for people who knew what they're doing. Please provide helmets. I didn't feel safe without it. read more

This company is too notch. Great experience for our family with all of the adventures! Epic! read more

Whitewater Rafting Adventures - Rafting/Kayaking Near Me - Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania

We had an excellent trip!! Hubs and I went on 6/24 for the 13 mile rafting trip. Said it was damn release day, but water levels were still low but that didnt deter from the fun . Started off with a 30ish minute bus ride to out drop spot. We loaded up into boats and headed down stream. Jamie was great with giving heads up to the areas to avoid, and very chill and funny. We hit a few spots of rapids before we hit a rock and our raft literally filled to the top with water. Our guide Max got us out of our jam and helped push us off to continue our trip. A member of our group fell out of the raft at this time, but the water toon us away too fast for him to hop back into our boat, max pulled him up into his boat, and met us down stream a bit hopped into our raft to help us bucket out all the water we were still carrying, and get us out team mate back. All went smoothly and we stopped for lunch. After lunch we hot a few more rapids and ended at a small beach where we boarded the bus for a 10 minute ride back to the grounds for hot dogs and zip lining. The zip was pretty short, but a nice little addition to our day Overall a great time, and we hope to head back soon! read more

We had such a great time on this river rafting adventure. With all the rain our ride was fast (only about 2 hours) but the ride was more adventurous because of the height. Skyler was our guide and she was awesome, so encouraging and had a great outgoing personality. This was worth every penny i paid. We had so much fun and they even fed us afterwards. read more

This was my first time whitewater rafting and I had a great time. The guides were great and the location had other activities to participate in such at paintballing and ziplining. When we first got there we obviously had questions about rafting and gear. The girls working the register were absolutely no help at all. They were seriously clueless. They sounded like they were still in high school and were only trained to operate a cash register. One of the guides, I believe his name was Wyatt, was able to answer all of our questions. When the bus dropped us off at the river, we had to wait 30-45 minutes for them to bring rafts up. They were late due to some scheduling confusion. We went on a class I/II trip. It was too calm for our liking. One of the guides said it was geared towards families. Fortunately the guides encouraged water fights between the rafts during the calm parts of the river. The water fights were much needed during the long boring calm sections of the river. The was a free bbq when we returned. Don't expect much. We also tried the zip line. It was really short and I feel it wasn't worth the $10 I paid (regularly $15). Anyway, I had a great time and will definitely do this again but definitely go for class III rapids. read more

The staff at Whitewater Rafting Adventures is excellent, knowledgeable and very well educated in all aspects of rafting and the river itself... They were accommodating to our group from the beginning and did everything they could to make our trip as perfect as could be... Loved the river. It was beautiful. Can't wait to try some class 3 rapids next time we go... read more

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We (family of 5 with kids ages 9-15) had an AWESOME time with Whitewater Rafting Adventures (WRA) on Sunday 8/5/18. Hands down, WRA is the best of all the ratting companies on the Lehigh River! Guides Todd, Brian and Lauren were terrific and gave us all tips to navigate the rapids and keep us safe throughout our adventure. We saw a few other rafting groups whose guides were not very informative and the participants were getting stuck all over the place. But not us! Our guides even went above and beyond with this one group who couldn't navigate the river often jumping into their rafts to help them navigate. Then, when they flipped and popped their boat, got the people safe and then paddled back upstream to collect the raft. Go with WRA - you will have an awesome time! Thank you for running such a top notch company and having very experienced guides!!! read more

So I got a groupon for the weekday and wanted to go on the dam release so they upped the price 20 a person...understandable. Was told that we were going to get class three rapids. There was one. Our trip was supposed to be six hours on the water, guide told us we'd be taking a 14 mile trip...we went 7.5 miles (clocked it on my phone). It was just disorganized from the very beginning. They didn't set up the boats right, didn't call us until 1220 for our 12PM trip. Didn't get on the water until nearly 1:30. Took a lunch break at 3pm which was nearly an hour and a half because the tour guides caught a few people smoking pot and had to call the park ranger. Listen, I get it. People have a job to do. But the owner had to come all the way down with a park ranger, there are 60 people on the tour and 50 of them lost an hour on the water because a situation was handled poorly. With that being said there was no real instruction on how to ride the rafts...a 5 minute tutorial and being screamed at to rush down the river because they were terrible at orchestrating the whole thing. Just displeased by the whole thing. Literally if I knew how unorganized it was going to be I would of went to a different outfitter. Be prepared to pay "dam release" prices for not nearly as much of a thrill as it is hyped up to be and for 150 for two people I was thinking top notch service. The fact that the owner knew about how we all basically got screwed for an hour of time on the water because some nuckleheads were smoking pot and didn't compensate anyone speaks loud enough about how they do business. read more

DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS COMPANY! If you want a fun kayak or rafting experience do yourself a favor and book with Pocono Whitewater Rafting. The owners son Steven was beyond RUDE, aggressive and cussed at us. At one point Steven was the guide for another family who was struggling to paddle straight and Steven got so aggressive with my Husband it became in a physical matter while leaving the struggling family to fen for themselves. Steven then told his fellow guides that he was going to kick my Husbands Ass which was a threat in front of everyone including children. Steven constantly yells for everyone to paddle faster. This river is very dull compared to other rafting experiences we have had so the need to paddle so fast the whole time took the fun out of the whole experience. Steven is the most rude person especially being the child of the owners you would think he of all people would treat all customers nicely and professionally but he was the total opposite. He yelled and told the whole crew of people that my Husband was an Asshole and he was the reason everyone had to pull their rafts over to wait. My husband was not great at kayaking so his speed compared to mine and some others was slower and that is how he was treated. So unprofessional and so rude! Mind you there was a ton of children present when the owners son was cussing about my Husband and making a mockery. As we paddled down the river we got side by side with Pocono Whitewater Rafting and everyone was having a great time! The instructors were all nice, patient and making jokes with their customers. You can tell Steven does nothing but bully his workers to be the opposite. The only nice instructor was Aiden who stood with us down the river to make sure we were safe UNLIKE Steven the owners son who could care less. Again if you want a fun experience BOOK WITH POCONO WHITEWATER RAFTING! read more

Pricing was great, time on river very well worth it and rapids were decent. We were able to be in a raft with just our friends. The only thing we personally would change and this may be just doing more reacher, is rafting without a guide so we can go at our speed. With were with first time rafters and some boats with people smoking, and splashing each other. It would have been nice not to have to raft on the river with them. But overall pretty good experience. read more