2024 RIVER RAFTING SEASON
Northern California River Rafting Trips
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• Upper Sacramento River - Age 7+
• Middle Klamath River - Age 3+ • Lower Klamath River - Age 6+ (NA) • Upper Klamath River - Age 12+ (NA) • Trinity River - Age 6+ (NA) |
Upper Sacramento River
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If you are seeking loads of fun and adventure in your California Whitewater Rafting trip, then enjoy a ride on the upper reaches of the Sacramento River. This quintessential California Whitewater rafting adventure begins in the beautiful river canyon where numerous cascading side creeks and waterfalls tumble from just below the snow-capped summit of majestic 14,162-foot Mount Shasta. Your journey down the upper Sacramento River will include encounters with numerous action-packed Class III+ rapids (moderate/challenging) guaranteed to keep you smiling and your heart rate soaring.
Rafters will find this river fast-paced and exciting rapids hiding around every bend. We offer 1/2 and full day California whitewater rafting trips on the upper Sacramento River. Our half-day trip offers you views of 8.5 river miles, and approximately 38 exciting rapids. Our full-day upper Sacramento River trip offers 13.5 river miles and more than 50 action-packed rapids.
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Middle Klamath River
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We recommend the middle Klamath River for families with young children ages 3 and older, as well as first-time rafters. This section of the river offers plenty of small to medium rapids that will make this a fun-filled family river rafting trip. Get ready for some infectious laughter from your children as well as whoops of joy from adults who feel like kids again. Between the rapids, there is plenty of time for a relaxing swim in the cool, refreshing water or engaging in a rousing water fight with other rafters.
You might also choose to just sit back, relax, and soak up the warm summer sunshine. If your are a bird watcher, be sure to bring along your binoculars for spotting a wide variety of species from small finches, orioles and jays to flycatchers, ducks, and herons, among many others. You may even add a few new species to your birding life list. Also available on this stretch of the middle Klamath River is an opportunity to try maneuvering an inflatable kayak.
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LOWER KLAMATH RIVER TRIP – NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME
Lower Klamath River
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River rafting California begins on the lower Klamath River near the sleepy rural community of Happy Camp. By far, this section of the river is the most traveled of the entire Klamath River. Our fun-filled adventure will bring you face-to-face with Class II (fun) and Class III (moderate) rapids, and we’ll even throw in one Class IV (exciting) rapid named Dragon’s Tooth just to keep things interesting.
Between rapids, you will have time to swim in the Klamath River’s refreshing water, or just lie back and soak up the warm summer sunshine as it melts your cares away. Following lunch on the last day of your trip, you can choose to take a 40-minute hike up Ukonom Creek to view the breathtaking Ukonom twin falls. At the falls, you can either swim in the cool, crystal-clear water or relax and let the mist slowly caress your face. As an added feature, we also offer the free use of our inflatable kayaks. |
UPPER KLAMATH RIVER TRIP – NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME
Upper Klamath River
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The upper Klamath River in California and Oregon offers some of the finest spring, summer and fall Class IV or higher (challenging) whitewater available anywhere on the west coast. Locals and whitewater enthusiasts alike know this section of the Klamath River as “Hell’s Corner Gorge,” a wild and scenic river that boasts exciting rapids, roller-coaster waves, technical moves, and a non-stop adrenaline rush.
A few of the more thrilling rapids carry descriptive names such as Caldera, Branding Iron, Pearly Gates, Hell’s Corner, the Dragon, Scar Face, Ambush, and Ol’ Bushwhacker. Once you have experienced this trip, you will want to return again and again. |
TRINITY RIVER TRIP – NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME
Trinity River
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We begin our Trinity River rafting adventure just up river from the Trinity River's north fork. Rafting on the Trinity River offers the best concentration of intermediate whitewater making it the most popular stretch to raft and inflatable kayak for both beginner and seasoned rafters alike, a great family whitewater rafting trip. Exciting rapids like Z-drop, Hell's Hole, Sailors Bar, Pinball, and Fish Tail are guaranteed to keep you begging for more.
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