Rafting Trips and Packages

Our most popular rafting trips

Big fun for everyone

Popular! Trips fill quickly

Big Horn Sheep Canyon

A family-sized taste of white water adventure, paired with the perfect amount of calm Royal Gorge scenery. Colorado rafting trips – no experience necessary!

Maximum thrills

The royal gorge

Feel heart-pounding excitement in class III and IV rapids more than 1,000 feet below the Royal Gorge Bridge. A rafting trip you’ll never forget, in a trip crafted just for you.

Nice & easy

Scenic float

Our Scenic Float Trip is a gentle, five-mile long float down the Arkansas River, with a few class II and easy, mild class III white water amidst the beautiful scenery of the upper Bighorn Sheep Canyon.

Rafting packages

Raft-n-Rail®

Combine a river rafting trip with a Royal Gorge train ride. After your morning white water adventure, we’ll shuttle you back to Echo Canyon where you can relax and energize as you prepare for an afternoon Royal Gorge Train ride.

Raft-n-Bridge

Take in the views on-and-off the river by combining your family-friendly Bighorn Sheep Canyon rafting trip with North America's highest suspension bridge sitting high above the Royal Gorge.

Bighorn Sheep Canyon – Raft & Zipline

Join us for an action-packed day of family fun and adventure; whitewater rafting at Echo Canyon and a Colorado zipline tour with our friends at Adventures Out West just outside of Colorado Springs.

Royal Gorge Zipline & Raft

Imagine combining the exhilaration of flying above gorgeous Rocky Mountain scenery on Colorado zip lines with a day of white water rafting adventures. This combo trip package will not only leave you breathless, it’ll be an experience you’ll never forget.

Multi-Day River Rafting Trips

Our multi-day rafting trips offer some of the most beautiful scenery and exciting rapids in all of Colorado along with some of the most relaxing camping. Hearty and delicious meals are freshly prepared by your guides by the river, as you and your group relax, play games, and reflect on day.

Adventures Out West Zipline Tour

For the best Colorado zip line experience, you can depend on Echo Canyon River Expeditions. We partner with what we think is the best ziplining experience in Colorado, where you’ll find yourself zipping through some of the most beautiful Rocky Mountain scenery.

Additional Adventures

Scout and Youth Groups

Join us for a half day, full day or multi-day group whitewater rafting trip or turn your groups' adventure into a learning experience.

Dolores River

Take an adventure with Echo Canyon on the Dolores River and explore towering ponderosa pines, thick piñon and juniper forests. Take a hike up to an ancient Anasazi granary high on a cliff and enjoy the Rocky Mountain scenery.

Browns Canyon

Echo Canyon River Expedition’s Browns Canyon trip is widely considered one of the best Colorado rafting trips in the United States. Running parallel to a wilderness study and offering unmatchable scenic views of the Rocky Mountain countryside, this trip is one of the best family float trips available on the Arkansas River.

The Numbers

The Numbers section of the Arkansas River is widely considered to be the most extreme, adrenaline-pumping section of the river, so you’d better be ready for some true white water challenges!