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  • Raft Cataract Canyon and explore Canyonlands National Park on this Colorado River rafting adventure near Moab.
  • Westwater Canyon rafting trips on the Colorado River offer dramatic canyon scenery, laid-back paddling, and beach camping under the stars culminating with a thrill-packed ride through a stretch of Class III-IV rapids for an all-encompassing Utah whitewater adventure.
  • When it comes to short and scenic Colorado River whitewater adventures, it doesn’t get any better than a Westwater Canyon rafting trip. Traveling through this canyon’s towering walls offers incredible views of a Precambrian time-capsule with geologic formations of nearly two-billion-year-old black Vishnu Schist and pink Zoroaster Granite topped by red-gold sandstone that will leave any paddler awe-struck. In the evenings, spacious campsites welcome guests for delicious guide-prepared meals, camaraderie, and relaxation before retiring for the night under a blanket of a million stars. Then comes the finale. Experience the thrilling whitewater Westwater Canyon is best known for—Little Dolores, Funnel Falls, the infamous Skull Rapid, and the ever-popular Sock-It-To-Me.
  • Extend the adventure! Our 3-day Westwater Canyon rafting adventure begins further upstream in the tranquil waters of picturesque Ruby Horsethief Canyon. The calmer river flows through this section of the river canyon allowing for the use of fun inflatable kayaks (IKs) and stand-up paddleboards (SUPs). An abundance of wildlife, including great blue herons, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, mule deer, and desert bighorn sheep add additional interest to the stunning desert scenery. Ruby Horsethief also offers some fantastic hiking to natural arches in the Entrada Sandstone and Mee Canyon in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Area.
  • Raft Cataract Canyon and explore Canyonlands National Park on this Colorado River rafting adventure near Moab.
  • Rafting in Utah on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon has it all: breathtaking scenery, tranquil floating, and one action-packed day of Class III-IV whitewater rafting. Add to that hiking in Canyonlands among multi-million-year-old rock formations, plus nights spent stargazing in an International Dark Sky Park, and you have a whitewater rafting adventure suitable for the whole gang. 
  • Explore Utah’s dramatic canyon country, and get a taste of Cataract Canyon’s wild waters from the deck of an oar raft, dory, inflatable kayak, or stand-up paddleboard (paddle rafts may be available by request). Depending on when you choose to go and how much time you have, this 100-mile wild and untamed stretch of the Colorado River offers a dynamic multi-day river trip experience that caters to a wide range of interests and abilities. 
  • Our classic 6-day Cataract Canyon rafting trip spends several days leisurely floating through the peaceful waters of Meander Canyon to the confluence of the Green River, allowing plenty of time for quiet reflection from the rafts, or inflatable kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding, before tackling the famous rapids of Cataract Canyon further downstream. For those short on time, the 4-day “express” trip covers the same stretch of the Colorado, but the first half of the adventure is largely motorized to cover additional miles in the scenic flatwater stretches. 
  • Feeling fearless? Crank your adventure up a notch with a trip down Cataract Canyon in late spring. Snowmelt from the Rockies yields big runoff, massive Class IV-V rapids, and some of the country’s most exciting whitewater.
Highlights
  • catered camping beneath a blanket of a million stars , hike to petroglyphs, a prospector’s cabin, or butch cassidy’s hideout, scenic calm water stretches, perfect for inflatable kayaking & stand-up paddleboarding, tackle funnel falls, skull, and sock-it-to-me rapids, thrilling class iii-iv whitewater rafting on the colorado river, view abundant wildlife and dramatic canyon scenery
  • ancient native american sites, including pictograph & petroglyph panels, choose from a 4-day “express” trip or 6-day extended adventure, inflatable kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding on the colorado, raft the legendary class iii-iv rapids of cataract canyon, scenic return flight over canyonlands to moab, seasonal waterfalls, sensational side hikes & otherworldly scenery
Included
  • all meals from lunch on day 1 through lunch on the last day , expedition equipment, skilled professional guide service, transfers from moab to the river and back
  • all meals from lunch on day 1 through lunch on the last day , all transportation from day 1 through the last day, including scenic flight back to moab, expedition equipment, skilled professional guide service

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