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Royal Gorge Half-Day Rafting Trip
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Royal Gorge Half-Day Rafting Trip

By Lost Paddle Rafting
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Ages 12-65, max of 28 per group
Duration: 3h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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  • Driver/guide
  • Professional guide
  • Required river gear
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Wetsuit rentals


Start:
  • 1420 Royal Gorge Blvd, Cañon City, CO 81212, USA
    Trips meet at our store location 30 minutes prior to departure times in Cañon City, Colorado.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 8558P1

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
    • Not recommended for travellers with back problems
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • Minimum age is 16 years during high water events
    • Minimum age is 12 years through normal water levels
    • Trips meet at our store location 30 minutes prior to departure times.
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 28 travellers

    • All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 8558P1

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    • Lost Paddle Rafting
      1,179
      Canon City, United States
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    • X3306MMdouglasb
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great Rafting Trip
      My buddies and I had a great time on our rafting trip. Our guide was awesome and he made the most of our trip! I'll be back next rafting season!
      Written 10 September 2024
    • Bill A
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Take your trip with Lost Paddle!
      Go with this group! Did the day trip with Guide Jullian. Great guy, great communication. Staff super helpful, terrific! Friendly, fun, safety is important to the team as is customer service. I’ll be back in May, bringing some family along!
      Written 8 September 2024
    • Sightseer299248
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Rafting, not scary or rough.. fun and adveturous!
      We had a great time! Thanks to Zeb for a great trip! He said May thru June, water is higher and rougher and colder. Water felt nice! Not too cold!
      Written 8 September 2024
    • jilljahraus
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      End of Summer Fun
      Our End Of Summer raft on the Big Horn Canyon was an amazingly fun, low water with splashy rapids that are not too scarry. Just enough water to enjoy every rapid. We had a really great raft trip with FOUR of us on ZEB's raft. He gave us a thorough safety talk at the Put-in. Along with brief descriptions of the rapids, so we knew what to expect. The Big Horn was a great choice for us old folks and our young raft partners FIRST ever trip. SO warm, and mostly just our raft most of the time. Peaceful in the calm sections. Definitely worth a short drive from Teller County to be on the cool waters. Zeb is skilled and obviously likes to raft and have fun!
      Written 6 September 2024
    • subhamoyp2024
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A perfect mix of thrill and chill
      Zeb and Julien were amazing guides. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Even the kids liked them so much. It was absolutely fun rafting with them. Also lost paddle’s rates are way lower than the other big companies.
      Written 4 September 2024
    • Gigibuch
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Highly recommended company
      Chris know the river very well as well as the names of the rapids. He spoke of the historical landmarks. The kids enjoyed listening to him during lunch. He worked hard as it can be observed in the pictures sent to us at the end of the trip. We liked the lady was able to answer all our questions before the day of the rafting.
      Written 3 September 2024
    • Mtharp_1980
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Family Fun
      Our guide Frank was great. The water level was lower, which was great for us. We did have a spill where we hit a huge rock and two of our people fell out into the water. Frank was fast on his feet. He navigated the boat and had the two family members back in the boat with minutes.
      Written 2 September 2024
    • ericsT7245PS
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A great experience and a must-do for solo or couple adventurers.
      A great experience and a must-do for solo or couple adventurers. Its the best thing to do in Canon city. Experienced guides and a blast on the water.
      Written 25 August 2024
    • snigam1
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Incredible!
      Excellent adventure and price. Our guide was Chris, who was excellent. Highly recommend this trip in you’re in the Cañon city area.
      Written 25 August 2024
    • shellyp650
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great rafting trip on the Royal Gorge
      Lost Paddle did a great job making our rafting trip fun, safe and informative. Steven, our rafting guide is THE BEST!! If you’re lucky enough to get him as your guide make sure he takes you surfing :)
      Written 24 August 2024
    • Adventure37163189736
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Good time
      Went out with a couple of party members who were nervous. Everybody had a great time . Our guide Zeb was excellent in teaching us how to navigate rapids and gave us some interesting facts about rafting. Also I had reserved wet suits for some party members who get cold easily but when we got there they told us wet suits weren’t necessary and refunded the charge for them that we had prepaid.. Very fun!
      Written 21 August 2024
    • 9400go
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Excellent company!
      Zeb was awesome!!! Nice trip! On time, efficient, friendly!!! I would recommend going through this small business over the big ones! Very personal and fun!!
      Written 18 August 2024
    • 48rorye
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fun Experience
      Amazing rafting experience with Lost Paddle rafting. It's a family run operation and all the staff was friendly and welcoming. Our guides were Taylor and Kelly who went above and beyond to make this rafting experience memorable and safe for me and my family. He gave easy to follow instruction and made the whole trip enjoyable. On a 1-10 scale we give this company and our guide 100! Highly recommend.
      Written 12 August 2024
    • Amooooooolllll
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Amazing
      Had a great time with zeb in charge of our trip ! Would completely recommend He had so much experience and also made it a fun experience
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    • neal_lee
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great experience for families
      Great family excursion! Kelly was very personable and fun. Just sad the full day excursion was not available due to water level.
      Written 12 August 2024
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    Justin S
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2020 • Friends
    Support small businesses in Cañon City! This operation has very passionate and professional guides (Nate 👍🏼👍🏼), on time operations, and solid equipment. The boats were in great shape and clearly this is a Safety forward tour operator. Kelly went above and beyond with detailed suggestions for mountain biking trails. Thank you for a really fun experience on and off the river
    Written 8 July 2020
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    Jennifer F
    San Diego, CA12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2020
    Our guide was excellent and Royal Gorge was prettier than a lot of rafting trips because you don't see the road much at all. It's mostly gorgeous canyons and rock formations with a scenic train going by. Love this trip. My friend and I had a blast!
    Written 29 June 2020
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    Jim W
    The Royal Gorge is one of the most spectacular whitewater sections of river in the United States! Fantastic scenery and awesome whitewater both. Thanks again for rafting with us! -Jim & Kelly
    Written 2 July 2020
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    Jason K
    Venice, FL3 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2020
    Jon was a great guide that had to take care of a bunch of immature adults and did very well. :D We had a great day going down class 4/5's and nobody got hurt. The views were great and the staff was knowledgeable. There were no delays or issues from start to finish.
    Written 12 June 2020
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    Jim W
    No better place, No better time to be "immature" than on an awesome river trip! Thanks again! -Jim & Kelly
    Written 14 June 2020
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    Danielle H
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2023 • Friends
    Our raft guide was Hunter and he did a great job navigating the high water and instructing us all on what we were to be doing. He was fun and interactive and kept our group lively. Despite the obvious risks of going when the water is so high, we all felt completely confident in him as a guide. The wetsuits were definitely worth paying an extra $10 for as that water was COLD! I’ve gone rafting 4 times now and Lost Paddle was a great ma and pa kind of outfitter; I would definitely recommend going with them over a bigger company.
    Written 19 June 2023
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    John Wellman
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2020
    I took a group of 17-18 year old football players on this tour. We had a blast! Our guides were experienced, knowledgeable, and entertaining. I would highly recommend Lost Paddle Rafting to anyone looking for a Colorado rafting trip.
    Written 22 July 2020
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    Jim W
    Thanks again John! We really had a great time with your group! -Jim & Kelly Wick
    Written 30 July 2020
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    gpanza
    Denver, CO3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Aug 2020
    The Royal Gorge trip was perfect for an adventurous family. Flows were 700+ and that made for some exciting rapids. Not to mention that the scenery was amazing. Lost Paddle had great communication and was very efficient in getting us on the river. Everyone was very friendly and our guide Tyler had excellent knowledge of the river as well as the history of the Gorge.
    Written 9 August 2020
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    Jim W
    Very nice review! Thank you so much for choosing Lost Paddle Rafting! Jim & Kelly
    Written 10 August 2020
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    Jadefess
    Saint Paul, MN2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2021
    Super duper fun experience!!! Wonderful staff, they were very professional and welcoming. I really enjoyed being with a smaller company, instead of the large ones that go out in huge groups. You can tell they are passionate about what they do and take it seriously. All the equipment was in great condition, everything felt very safe. 10/10 would recommend!!
    Written 15 July 2021
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    Super duper AWESOME review! Thanks so much for the positive feedback! We will continue to strive to offer the BEST the rafting world can offer! Thanks again! -Jim
    Written 4 August 2021
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    Jen G
    4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Aug 2023 • Friends
    I was extremely nervous going on this trip. I kept hearing how the Arkansas River was dangerous 😳 and how many met their end. That all changed from my first meeting with Lost Paddle and their team with Jacob our guide. We had 3 brand new people on the boat and Jacob was excellent teaching us patiently how to paddle and lean out and in the boat. He had each one of us jumping off the boat and rescuing each other so we became a team. I can't recommend this experience highly enough and Lost Paddle was so accommodating to our large group.
    Written 20 August 2023
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    Eve K
    Topeka, KS17 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Scheduling our trip was easy online, we needed to change to an earlier time so we called them. They were friendly and easily rescheduled. They answered all of our questions, they are knowledgeable and easy to work with.
    On the day of our adventure the owner and guides took their time to ensure we understood the possibilities due to the water level and flow rate, all of the rapids in the Gorge were Class 5. Our guide clearly explained his paddling instructions/commands and positioning on the raft. Once in the water we practiced each command and even practiced falling out of the raft and rescuing each person.
    Along our trip we heard about the history/wildlife/geology of the area along with some stories of other rafting adventures. Our guide was very personable.
    The whitewater itself was outstanding and quite the adrenaline rush! I loved every minute of our time with Lost Paddle. They are a great local small business that I’m happy to support and won’t hesitate to use again. I can’t wait to come back and do it again.
    Written 1 July 2023
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    Phil T
    Seattle, WA1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jul 2022 • Friends
    Tyler was one of four guides for our large Scout group and he was awesome. His technical mastery of the river was excellent and he let our boat try more adventurous routes through the rapids. We also watched all of the other companies pull their boats out short of our final destination which included an awesome surfing contest on a lower set of rapids through town. Would highly recommend lost paddle.
    Written 13 July 2022
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    Jim W
    Outstanding write up! Thanks again for rafting with us we appreciate your business!
    Written 16 July 2022
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