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This page offers info (and links to other web sites where possible) that provide info on rafting and boating (but preferable not swimming) the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park.
In May, 1997 we took a 13 day trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon with O.A.R.S.
Click here to explore the inner Canyon with us and share this "Trip of a Lifetime"
Links For Private Trips
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Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association
...providing a forum for the private boating community.
P.O. Box 2133 |
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Grand Canyon River Running The Unofficial Guide to the Colorado River in The Grand Canyon, by Leonard Thurman. This site site offers: a river trip, complete with maps, photographs, sounds, and movies; information on how to get a permit; a list of commercial river outfitters; and a bunch of other really neat stuff. |
River Running Companies
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Aramark - Wilderness River Adventures
P.O. Box 717, Page, AZ 86040
Trip Lengths: 4,5,6,7,8 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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AzRA - ARIZONA RAFT ADVENTURES, INC.
AzRA offers a wide variety of different trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
4050-F E. Huntington Drive
Trip Lengths: 6,8,9,13 & 14 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Arizona River Runners, Inc.
P.O. Box 47788
Trip Lengths: 3,6 & 8 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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CANYON Explorations, Inc.
A Grand Canyon trip with Canyon Explorations offers exciting white water interspersed between serene flat water floats, hikes in magical side canyons, interpretive talks by knowledgeable and entertaining guides, and great camping in a setting of incomparable beauty.
P.O. Box 310
Trip Lengths: 6,8,9 & 13-16 days
Offers oar-powered trips
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Canyoneers, Inc.
Canyoneers Grand Canyon river trips are designed to be instructive, a relaxing change of pace, conveniently arranged and fun! Whether you're seeking adventure, solitude, scenic grandeur, or a comfortable introduction to guided outdoor camping, we'd like to help make it happen.
P.O. Box 2997
Trip Lengths: 3,5,7 & 14 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Colorado River & Trail Expeditions, Inc.
P.O. Box 57575
Trip Lengths: 4,5,8 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Diamond River Adventures, Inc.
P.O. Box 1316
Trip Lengths: 4,5,7,8,10 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Expeditions, Inc.
Route 4, Box 755
Trip Lengths: 5,6,8,9,12-14 & 16 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Grand Canyon Expeditions Company.
For over 30 years, Grand Canyon Expeditions Co. has been running commercial trips in the Grand Canyon. We concentrate our efforts on the Grand Canyon, and offer two types of trips--an all inclusive 8-day motorized trip, as well as a 14-day rowing trip in Dories. Our expeditions cover the entire 277 miles of the Grand Canyon.
P.O. Box O
Trip Lengths: 8 & 14 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Hatch River Expeditions, Inc.
P.O. Box 1200
Trip Lengths: 4,7,8 & 10-14 days
Offers motorized trips
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High Desert Adventures, Inc.
P.O. Box 40
Trip Lengths: 5,8 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Hualapai River Runners
P.O. Box 246
Trip Lengths: 1 & 2 days (1 day of rapids)
Offers motorized trips This company is not a NPS Consessioner and is not regulated by the National Park Service | |
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Moki Mac River Expeditions Online
Moki Mac Expeditions has received wonderful reviews from people who have rafted with them. They are a small family-run business and whether you're looking for a whitewater adventure, a family vacation, or just surfing the 'Net, they invite you to expore the river trips that they offer.
P.O. Box 21242
Trip Lengths: 6,8,9 & 14 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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O.A.R.S. - Outdoor Adventure River Specalists
Grand Canyon Dories O.A.R.S. has a reputation for being the industry leader in the Grand Canyon. Probably that's because they are the most experienced oar-powered company in the Canyon, having guided satisfied customers for over 25 years. Plus, their full-time Grand Canyon guides are legends in their own time. Their enthusiasm, knowledge, and years of river days are unmatched in the industry. But O.A.R.S. never takes their worldwide status for granted. They strive to keep up with their reputation by remaining cutting-edge; always using the most advanced river running technologies, equipment and techniques.
P.O. Box 216
Trip Lengths: 5, 6, 7, 8-13, 15-18 & 19 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Outdoors Unlimited
A Grand Canyon Concessionaire for over 25 years, while offering the same kind of quiet solitude as other Oar powered trips, Outdoors Unlimited features All Paddle trips through the Canyon where all participants take part directly in the journey in unladen 15 foot paddle boats, the ultimate in river adventure. We take pride in that our equipment is state-of-the-art, but more so in that our company culture is that of an extended family where everyone is involved from the owner through to the guides. Outdoors Unlimited runs and therefore focuses only on the Grand Canyon.
6900 Townsend Winona Road
Trip Lengths: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 & 15 days
Oar, Oar and Paddle and All Paddle trips . . . NO MOTORS
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Tour West
P.O. Box 333
Trip Lengths: 3,4,6 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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Western River Expeditions, Inc.
7258 Racquet Club Drive
Toll Free: 800-453-7450
Trip Lengths: 3,4,6 & 12 days
Offers both motorized and oar-powered trips
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River Outfitters | |
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CANYON R.E.O. (River Equipment Outfitters) Canyon REO will supply you with everything you need for your own river trip. Canyon REO does not take commercial clients through the Grand Canyon. |
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PROFESSIONAL RIVER OUTFITTERS, INC. PRO specializes in the nuts and bolts of running rivers. Boats, food, shuttles - you name it, we supply it: from an entire Painless Private, to the rental of a single throw bag, to anything in between. And though it may be hard to believe, when you sit down and do the arithmetic, you'll find you've actually saved money by taking advantage of our services - especially when you factor in your own precious time. |
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Rivers & Oceans Tim and Pam Whitney have been involved with river running in Grand Canyon since 1973. They founded Rivers & Oceans in 1986 when they saw the need for a central reservation and booking service for river trips in Grand Canyon and across the Colorado Plateau. |
Additional River Running Info | |
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The River That Flows Uphill
A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain by William H. Calvin |
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Current Streamflow Conditions in the Grand Canyon
Real-time hydrologic data on flow rates of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. |
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