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Half-Day Family Rafting in Durango, Colorado
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Half-Day Family Rafting in Durango, Colorado
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4 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
Overview
Float down the Lower Animas River on this family-friendly rafting trip in Durango. As you glide over the rapids with a guide, you can enjoy views of Durango from the water and take in the natural beauty south of town. Stop on the riverside for a snack, and listen to stories about the history and traditions of the region. This is a mild rafting option for ages 4 years and up. Select a morning or afternoon departure time when booking.
- Half-day Durango rafting tour
- Enjoy a family-friendly adventure on the Lower Animas River
- Tackle mild rapids
- Admire views of Durango and the surrounding scenery
- Snacks included during the tour
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What's Included
River and land access fees included
Trip Leaders average 2,000 river miles
highly maintained equipment
Round trip shuttle from main office
Free Parking
Pre-trip safety orientation
Free splash jackets and helmets (if desired)
Gratuities
Departure & Return
50 Animas View Dr , 50 Animas View Dr, Durango, CO 81301, USA
This activity will end right where it started.Meet at the main office. Your reserved time is your meet time, there is NO need to be ANY early than your reserved time.
What To Expect
Your tour starts in either the morning or afternoon at the rafting tour office, where you'll sign a waiver form and get ready for your trip down Durango's Lower Animas River.
After a shuttle ride to the river, listen to a safety briefing and some instructions, and then hop on your raft and hit the water. With your guide in charge of the raft, you'll paddle along, navigating the Train Bridge Rapid, Baby Smelter, and Class III Smelter Rapid.
Pull over on the riverbank for a snack of granola bars and fruit, and then continue rafting along the Sawmill, Santa Rita, and Pinball rapids, depending on the flow. Your tour ends with the shuttle ride back to the rafting office, roughly four hours after your departure time.
After a shuttle ride to the river, listen to a safety briefing and some instructions, and then hop on your raft and hit the water. With your guide in charge of the raft, you'll paddle along, navigating the Train Bridge Rapid, Baby Smelter, and Class III Smelter Rapid.
Pull over on the riverbank for a snack of granola bars and fruit, and then continue rafting along the Sawmill, Santa Rita, and Pinball rapids, depending on the flow. Your tour ends with the shuttle ride back to the rafting office, roughly four hours after your departure time.
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age is 4 years
- Wet-suit and wet-suit boot rentals are highly recommended through June
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
- OPERATED BY Mild to Wild Rafting and Jeep Tours
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Learn more about cancellations.
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Fun Rafting Trip on Animas River
Phi_H
, Aug 2022
The river flow wasn’t fast compared to our last rafting trip at Kern River, but John (our guide) he did an excellent job to spice it up, go above and beyond to make it so fun and memorable. Our raft was the most excited one going down the river compared to the other four. Overall Mild 2 Wild employed a group of friendly knowledgeable people from the office to the guides at the front line. I definitely will go rafting again with them and highly recommend it to everyone!
Summer time the best 🤗🤗🤗
Stacey_L
, Aug 2022
Excellent Family Activity
Alyssa_B
, Jul 2022
Great river trip!
Karin_S
, Jun 2022
Fantastic Family Fun!
Lisa_S
, Jun 2022
Summer 2022
Misti_T
, May 2022
A must do activitie
Jared_O
, Aug 2021
Great float trip
David_A
, Aug 2021
Great time!
Kimberly_T
, Aug 2021
Guide was excellent and kids really enjoyed the adventure
Jose_B
, Jul 2021
Awesome!!!
Joan_P
, Jul 2021
Would definitely recommend for beginners
Andy_R
, Jul 2021
From beginning to end, Mild to Wild was on top of things. The registration, check-in, and outfitting were smooth and easy, and our guide Nickol was such an engaging and knowledgeable professional.
The rafting tour itself was great for beginners like me and my family, and the stretch of River we rafted (lower Animas) had between class 1 and class 3 rapids.The entire staff made it a great experience!
Loved it!
Becky_C
, Jul 2021
Silver tongue life savers
Andy_M
, Jun 2021
This was the absolute best trip ever! Our day started off perfect, with the nice view of our handsome guides glowing in the sun of Colorado, their beard and mustache looking like it’s been maintained by Kanye’s stylist. How do we know you ask? We couldn’t keep our eyes off of the silver tongue guides, except when we fell and were at risk of stubbing our toe while treading the rapids, outside of the raft that is. While I was expelled by the glorious raft and bobbing up and down, gasping for air, like a pool noodle that’s been well used, I thought I was a goner, BUT I WASNT, I saw that mustache, that’s right, you know which one I’m talking about, and I knew. I KNEW I was gonna be okay, I knew that Sams skills would save my life, I knew that I would be okay and my friends were fine as I was drifting away. I knew the moment I saw Dons mustache I could I grab on to it if I needed. It was his mustache that pulled me up. I’ve never loved that look more until that moment. Anyways, guys thanks for a great trip, it was the most exciting thing ever and got our adrenaline going, we did know we were safe and anyone is lucky to have you guys leading the way and keeping everyone safe! Thank you!
Great day of Family fun
Joy_C
, Aug 2020
Great family adventure!
Sarah_L
, Jun 2020
We took our family of 7, including 3 kids (ages 8-12) and two grandparents, on a half day rafting trip with Mild to Wild Adventures on the Animas River. Our guide was Jeremy and he did a great job making everyone feel comfortable and informed about the trip. We loved the beautiful scenery around us and even got to experience some exciting class 3 rapids. I highly recommend booking this adventure when you visit Durango!
River rafting
MaryAnn_S
, Jun 2020
The half day white water rafting...
Craig M
, Aug 2017
My 11 yr old son and I had a great...
Rohe E
, Aug 2016
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