Recently traveled to Durango-- two families together. Took a 4 hour trip down the river with excellent guide Matthew Riggins. Trip could not have been better. All the staff were terrific, suiting us up with everything we needed and 100% dedicated to ensuring everyone in our group had a fantastic time. Highly recommend!!

I am 57 years old with a decent backlog of raft experience. Nevertheless, with a private trip down the Grand Canyon scheduled later this year. I wanted to increase my skill set for rafting. I took the 7 consecutive day class that Mountain Waters Rafting (MWR) offers to recruit guides (and allows people like me to sign up). What a blast and what great instructors - there is a huge focus on safety - while fun may be the reason a customer signs up, MWR spends a lot of time teaching safety skills including the safest lines to take on the whitewater. They also work hard at teaching communication skills with guides and clients. Their emphasis on teamwork fosters a great employee atmosphere. I was impressed on their emphasis of respecting the rights of the private boater as compared to the commercial boater at the put-in and take-out places along the river. I feel very fortunate to have completed this class with a great group of instructors and new guides.

I've been to Durango a few times and have personally floated the animas on everything except a commercial raft. I decided to go with this company after reading and hearing great reviews, and the booth was located right outside my hotel next to Albertsons. I was a little worried going solo but when I met my guide for the day Taylor (aka Bama) I knew I was in good hands. The river was really flowing that day at 2500 cfs and Taylor assured our boat the we would be having a lot a fun especially in the white water park. The trip was a BLAST and Bama is not only a great guide but funny, the trip was smooth and exciting. I won't raft with another company in Durango and I'm excited to check out the operation the have earlier in the year in AZ on the salt river.