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The Taos Box of the Rio Grande »
Note: The Taos Box is no longer available, due to lowered water conditions. All of our other trips remain available for the balance of the 2010 season.
The Rio Grande Racecourse »
This half-day river trip features an action-packed 5 miles of moderate white water (Class 3/Moderate, Class 4/Difficult in high water) perfect for beginners. This is our most popular rafting adventure. Minimum age is 6 (minimum age is higher in high water).
NOTE: Many Santa Fe guests combine the Racecourse half-day trip with a visit to Taos, either before or after their trip. One can make a loop by returning to Santa Fe via the very scenic "high road", which passes through a number of old Spanish villages that sit at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.
- AM Departure
Meets at the Taos/Rio Arriba County line at 9 AM (See Map). We leave your car there and take you to where the trip begins. You are back at your car no later than noon. We provide a small snack, drink, rain gear, all necessary rafting equipment and funyaks in lower water. There is no better way to spend a half-day in northern New Mexico!
Adults: $52 Child 6-11 years: $44.20 Group of 10+: $46.80 Group of 36+ or active military: $39
- PM Departure
Meets at the Taos/Rio Arriba line at 1 PM. We leave your car there and take you to where the trip begins. You are back at your car around 4 PM. We provide a snack (chips and salsa, fruit, cookies, drink), rain gear, all necessary rafting equipment and funyaks in lower water. There's no better way to spend a half-day in northern New Mexico!
Adults: $52 Child 6-11 years: $44.20 Group of 10+: $46.80 Group of 36+ or active military: $39
This full-day river trip combines a morning scenic float with an exciting afternoon of whitewater on the Racecourse. This trip is ideal for families. The Rio Grande Gorge trip meets at the County Line at 10:30 AM, and finishes there at approximately 4 PM.
Adults: $90 Child 6-11 years: $76.50 Group of 10+: $81.00
The New Wave 'No Wave' Family Float »
For those with young children or aged family members, this half-day float trip is just the ticket. It accompanies the above full-day trip, which allows the whole family to spend the morning and lunch time together, with the floaters getting off after lunch while the rest of the family gets to do the rapids. The No Wave Float trip meets at the County Line at 10:30 AM, and finishes at Quartzite site at approximately 1:30 PM. Your car will have been left at Quartzite site as we drove up in the morning. If others in your party are continuing through the Racecourse rapids, you can observe and photograph the action from highway pull-outs, and then await them at the County Line take-out.
Adults: $52 Child 6-11 years: $44.20 Group of 10+: $46.80 Child 4 or 5 years: $26
This 3-day trip floats 30 miles through canyons of vividly colored sandstone and forests of magnificent Ponderosa pines.
Rate: $500, tax and user fees included.
Fly-fishing float trips for trout, bass and great northern pike on the Rio Grande, provided in conjunction with our affiliate, The Reel Life, Santa Fe's Orvis-endorsed fly-fishing shop. Spin/baitcasting fishermen also welcome. Lunch is included.
Rate: $275, one person; $375, two persons.
Powerline Falls, on the Taos Box run
