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Lower Animas River: Full Day Rafting Adventure
5.0
24 Ratings
Durango
Embark on a thrilling Lower Animas River rafting adventure in Durango. Enjoy personalized service, expert guides, and a delicious riverside lunch. Book now!
Embark on a thrilling Lower Animas River rafting adventure in Durango. Enjoy personalized service, expert guides, and a delicious riverside lunch. Book now!
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 50 Animas View Dr - This full-day adventure offers approximately 4 hours of excitement on the water, guiding you through the heart of Durango to the town’s edge. Included are a life jacket, helmet, and additional river gear if necessary (such as wetsuits or splash jackets for cooler weather or water). Before embarking on the stunning Lower Animas…
- 50 Animas View Dr - This full-day adventure offers approximately 4 hours of excitement on the water, guiding you through the heart of Durango to the town’s edge. Included are a life jacket, helmet, and additional river gear if necessary (such as wetsuits or splash jackets for cooler weather or water). Before embarking on the stunning Lower Animas River, guides will conduct a safety briefing. The river journey lasts about 4 hours, with a delightful riverside lunch break midway. Participants will navigate numerous Class II rapids and one Class III rapid, often resulting in everyone getting thoroughly soaked. Remember, the size of the rapids changes with the season and water levels, with spring typically offering higher flows and summer lower flows. Our skilled and engaging river guides will ensure a safe journey downstream, and participants can choose to paddle along or simply relax and enjoy the ride.
What's Included
- Riverside Deli-Style Lunch from our favorite local bakery
- Highly experienced and in-house trained river guides
- Safety orientation and paddle instruction
- Custom self-bailing rafts and paddles
- Helmets, Coastguard approved Personal Flotation Devices, and Splash Jackets
- Riverside Deli-Style Lunch from our favorite local bakery
- Highly experienced and in-house trained river guides
- Safety orientation and paddle instruction
- Custom self-bailing rafts and paddles
- Helmets, Coastguard approved Personal Flotation Devices, and Splash Jackets
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Wetsuits and boots (rentals available for $15)
- Gratuities
- Wetsuits and boots (rentals available for $15)
Additional Information
Opt for Mild to Wild for your Lower Animas River Full Day rafting adventure and discover our exceptional dedication to quality. Our expertly trained guides are committed to ensuring your enjoyment and fun. Enjoy a personalized experience with our low guide-to-guest ratio. We simplify your journey with complimentary parking, changing facilities, and a…
Opt for Mild to Wild for your Lower Animas River Full Day rafting adventure and discover our exceptional dedication to quality. Our expertly trained guides are committed to ensuring your enjoyment and fun. Enjoy a personalized experience with our low guide-to-guest ratio. We simplify your journey with complimentary parking, changing facilities, and a store for essentials. Free splash jackets and helmets are provided. Delight in a locally made deli-style lunch by the riverside halfway through your trip. Whether you’re paddling or unwinding, your day is designed to create lasting memories. Enhance your experience with a kayak instructor or explore packages that include Jeep tours. Mild to Wild is dedicated to your satisfaction and an unforgettable adventure.
Location
50 Animas View Dr
Animas View Drive
Meet at the main office, located at the northern end of town. Your reserved time is your meet time, there is NO need to be ANYearly than your reserved time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(24 Ratings)
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O2901wlcathyl
Aug 1, 2026
Perfect Day! - We had an absolute fabulous time with Ryder and Jack C! Thank you so much for the fantastic family memories
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Jasonmr9574jf
Jun 27, 2026
Great rafting ride - Jack was awesome! No booty beer. Had a great time!
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Trek55418635419
Jun 12, 2026
Best white water trip ever! Sadie was our guide and she was AWESOME! We will use Mild to Wild again when in Colorado. - This was the best White water rafting trip ever! Sadie was our guide and she was awesome! She was very friendly and very knowledgeable. We are so glad to have gotten her as our guide! She made the trip extra fun ! We give her 10 stars!! You will not regret booking with Mild to Wild rafting. The whole experience was great! And the bonus was we had the best weather! When it Colorado, we will be back!
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B8357gibrandonr
May 27, 2026
Couldn't have asked for anything more. - Skyler was amazing for our first family rafting guide. Informative, funny, friendly, and everything you'd want from an employee or guide. His skills on the water and as a person showed through. The experience with my kids (10 & 7) are memories I'm sure they'll hold forever. I know I will!
As a business owner Skylers personality and work ethic is what I would look for, as a human he has even more shining characteristics to be engaging, caring, and respectful. This adventure surpassed my expectations and really checked all the boxes of a family outing done right.
Thank you Skyler!!
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Byvonnejrz
Aug 1, 2025
Fun in the sun 💜 - Love the experience, our tour guide NINA exceed our expectations, we had lots of fun and felt safe on this adventorous endeavor!!
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Ryansc5394rk
Jul 31, 2025
Animas Rafting Excellence - Fun and entertaining with some time to enjoy all the beautiful scenery and animals. Not to mention our guide, Nina, was the best she knew what she was doing, solved any problems (getting stuck on rocks, etc.) swiftly and was all around a great tour guide by conversing with us while giving some quiet time to truly take in the sights that we don’t get to see everyday as tourists to this beautiful place. Overall great experience with friendly people 10/10 recommend this service.
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Josephj348
Jul 27, 2025
Raft Trip with Mild to Wild down the Lower Animas - Had a great time on the 3/4 day raft trip down the lower Animas with Mild to Wild. Very professional and entertaining. Our guide Corbin was great!
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Mouserinthehouse
Jul 27, 2025
Beautiful and fun! - Noah was a great guide. He was super friendly and we happened to have a boat to ourselves (my husband and I) so we got to chat a lot and ask a lot of questions. The whole crew at mild to wild is outgoing, funny, and friendly. Great introductory rafting trip…nothing too crazy. We are ready to ramp it up next time!
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Explore40878662423
Jul 22, 2025
Awesome trip! - Great trip! Jaden was an outstanding river guide!!!! We would recommend Mild to Wild and plan on doing a trip with them on the Salt River.
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Tbuell63
Jul 9, 2025
It was great! - My wife and I went White Water Rafting for her 60th birthday. We had never been rafting before and signed up for the Upper Animas trip which has the class 4 and 5 rapids. (We went in July so the water level was not as high as it is in June.). We were a little nervous about the trip but our concerns were quickly dispelled. They gave us an orientation which taught us how to paddle and maneuver around in the boat to prepare us for possible mishaps. They also had us actually swim through some rapids for more practice. They took the orientation seriously and prepared us well. The actual trip went off without a single issue. The train took us through the breathtaking San Juan National forest and dropped us off at Needleton. We pulled the gear off the train and set float on the Animas. It was spectacular. Kip and Trey were the guides in the two boats. We were with Trey. Both boats in our party made it approximately 10 miles down the Animas without a single incident. Both guides handled the rafts with expert precision. We stopped on the journey and had a nice lunch and break where the Animas merges with Cascade creek. It was a beautiful setting. We finished up and caught the train back to Rockwood where our adventure began. We could not have been happier with our decision to spend our vacation with Mild to Wild.
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