Amazing adventure - Everyone was so friendly. An amazing experience. We had two little ones with us and this was their first time river rafting and they felt safe during the ride down the river. Shout out to Jefferson! He was excellent! Would recommend this to all our friends!

Amazing rafting experience - We had the most amazing experience white water rafting today! We were picked up promptly at our hotel at 9 am. Axel was such a fun bus guide. Once we got to the river, we met our guide, Carlos Gonsales, who was so experienced and so fun! The trip was extremely well organized, very safe. There were photographers along the way to capture the trip. It was so fun, very safe and so well organized. It ended a delicious lunch and slide show of all of the pictures. I highly recommend using Arenal Rafting for your best white water rafting experience in Arenal/La Fortuna!

Arenal Rafting - We had an amazing day with Arsenal Rafting. Our guide, Moises was amazing. He picked us up from our hotel and we were really fortunate to have him as our rafting guide, keeping us all really entertained. Our three children loved the rapids and couldn’t get enough of it. Thanks for a great day. Pura Vida

Fantastic - This was fantastic! Our 7 and 8 year old had a wonderful time as did we. Our guide Moises was amazing and so fun! The entire team was so enthusiastic, helpful, and fun. Highly recommend this activity and company.

Amazing rafting experience! - We did the Arenal Rafting excursion and was amazing!! Very well organized, safe, friendly and beautiful! Julio (July) was our guide and he was excellent!. I recommend this excursion with the Team Arenal Rafting!!

Our family will remember this - Awesome Experience. Everything was well organized and the guides were great. Our guide Didier was very thoughtful and we'll have unforgettable memories. Definitely worth the money.

Best day ever! - We had so much fun white water rafting. Amazing guides and just a fantastic day on the Balsa River. If you’re on the fence, do it!

The best rafting in La Fortuna by FAR!!! - This was a top notch experience. From the comfortable ride to the rafting and back for an AMAZING lunch! Pictures to purchase were affordable and fantastic! We had almost 100 pictures of our trip and they captured the fun perfectly. Jefferson was our guide on our raft and he was so fun. We love to have fun and he played right along and into it. Highly recommend! This was such a great experience! Great for everyone!!!!

Family will have fun - My kids (16, 14, 11) had an absolute blast from the rafting. The only improvement could happen was stopping to have pineapple/ watermelon - It was unnecessary since it was super crowded and hot.

An out of the ordinary experience - We had never been whitewater rafting before and signed up for the class 2 and 3 rapids. These rapids were more like class 3+ as our guide explained. There were 4 of us - me, my husband, and our two teenagers. The instructions were very clear and the whole team was organized. We were given a small raft that fit the 4 of us and our guide, William, who told us he was a national champion. He definitely knew what he was doing and how to steer the raft. The rest of the people all had large rafts and bigger groups, so I wonder if having a small raft made our trip harder. We had water in our faces the entire time with the exception of the very end where the rapids are calm. It felt like we were constantly trying to come up for air because the water was coming straight in our faces. At one point, we hit a large rapid and our raft turned sideways. Thankfully my kids didn't fall out but slid to the back of the raft where William caught my daughter who was very anxious to begin with. My son had his feet in the air (per the photos we saw at the end) but recovered. My husband and I fell out. My husband was able to get back on the raft quickly, but in the fall, I was thrown from the raft and despite wearing a life jacket, plunged into the river and had to swim up. When I came back up, I saw our raft heading far away from the river. I figured ok, I guess I need to figure out how to swim to shore, but swiftly within 10 seconds, my life jacket was grabbed from behind by a single rafter who worked for the company, extended his paddle for me to grab onto, and then swung me over to another raft who could pick me up. In the process, I got pinned under another raft coming down the river. It was only for 20 seconds or so, but given that I am a terrible swimmer, it was scary because I was stuck under water. Thankfully, the raft was able to paddle backwards so that I could come up for air. I then climbed onto that raft which was a big one which others had and the experience was totally different. No crazy waterboarding in my face, but just a fun ride. Eventually we reached my original raft where my family was relieved to see me, and they pulled the raft together in the river so that I could hop back onto my original raft. After that, we came to the rest stop for fruit. At that time, I learned my husband had fallen in and lost his shoe but was able to recover it. He ended up with a few scratches. I was fine but the next morning had an enormous black and blue bruise on my forearm which was either from the impact of falling into the river, or from the force of being pulled into the other raft. We were all surprised by the impact of the fall into the river. My husband hated the trip, my daughter thought it was way too scary, my son thought it was ok but didn't like the water in his face all the time, and I thought the trip was ok and very uncommon from all the reviews I read on here. I was expecting big rapids but not having water straight in my face constantly. I'd give this an average experience because I think falling happens, maybe not in the way I experienced it, but I did appreciate how organized and experienced the rafters are. I wish we could have bought some photos but every photo was a splash and there were ZERO photos of the four of us without water covering our faces. I think I saw only one photo where my son's face was visible and that was it. So unfortunately, this experience is a far cry from all the other reviews on here. Maybe it's because it was a small raft. Maybe William was struggling because we were all novices who couldn't paddle well. No idea, but this was not the experience I was expecting.