Lower Salmon River Rafting: Family-Friendly Adventure

Embark on a 4-day Lower Salmon River rafting adventure with family-friendly guides, gourmet meals, and starlit beach camping. Perfect for families and kids 6+.

Duration: 4 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

River Trip Begins!

White Bird - The trip begins with friendly rapids as you leave the roads and busy life behind. White Bird, Idaho is nearest city to the start of the river trip and is a Native American historic site.
Salmon River - Journey down Idaho’s Salmon River, the second longest un-dammed river in the Lower 48! Witness huge sandy…

What's Included
  • Whitewater PFD
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Rafting Equipment
Additional Information

Join us for an unforgettable four-day rafting adventure on the Lower Salmon River, ideal for families and kids aged 6 and up. Our expert, family-friendly guides skillfully steer through Class III rapids, creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone.
Enjoy the experience while we take care of all your meals. Savor delicious grilled steaks…

Location
Hammer Creek Campground
Hammer Creek Road
Your guides will have green rafts and Adventure Idaho shirts. You will meet them at the boat ramp. There is limited cell service. We will coordinate with you based on airport and travel plans to help you find accommodations before the trip begins. Many groups prefer to camp at the starting point.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kjseattle12345
Aug 6, 2025
Fantastic! - We spent 4 days on the Lower Salmon with Adventure Idaho and had a fantastic trip - would highly recommend it. We were a group of 6 families with kids ranging from 7-14. The company took care of the logistics, rafting gear, meals and guiding, leaving us free to relax and enjoy ourselves in a beautiful setting. The guides were amazing humans who we all loved hanging out with, and they were especially great on the river and with the kids playing endless games. Thanks Hannah, Claudia, Connor, Connor (Jamiriqui), and Carson, plus Justin too! We loved the rafting, the cliff jumping, swimming, endless playing and enjoying the beachy campsites. Would sign up again!
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Brianj552
Aug 3, 2025
So much fun, such a unique experience. Trip of a lifetime! - Our family group had an incredible experience on the Lower Salmon. It really was the trip of a lifetime. Our guides, Alayna, Ammon, Macie, Symphony and Cale were the GGOATs "greatest guides of all time"! They worked hard for us, were always cheerful, and we just had a lot of fun with them. They became part of our family. The general manager, Justin, is great to work with. Great communication. Great service. I give Adventure Idaho the highest recommendation.
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Chaddt319fh
Aug 3, 2025
Great Family Friendly Adventure! - We had such an amazing experience, one of the best vacations we have ever done. We brought our 8, 10, and 12 year-olds and they all loved it. We had a big group of 25, and the food was great and our guides (Alayna, Macie, Cale, Symphony, and Ammon) were even better!
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J3139opcliffh
Jul 26, 2025
Amazing trip for youth group - Our youth group rafting trip with Adventure Idaho was an amazing experience. We all had so much fun. Our guides were fun, personable, and knowledgeable. They helped keep things safe but also helped us to have a lot of fun while doing so. Alayna was our lead guide with Kale, Ammon, Scott, and Connor helping as well. Every single one of them was phenomenal. They were involved in our camp activities, worked super hard at all of the logistics, the rowing, cooking, cleaning, setting up camp. They truly went the extra mile. Alayna brought us pads to sleep on the night before our excursion. I wasn’t expecting it, she just texted and asked if we would like them because she was being thoughtful! Kale is such a hard worker and was happy and pleasant the entire time despite what I’m sure is a very tiring job. At one point and Scott and Ammon helped out a private group that was rafting and ended up really stuck on a rock in the middle of a rapid for an hour- that was very kind of them and I was so grateful that we had knowledgeable guides with us. Connor even played this insane version of Uno with a bunch of boys from the youth group and they all were laughing so hard the whole time- funny that in an amazing rafting trip through a beautiful area that playing Uno with one of the guides was a highlight for the boys. The stars at night were awe-inspiring and floating down Blue canyon in my life jacket was an unforgettable experience. I can’t think of a single thing that could have possibly been done differently - the whole trip was absolutely perfect. I am so thankful that there are outfitters like this one that provide a positive environment for youth groups. This is the second time we have done this trip as a youth group with Adventure Idaho and we will definitely be back for a third (and a fourth, and so on).
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C4431koedwardk
Jul 19, 2025
Lower salmon, July 2025. 3 nights. First timers - Extended family of ten, ages 6 thru 70. 4day, 3 nights on lower salmon river. Great trip. The rapids we encountered were just right for us rookies. Aggressive enough to excite us, but never felt in danger. We were with another family of 11. Great folks. Our guide team, Hannah, Abe, Mya, Cale, Konner had boundless energy, and worked tirelessly, but still had time to make things fun and our 4 grandkids adored them.
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21sherpa
Jul 13, 2025
Salmon river bach - Awesome trip! Ethan, Abe, Konnor and Amman found great rapids and great beaches. They were quick setting up and were able to get everything we wanted out to there even floated some extra ice our way when we ran low. Highly recommend.
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Janapz3439cs
Sep 29, 2024
Absolutely 💯 FANTASTIC, A MIST DO EXPERIENCE!!:) - We had an a absolutely FANTASTIC TRIP and can't wait to do it again. Our raft guide, Sophie, was so amazing that our group even talked about getting tattoos in remembrance of our amazing adventure. BEAN-45. :) The trip is none stop fun times, with stops along the way jumping off cliffs, playing water games on the rafts, and lauching from the bottom side of the raft with flips in the air during lunch breaks. The food was amazing as well. We truly loved it!!
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Shonr395
Aug 8, 2024
Amazing lower salmon trip - We had an amazing time on the lower salmon river. Abby Robinson was our lead guide and she made sure we had fun. We cloud jumped, are well, played fun games every night, fished, and loved the rapids and river. We also saw tons of wildlife which was a bonus and then had a fun jet boat ride back to our cars. Great crew with Abby, Josh, Brendan, Jaye and Sydney. Me made some awesome memories.
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B4843cidavidd
Jul 28, 2024
Outstanding Family Rafting Trip - Fantastic guides! Sophie, Macie, Eric and Brittin were very personable and made the trip fun. The river was great, the beaches were great, the price was great and we had a super fun trip. The only negative thing regarding the trip was out of the control of Adventure Idaho. The jet boat operator was 2 1/2 hours late in picking us up on the last day to shuttle us to the take out point on the Snake River.
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From $975
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).