Colorado Rafting Tours | Royal Gorge Rafting Adventure Beach

Fantastic experience: Awesome experience. Zulu was legitimately the most experienced and fun-loving outdoor guide I’ve ever had. I highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Great adventure to do probably do the more extreme one next time

Fantastic experience: Amber is the best guide ever!!! She was amazing with my kids and very knowledgeable about the history and the wildlife of the canyon and gorge. Hands down the best experience ever because of how safe she kept up and how much fun she was! 100% recommend.

Fantastic experience: Wow...just WOW! They've been able to blend safety and laid back perfectly. We had a fantastic time. Our guide Chris was phenomenal. Even his corny jokes were funny. No...wait...maybe we laughed because we felt sorry for him because the jokes were so bad. It's just something that you'll have to experience which I highly suggest!

Fantastic experience: Beautiful scenery nice water and amazing guids. Joey was funny and knowledgeable made the whole expirence better.

Fantastic experience: Magnificent, great people,The Place,that's hard to describe, EXHILARATING, Y'all Hava Goodun

Fantastic experience: Spencer our guide was amazing! This was an awesome trip, cant wait to go back!

Fantastic experience: Blake was awesome, an the raft ride was unforgettable.. when I come back Blake be the one I ask for.. yay #teamblake..

Fantastic experience: Just finished the swiftwater 2 course with Matt and it was even more than I expected! We learned everything we were expecting and more! The class went smoothly because of our instructor and previous training, and we all walked away feeling more confident on the river than before! Highly recommended going through ssi and matt for swiftwater training

Fantastic experience: This place was fabulous as I drove past. Driest I've ever stayed.

Fantastic experience: Devin was a great guide. We are inexperienced fly fisherman and he was awesome. We learned a lot and we both caught fish!!! We'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Fantastic experience: Best time ever!

Fantastic experience: We loved it

Fantastic experience: Best adventure in Colorado Springs

Fantastic experience: Would definitely recommend!!!!!!

Positive experience: Love this place, lots of fun

Fantastic experience: FUN TIMES

Fantastic experience: We had a blast! It seemed well organized and the instructors were great! I can’t wait to go back and do it again!

Fantastic experience: Best Zip Line tour ever

Fantastic experience: Bucket list!!

Positive experience: It was fun, Tyler, our guide, was great, but not sure if it is worth the price. You could rent a kayak and do something very similar. Beautiful spot.

Fantastic experience: Had a blast!

Fantastic experience: Had a great time. Actually had an amazing time. Love the new riverside yurts. They look wonderful. We can't wait to come and visit again!!! Love LOVE Love the fire place in the rocks under the tent. Looks like a fantastic place to BBQ and have a great gathering after rafting with with a bunch of your closest friends!

Fantastic experience: Can not wait to go back

Fantastic experience: our guide made it fun for us: safe, aware, a good day on a great river.

Fantastic experience: This was our first time white water rafting. It was late in the season, so the water was lower and there were a lot of obstacles. But we had the Luck of the Irish ☘️ with us as our guide was the Irishman Brian. Brian absolutely MADE our trip. He was funny, helpful, encouraging and a excellent story teller! Brian engaged with all of us, and made our 3 hours not only exciting with the rafting, but just a blast with his personality. Way to go American Adventures, you picked a great teammate in Brian. I hope he gets plenty of Guinness and Lick Charms!

Fantastic experience: You couldn’t ask for a better guide. Cody was the best!!! Wonderful experience for our big family group! Would definitely recommend this experience to anyone, even if you are scared to death or water. Cody made the experience very enjoyable!!!

Fantastic experience: 9-2-18, our guide was Atticus, He was freaking awesome. I can't say enough how much I loved this trip. This was our first trip ever, the river was down, my wife isn't athletic at all, and we had a blast. Was able to enjoy the scenery, but still having to maneuver some of the rapids. Already planning my trip in mid June. If you are wanting the fast fast pace of the river go early to late spring. when we went the river rush was 329 cubic feet per second, I wanna go now when she is pushing 2000 cubic feet per second. Such a rush, You will need to use your core strength, expect to be a little sore the next day. AAE did a fantastic job!!!

Fantastic experience: Not sure where to start. My wife and I have been wanting to do this river trip for years. We read the reviews and decided to go with AAE and glad we did. AAE has a brief mandatory sit-down with each group then the rest is up to you and yours. I won't preach but pay attention to your guide because they know whats coming. Our guide was Curtis and we could not have asked for better. He kept us safe, moving, and entertained. He shared that after 10 years with AAE that he is moving on to a new career and we've no doubt he will be a success. If Curtis is any indication, AAE chooses it's people well. We will be back with more of our family next time.

Fantastic experience: American Adventure was a blast! This was my first time to do any white water rafting and I must say I will be back again next year. Our guide was fantastic and I can't wait to go back! Thanks American Adventure!

Fantastic experience: Brian was such a charmer for our 1st time down the gorge! Thanks for the wonderful memories and great start to the trip!

Fantastic experience: Cody was awesome and we all had a great time!

Fantastic experience: Soooo much fun!!! 5 stars all day!

Fantastic experience: Had a great ride rafting, good training and solid equipment in appropriate sizes, listen and follow the oarman and fun will be had by all!

Fantastic experience: We decided on the full day experience and I must say our guide Spencer absolutely crushed it! He gave us just the kind of day we were looking for.. Amazing views, great conversation, friendly personalities, and excellent surf. The lunch was perfect a nice burger with all the toppings they even gave us freshly made cookies for desert. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this company. The guides will take great care of you and ensure your safety throughout the day :)

Fantastic experience: I can't say enough good things about this company, but I will say for us it was an outstanding outdoor experience, we rafted through the Royal Gorge and camped over night. The guides are top notch and know their stuff well. Our guide, Rachel; took our safety very seriously and knew when to have fun as well. Our over night experience was equally fantastic, the night staff which are guides as well was Spencer, who is great company and an intrepid adventurer, and Alex, who went out of his way to accommodate our stay and, Attikcus (not sure on the spelling), treated us to some excellent cooking. Staff is incredibly experienced and clearly enjoyed their work, I would recommend to anyone wanting to expereince their services to contact them right away.

Fantastic experience: This was an excellent rafting trip for our family! Our guide Bobbit was professional, knowledgeable and kept us going through our hole trip. She was great with all my kids, ages 7-13. I felt completely safe and we had an unbelievable experience on our trip through Bighorn Sheep Canyon. Would recommend to everyone!!

Positive experience: Rachel was a great guide.

Fantastic experience: Holy Cow, Jellyfish (Johnson) was the man. He made the adventure totally worth it. He kept everything interesting as he chatted with my group about life and about the rapids at the same time. He has been probably my favorite tour guide of all time. He taught us in a comical way about the rapids and let us explore and be a part of the river. I only did the half day big Horn, but I can't wait to go back and request him for the Royal Gorge! Love ya man! Can't give a higher review!

Fantastic experience: Very good people and a lot of fun

Fantastic experience: What a great time from start to finish. We even got to see eight big horn sheep up close. Spencer is the man!!!!

Fantastic experience: From start to finish everyone and everything was professional, safe and fun. Our guide Alex guided us with amazing skill and expertise. Only disappointment was wife stayed in raft entire trip.

Fantastic experience: We booked a rafting and ATV trip using American Adventure Expeditions: Everything went so smoothly from check-in, and riding the rapids through a freshly grilled cheeseburger and off to ride up into the mountains. Beautiful weather, experienced, friendly, and entertaining guides made for a wonderful day. We will definitely plan on coming back next year when the water is even faster! Highly recommend-great company!

Fantastic experience: Very fun trip. Our guide was very knowledgeable of the plants and wildlife. We plan on going back.

Fantastic experience: Excellent customer service from the time we checked in, our guide during our excursion as well as the staff when checking out our pictures. Very personable, entertaining, and passionate about what they do

Fantastic experience: Had a great time. Very fun experience Rachel was very nice and kept us very entertained

Fantastic experience: Felt comfortable and reassured every minute of our rafting experience. We had Garrett and he rocked our boat! Wonderful, knowledgeable and great sense of humor. My third time rafting, but my first in Colorado. Would definitely go again!

Fantastic experience: Had an experience of a lifetime and would highly recommend American Adventure Expedition to everyone! All staff members were incredible! Our guide was Spencer and he helped make sure everyone had a blast, he was excellent!

Fantastic experience: Very fun

Fantastic experience: Greatest rafting trip ever! Big high five for Reed. Aka Stone Cold Reed!

Fantastic experience: Great staff and excellent guides. Took 9 of us out from 10 years to 60 years and we all had a blast. Awesome trip!

Fantastic experience: So enjoyed this experience! Not too rough and very enjoyable on an overcast day. We didn’t see any sheep but we enjoyed the trip all the same. Emma was an excellent guide and brightened our day! Very good for the price. A quick trip and an excellent way to end a great vacation!

Fantastic experience: Second time with them and it was a total blast like before! Spencer was a great guide and entertaining!

Positive experience: The white water rafting tour was great! Our tour guide was a little rude because we were beginners and could not keep up, but the management and experience was good. What went wrong - We booked a full day experience with horseback riding in the afternoon. The company with horses never showed up and we waited for over an hour. We called several times and they kept saying 15-20 mins but never came. Very unprofessional. This is the reason for the 4 star rating!

Fantastic experience: Great guides and a great time for families

Positive experience: Fun but mild. Perhaps the low water levels detracted from the experience, but there was way too much idle floating/chatter and not enough class IV rapids. The most disappointing aspect is the blatent ripoff re:pictures. They charge you $60 bucks for 2to 6 digital pictures.

Fantastic experience: great place!jack was great.

Fantastic experience: Had an awesome time. We did the big horn sheep one and its great for children who have not done thus before! Emma was awesome and was great to talk to!

Fantastic experience: A lot of work but totally worth it! Views were amazing and our guide was really fun

Fantastic experience: The Big Horn Sheep canyon rafting was amazing. The guide was awesome and the lunch was great. Thanks again for the great time.

Fantastic experience: Great rafting trip! Awesome crew. Reed was our guide. He did incredible.

Fantastic experience: Best rafting adventure I've experienced. Our guide ( Atticus ) was super AWESOME!!

Fantastic experience: Wonderful rafting experience, Reed was our man for rafting and he is excellent.

Fantastic experience: Awesome adventure. Spencer was an incredible guide who made are experience truly unforgettable.

Fantastic experience: Curtis, rafting and time spent there at Adventure park was awesome. So Fun!!!

Fantastic experience: We were a group of 12 - booked a package for white water rafting and zip lining. Our instructor was Reid. He was cheerful and entertaining. Lunch was included and it was totally worth it.

Fantastic experience: Going back to raft again after Emma did a great job for us yesterday! You need to make this a part of your vacay/memories.

Fantastic experience: Lot of fun 1st time out family 4 awesome guide Brian the wild irishman

Fantastic experience: We had a blast our guide Emma was amazing

Fantastic experience: We had a great time and will be going back next year. Matt, Atticus, and Jake are exceptional guides!

Fantastic experience: Spencer was our guide he was awesome, great additude. Learned alot about the history along the canyon Royal gorge. Rapids were awesome. Recommendations try it. Plus you don't need to know anything. They teach you on the spot. Great job! Only complaint the cost of even one photo.

Fantastic experience: From the beginning, American Adventure Expeditions was a great experience. I contacted a month ahead to find out pricing for a large group. We were given a discount that included wetsuits and booties! We started with 29 people. The cancellation policy was explained and followed when one member of our group had to bail out at the last minute. We were provided with the waiver link ahead of time so the majority of our group completed the easy online waiver in just a few quick minutes before arriving. We arrived 45 minutes early and were greeted with smiles! We had 4 rafts of 7 members of our party and a guide. The trip was a great adventure. One raft flipped (of our 4 in our party) and they were handled with total care! Everyone said they had a great time. Reid was the guide in my boat and was a blast. He was a great leader and had great conversation with us. The river itself was beautiful, cool and the views of the Royal Gorge, Bridge, Train etc were wonderful. Overall, outstanding experience. Thank you to Reid (our guide), Sunshine (for scheduling) and the long-haired man in charge who's name I didn't catch but who provided us a gift of candles in a twinkie-style dessert to celebrate our first day of marriage!

Positive experience: Had a blast with my brother and sister. We had Spencer as our guide .

Fantastic experience: Great trip through the Royal gorge that I would recommend to anyone. The river had more rapids in 1 hour than I have experienced in a day on other rivers. The scenery was also great. American adventure was very accommodating as was our guide.

Fantastic experience: Great times on the Arkansas River. Even had the opportunity to pull some people into our raft after their wipe-out. Felt like heroes!

Fantastic experience: A great outfitter. They epitomize hospitality. Alex is a terrific guide and all around cool guy to hang out with.

Fantastic experience: Great raft trip, Drew was great guide, informative and fun! So glad we did the royal Gorge trip instead of the Bighorn Sheep.

Fantastic experience: My wife and I were lucky enough to be on our own boat with our guide Atticus since the others in the group wanted to go together in a separate boat. This was great because on a prior trip to Jackson Hole we had twelve to a boat which made paddling very difficult since some couldn't synchronize with the rest. It was our personalized rafting trip. He was a great guide and Big Sheep Horn was awesome. If you want a great rafting experience, do yourself a favor and ask for Atticus. If you're lucky enough, you'll be able to experience Satan's suck hole along the route. Both of us look forward to doing the Royal Gorge trip the next time we are in town.

Fantastic experience: We had a wonderful time rafting through the royal gorge. Drew was a terrific guide who helped us all work together for a truly incredible experience!

Fantastic experience: Tons o fun.

Fantastic experience: We did the Royal Gorge rafting experience and it was an awesome time! Both relaxing and adrenaline inducing! Great and friendly staff! All around a really great experience and would hands down do it again!

Fantastic experience: These guys were awesome. Super friendly and knowledgeable. We had such a fun time rafting with them. Highly recommend!!

Fantastic experience: Great trip with knowledgeableand friendly staff. We had an excellent experience.

Fantastic experience: The team was awesome...Curtis was a great guide....Alex (guide for the other raft) dumped both of the people in his raft....not saying it was his fault, but...

Fantastic experience: Super cool!

Fantastic experience: Awesome

Fantastic experience: This is where I call home so Love it!!!!!

Fantastic experience: Had an amazing time, maverick our guide did an outstanding job he is the best to go rafting with

Positive experience: Fun trips with great guides. Will be going back.

Fantastic experience: Our rafting guide-Katie-was awesome, personable, very skillful-we had a great day! Recommend this outfit very highly.

Fantastic experience: Our guide was Dragonfly. Funny. Informative. Help start Burning Man!!

Fantastic experience: Fantastic trip down the Royal Gorge. We had a great trip leader, Judd

Fantastic experience: Great service, great people and great water rafting experience. Judd was very good, experienced and funny! We'll be talking about this for at least next six months. I will highly recommend this location and the company. Beautiful views of the gorge! I didn't have a lot of experience rafting, but I felt secure and comfortable at this difficulty level. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: The guide was amazing I really enjoyed her. Would recommend to anyone.

Fantastic experience: Super great experience! Our guide Rachel was the best! The food after the trip (included on our tickets) was delicious.

Fantastic experience: Super fun first-time raft trip for our family of 5 (youngest is 11). Our guide, "Two-Armed Tom" from Ireland, clearly has a lot of experience and made the trip a lot of fun! Will definitely be back next summer & can't wait to try some higher class water once our youngest turns 14 ;)

Fantastic experience: Brian o Reilly. Ba Bammm. Best river guide, ever...Great time. It was priceless. Thanks to Sunshine in reservations we were taken on a real adventure. This is what a vacation should be: good times, good people. Worth every penny. Love you guys, with all my heart.

Fantastic experience: Sheyleen was super AWESOME! Emma was also on board and was just as AWESOME! Those girls are quite the team

Fantastic experience: We had a wonderful time! This was my kids first time white water rafting and it was a blast. Garrett was fantastic! He was helpful and informative and just a great guide. We will be going back next year for some more. :-)

Fantastic experience: Worth the money hands down