The trips without significant rapids are offered in the late afternoon when the river is at its most serene. In addition to guided raft and kayak trips, ARC and Destination Wilderness offer raft guiding and kayak instructional workshops. From two to seven days long, these workshops offer beginning and improving boaters first-rate instruction on the intracacies and techniques of running whitewater rivers. The immediate area around the Adventure River Center is a recreation paradise. The McKenzie River Trail has been called by many the best mountain biking trail in all of Oregon.
Different segments allow for different skill levels, from beginning to advanced.
The scenery along the trail is unsurpassed. Pine trees, the aqua velva blue upper reaches of the McKenzie, thundering waterfalls, and volcanic moonscapes are all found on the trail. Hiking near the ARC is also world class. Famous and scenic McKenzie Pass is nearby, and trails between the ARC and the pass allow for tons of solitude, access to sparkling alpine lakes, strolls along a crystal clear river, panoramas of the towering Three Sisters mountains, tortured geologic moonscapes, thick pine forests, and on and on. As mentioned above, the McKenzie river is great for rafting and kayaking .