Outfitters offer rafting trips of all kinds for all ages and abilities. Families enjoy fun excursions on rivers such as the Main Salmon, the North Fork and Main Payette, the Moyie, and the St. Joe. Sightseers like quiet flat-water floats on rivers such as the Clearwater, the Boise River and the Snake in the Snake River Birds of Prey Area. Whitewater seekers go for the Middle Fork of the Salmon, Hells Canyon, the Lochsa, Selway, Owyhee, Bruneau, Jarbidge, South Fork Payette, or Snake Rivers. Idaho outfitters take care of everything on these trips.
Guides row the rafts or lead guests in paddling their own.
They provide tents and waterproof gear bags. They cook all the meals, including salads made from fresh fruits and vegetables and Dutch-oven baked breads and desserts. They lead games on the beach and around the campfire. Guides provide instruction. All ages can learn paddling skills at a special kayak school on Idaho s Payette River.