Durango 3/4 Day Rafting Trip with Lunch - Lower Animas River
Overview
Choose Mild to Wild for your Lower Animas River Full Day rafting trip and experience our unique commitment to excellence. Our highly trained professional guides ensure your enjoyment and fun. Benefit from a low guide-to-guest ratio for a personalized experience. We streamline your adventure with free parking, changing rooms, and a storefront for essentials. Complimentary splash jackets and helmets are standard. Enjoy a riverside locally made deli-style lunch midway. Whether paddling or relaxing, your day is crafted for lasting memories. Enhance your trip with a kayak instructor or explore packages including Jeep tours. Mild to Wild prioritizes your satisfaction and an unforgettable journey.
What's Included
- Riverside Deli-Style Lunch from our favorite local bakery
- Safety orientation and paddle instruction
- Custom self-bailing rafts and paddles
- Helmets, Coastguard approved Personal Flotation Devices, and Splash Jackets
- Highly experienced and in-house trained river guides
- Gratuities
- Wetsuits and boots (rentals available for $15)
Meeting Location
50 Animas View Drive
Durango, CO 81301, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
This Full Day trip gives you around 4 hours of fun on the water, taking you through the heart of Durango and to the end of town. Life jacket, helmet, and other river getup if needed (wetsuits or splash jackets when the weather/water is chilly) are included. Your guides will provide a safety orientation before heading out on the beautiful Lower Animas River. We'll be on the river for about 4 hours, stopping for a delicious riverside lunch half-way through the trip. Along the way, you'll bound through plenty of Class II and one Class III rapid, usually soaking everyone in the raft head to toe. Keep in mind the size of rapids will vary throughout the season with water levels, with spring typically having higher flows and summer lower flows. Our experienced and entertaining river guides will get you downstream, and you're welcome to paddle with them or just sit back and relax.
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (9)
Q: Will I get seasick on Durango 3/4 Day Rafting Trip with Lunch – Lower Animas River?
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Activity code: C-22803P40
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Frequently Asked Questions (9)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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If you have any doubts about becoming seasick on the water, we recommend taking a Dramamine® Motion Sickness Relief tablet the night before your trip. Some people recommend taking it the night before your cruise and then again that morning so you will not feel so drowsy.
Feb 2023- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (MST).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Riverside Deli-Style Lunch from our favorite local bakery.
- Safety orientation and paddle instruction.
- Custom self-bailing rafts and paddles.
- Helmets, Coastguard approved Personal Flotation Devices, and Splash Jackets.
- Highly experienced and in-house trained river guides.
- Gratuities.
- Wetsuits and boots (rentals available for $15).
This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025The minimum age to participate is 4. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Durango 3/4 Day Rafting Trip with Lunch - Lower Animas River is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Durango 3/4 Day Rafting Trip with Lunch – Lower Animas River will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Riverside Deli-Style Lunch from our favorite local bakery
- Safety orientation and paddle instruction
- Custom self-bailing rafts and paddles
- Helmets, Coastguard approved Personal Flotation Devices, and Splash Jackets
- Highly experienced and in-house trained river guides
- Gratuities
- Wetsuits and boots (rentals available for $15)
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers
