"We would like to thank you for the best birthday experience I have had in my whole life. I celebrated my 52nd birthday on your PM Racecourse trip on 5/27/05. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks."
Jay Mayer
Tijeras, NM

"Thanks again for the fabulous funyak trip down the Rio Grande. It was the highlight of our vacation!"
Sarah Wallbaum & Scott Sampson
Urbana, IL

The Rio Grande

The life-giving waters of the Rio Grande originate as melting snow high in the Rocky Mountains. The raging spring floods year after year have carved a deep, remote and beautiful canyon across the Taos Mesa, which in 1968 was designated by Congress the nation’s first Wild and Scenic River. Many species of wildlife live here, including elk, deer, beaver, mountain lions, and bighorn sheep. The canyon walls are dotted with juniper, pinon and sage. The river teems with brown and rainbow trout.

Most rafting on the Rio Grande takes place between Questa and Pilar. This stretch is divided into full-day sections known as the Middle Box, the Taos Box, and the Lower Gorge (which breaks down into two half-day sections, Orilla Verde and the Racecourse).

Los Rios also runs overnight trips through Whiterock Canyon, near Santa Fe, and our Native Cultures Feast & Float group trip just north of Albuquerque.

3-day Rio Grande
2-day Wild Rio Grande
2-day Whitewater Rio Grande
2-day Whiterock Canyon
2-day Middle Box Funyak
Overnight full-day Taos Box
full-day Middle Box funyak
full-day Lower Gorge
half-day Orilla Verde
half-day Racecourse
Native Cultures Feast & Float