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Treat yourself to a full-day with our entertaining river guides floating down 22 miles of heart-pumping Salmon River rapids of Ruby and Lake Creek surrounded by scenic beauty.
The trip course travels Spring Bar to Lucile where you, your friends, and family can escape the rat race, work on your tan, or punctuate the family vacation.
The (approximate) 8-hour float is a perfect fit for adventure-seekers or leisurely family fun. Stop riverside for a catered beach lunch and swimming!
Service animals allowed
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
All necessary rafting equipment included such as paddle, life jacket, etc.
Bottled water
Lunch
Transportation
Alcoholic beverages (available for purchase)
Gratuities
This is the best eight hours you'll spend all summer. Treat yourself to a full day with our entertaining river guides floating down 22 miles of heart-pumping Salmon River rapids including Ruby and Lake Creek along with all the scenic beauty of Idaho. The trip begins at Spring Bar where you and your friends and family can escape the rat race, work on your tan, or punctuate the family vacation with this trip. The 22 mile/8-hour float is a perfect fit for adventure seekers or leisurely family fun. You'll stop riverside for a catered beach lunch, swimming, and frisbee. We take care of everything!
13 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Jeanette T,
Sep 5, 2024
- Review from Viator
Craig guided us expertly. I was traveling with my 3 sisters, we are all in our golden years, and we had a blast.
Marsha M,
Aug 5, 2023
- Review from Viator
Family vacation. Three generation ages 14 - 80. Great fun. Connor our guide was terrific!! Do it again without changing anything.



jbahar31,
Aug 2, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
My friends and I did the Half-Day Whitewater Rafting Trip and Chris was our guide! This was my first time on a rafting trip and I felt so comfortable with Chris. He was a really great guide and very educated on the environment as well as making this experience safe and fun for the 4 of us. My friends that had gone rafting before said that this was their best experience as well. The snacks were amazing when we stopped at the beach and Chris was really great at giving us choices of rapids to go through when approaching them and explaining safety with the rain and thunderstorm that was approaching. I had such a great time and would recommend Rubicon for anyone that would want to go rafting on the salmon river.

Warren J,
Jul 10, 2022
- Review from Viator
Great day on the river with challenging but not overwhelming rapids! Great guides and the staff was great as well.
Burgessjoe89,
Jun 9, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
We’ve done several trips down the Salmon River with different outfitters, and Rubicon is definitely the best. This experience is absolutely a bucket list adventure everyone should experience at least once in their lives…so if you’re looking for an outfitter to take you down the Salmon River, look no further, Rubicon Outfitters is hands down the best in town!

shannonwW8268BT,
Sep 2, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
Rubicon will treat you like a memder of the family!! Fabulous guides full of stories and salmon river history!! It was fun beyond measure, booked again in a week!!!! Thanks Rubicon, Rivergirl
550baileyc,
Aug 23, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
We had a wonderful trip down the Salmon with Rubicon Outfitters! The guides were very experienced, easy-going, and fun! It was such an exciting time going through the rapids and jumping in the water. Our guide also let me try steering the raft with the oars. They prepared a great lunch for us and had fun games for us to play on the beach. We signed up to have dinner as well and it was amazing! They rented out the park for us in downtown Riggins and prepared a beautiful salmon/chicken meal with an absolutely amazing Dutch oven berry cobbler for dessert! I highly recommend rafting with them! They were fantastic!
Shelly O,
Aug 6, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
We had a great trip with Hunter and Ryan. We would definitely recommend their company. Enjoyed the day with our guides and the others we met! Thank you.
1004kjb,
Aug 3, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
It was a fantastic day on the river. The calm parts of the river gave time for relaxing, great conversation and some Idaho history. Even though Idaho is suffering through drought conditions and record low water levels we hit some great rapids and got plenty soaked! Our guide, Hunter, did a fantastic job! We will be back!
J7330GKshawnl,
Jul 8, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
A absolute blast and the service was top notch. Taylor was our wonderful guide and we loved her guidance and patience with our group.

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