Take a California Rafting Vacation !
Welcome to the new face of California Rafting, and we hope our new web site makes it easier to find the white water rafting trip in California that is best for your group. We also hope that you join us to celebrate our 32nd year, and we are having a great 2010 rafting season!
Tributary Whitewater Tours has been safely guiding California rafting and American River rafting trips since 1978 and offers something for all levels. Choose from California rafting trips suitable for kids that make great family vacations, to extreme California white water rafting adventures for the expert, and everything in between. With so many rivers to choose from, we know we have the right California whitewater rafting or American River Rafting trip for you. We pride ourselves on the excellence of our well qualified and personable employees that will make any rafting trip with us something to remember.
Choosing your California Rafting Trip:
From Mild to Wild! See the Choosing a Rafting Trip page for an explanation of levels of difficulty for whitewater in California and the rivers we offer in each category. See Rafting with Children and Family Specials for detail of California rafting trips particularly suitable for children and young teens. See below for selections in Northern California, Central California and Southern California.
American River Rafting & other Whitewater River Trips Throughout California:
In Central California, you can try American River rafting, Truckee River rafting, North Fork Yuba River rafting and East Fork Carson River rafting. Some of these Gold Country and Sierra Nevada California white water rafting trips run throughout the summer, and they are close to great vacation areas like Lake Tahoe, Reno, Sacramento and San Francisco. See our rivers page for locations of all our California whitewater rafting trips.
Escape to beautiful uncrowded Northern California rivers in the Trinity Alps, Smith River Recreation Area, Siskiyou Mountains and near Mount Shasta. Here you can find some of the wildest whitewater rafting in California, which includes trips on the Upper Klamath River, Cal Salmon, Scott River, Upper Sacramento River, Smith River and Burnt Ranch Gorge. Northern California also offers some of the best California rafting trips for families on the Lower Klamath River and Main Trinity River.
In Southern California, the exciting Kaweah River is located at the entrance to Sequoia National Park.
A Tributary Whitewater Tours California rafting trip combines all the elements of a memorable river rafting adventure -- beautiful scenery, thrilling rapids, sun, solitude and relaxation. Each California white water rafting trip is carefully geared to meet your level of experience and sense of adventure, whether it is a express half-day California river rafting run or a multi-day California whitewater rafting vacation.
We have selected some options to assist you finding something special. Our spring time favorite for the adventurous beginner or experienced rafter is the North Fork Yuba River , and for wilderness trips from 2 days to 4 days, choose from the child friendly Lower Klamath River or the more adventurous Middle Fork American River. For all the options by level of difficulty see our Choosing your California Rafting Trip page. We look forward to helping you plan a wonderful California Rafting or American River rafting trip, so please call us at 800-6-RAFTING (800-672-3846) for assistance or email us with your request for information.
