Rafting The Verde River in arizona
5-day verde river White water Rafting Adventure!

Assemble at the Super 8 Motel in Camp Verde, Arizona. Meet your guides and load our shuttle vehicle for a short drive to Beasley Flats. Receive a thorough safety orientation and boating instructions. Load rafts and begin your descent into this spectacular desert canyon.

The morning brings the white water challenge of many chutes and rapids such as: "Off The Wall", "Pre-falls" and the exciting class IV to V (depending on water flows) "Verde Falls" (often requires portaging)! After the falls we float through the first highly restricted "Eagle Closure" where stopping is prohibited to protect the winter nesting grounds of the desert bald eagles. Next, we relax on a sandy beach and enjoy a delicious and filling deli style lunch. After lunch, challenge the rapids of "Bull Run", "Rock Garden", and "Punk Rock". Following, numerous unnamed white water chutes, interspersed with tranquil floating under the warm winter Arizona sun, fill the day.

By late afternoon we stop for camp with time for hiking and fishing or just relaxing with your favorite book. Camping with Mild to Wild is anything but roughing it- it is a 5 star event!

After a delicious, hearty breakfast we hit the river for a day of Arizona white water rafting that includes the rapids of "Bushman", "White Flash", "Black Hole", and "Child's Play". The day includes a stop for a pristine, relaxing, invigorating soak in a natural, riverside hot spring. Exploring the spectacular side canyons of Powel Creek or Sleepy Hollow are also a highlight.

The Verde river keeps us moving swiftly with an average gradient of 22 feet per mile as we travel into more remote country. At Child's we sadly say goodbye to our two-day trip companions knowing what they are going to miss out on, just before making camp for another evening of delicious food, games and relaxation.

More white water rapids and swift floating as the gradient continues at 20 feet per mile. Don't let "Baby Snaggletooth" and "Nasty Little Dog Leg" get you as they provide some of the days excitement. We enter the Mazatal Wilderness. Another highlight is a hike and exploration up the amazing East Verde River Canyon.

Camping again is on a sandy beach or a grass bench. Keep your eyes peeled for the numerous javelinas (wild pigs) that inhabit the area. Our multitalented guides cater to you and pull out all stops on our pampering of you.

Continued swift current moves through the magnificent corridor with soaring canyon walls and lush riverside growth. "Red Wall" and "Hell of Hess" rapids provide white water challenge and excitement. Inflatable kayak participants will be masters of their craft by this day and are often spending as much time "surfing" the white water rapids, as running them. As time permits, the light and maneuverable inflatable kayaks allow you the opportunity to rerun rapids to maximize the white water fun!

At camp, let us cater to you while you relax under the stars and prepare for your last day of escape and your departure back to the real world!

Where has the time-gone? Day five in this wilderness paradise is as exciting as day 1 as we challenge "Red Creek" Rapid, "Wet As" Rapid and "Honey Chute". "Sheep Bridge", the end of our wilderness odyssey, is reached around 2:00pm, but not before one last soak in another natural riverside hot spring (to fully prepare you for the shock of the return to the real world!).

Leaving this amazing wilderness you will feel renewed and invigorated as you take with you new skills, friends and enduring memories of this magnificent and wild place. Load our shuttle and return to Camp Verde and your car around 5:00pm-6:00pm.