Whitewater River RaftingNews & Blog

2023 Updates to Policies & Prices

Our commitment to transparency

We’ve made some changes & want to share them with you

– Pricing – 

Since the early 1980’s, Tributary has strived to provide affordable river experiences to all ages and abilities and this has proven to to be our long standing tradition. While other companies focus on Groupon or other deal sites to sell as many rafting as they can, Tributary focuses on the experience provided  focus a better river trip focused on the experience provided. 

Our rafting trip prices are not going up for 2023, but we have made some adjustments as follows: 

Deposit / Payment Plans

  • For 1/2 day & 1 day trips
    • >21 days before your rafting trip date: A $25/person deposit is due to reserve your trip & remaining balance (and any changes to your trip) due 21 days before you are scheduled to raft
    • within 21 days of your raft trip date, the full balance is due to reserve
  • For multi-day trips
    • >21 days before your rafting trip date: A $25/person/day is due to reserve your trip (ex: $75/person deposit due for a 3 day trip) & remaining balance (and any changes to your trip) due 21 days before you are scheduled to raft
    • within 21 days of your raft trip date, the full balance is due to reserve

Youth Rates

  • Kids ages 14+ will now be fall into the adult rate 

Group Discounts

  • Group Discounts are no longer offered on overnight trips or our half day Truckee River trip. 1/2 day and full day trips are still discounted as 

Half Off Kids Trips!

  • we are no longer offering 50% off kids on weekday wilderness or South Fork / Middle Fork American River trips
  • ALL KIDS are 50% off on our 2 day South Fork American River Trips! This discount used to only be applied when reserving a full paying adult space.

– Food & Drinks on Overnight Trips – 

We will no longer be providing alcohol to our guests on wilderness trips. Alcohol is still allowed on the trips, and guests are encouraged to bring their own drinks (preferably not in glass containers). We have found that most patrons have their favorite drink of choice and for the past few years we noticed folks brining their own beer and wine for their overnight trips on the Deschutes, Lower Klamath, Middle Fork American and East Carson River trips. 

Our 2 day South Fork American River trips, where guests are camping both nights at our established Lotus Campground, we will still provide beer and wine from local business partners.