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Free wetsuit and splash
jacket rentals on all Upper Salt River Canyon Full-Day trips!
Salt River Arizona Whitewater Rafting Adventure!
Like all rivers, the Salt River has unique
characteristics. It's outstanding beauty and grandeur are partly a result of
it's location on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. The Salt River is
host to a vast quantity of plants, animals and birdlife that depend on it's
varied ecosystem to survive and thrive. It offers an outstanding recreational
opportunity with it's many world class rapids and stunning biological
diversity. The Salt River Canyon is truly one of the southwest's hidden
treasures .
The Salt is a class III and IV whitewater river that
drops an average 25 feet per mile for over 50 miles through rocky, inaccessible
canyons. It flows through oak and juniper woodlands down into striking Lower
Sonoran desert vegetation with its giant multi-armed saguaro cactus and
profusion of cactus of every description. Several side canyons reveal
oasis-like microhabitats that are a moist reprieve from the prickly cactus
environment. Excellent scenic riverside campsites are abundant and accessible
only by raft.
The Salt River is located 2 ¼ hours northeast
of Phoenix and a similar distance north of Tucson, Arizona.
Visit the Wilderness Aware
Gallery to see photos of the Salt and some of the exciting rivers we offer
in Colorado.
Click here for directions
and a map to the Salt River.
All or part of our operation is conducted on public
lands under special permit from the Tonto National Forest and the White
Mountain Apache Tribe.
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