We love Performance Tours! - Performance Tours is absolutely the way to go! We had the best full day rafting experience through the Gorge with Brice. Paddling class IIIs half the day and then the thrilling class IVs in the afternoon. The lunch spread on the river between sessions (hand curated by Road Runner) was also quite delightful! Our safety kayaker, Josh, was also awesome. This entire team takes care of their rafters and Brice was the perfect combination for an authentic experience- safe, fun, knowledgeable, and encouraging to everyone to be one with the river. We will be back next year!

Performance Tours is the best! - We had the best time with Brice as our guide! The full day Gorge experience was amazing, from the first half of the day with class IIIs, an impressive lunch spread from Road Runner, and then of course the class IVs in the afternoon— all incredible! Josh, our safety kayaker, also added to the wonderful experience. We highly recommend Performance Tours- they’re the perfect combination of safety, fun, knowledge, and being one with the river!

Great rafting experience with our older kids - We are 100% happy that we booked with this company! We’re a family with older children mostly 21+ and one 16yr old and we did a full day. Our guide took us on a great route at a good pace. We passed several other companies that seemed to be doing more slow floating. Our guide Brice stopped and let us jump off a cliff also. The lunch was an impressive spread. Last time we rafted in Buena Vista, the lunch was disappointing to say the least and they ran out of food. We had more than enough to feed everyone. We had two people fall overboard and Brice quickly got us back on the raft safely with no injuries. Very thankful for him. He was very knowledgeable about the history of the area and pointed out a lot of cool stuff. They provided wetsuits and splash jackets and booties and all the safety gear. Highly recommend and would definitely book again!

A MUST DO adventure! - A must on the TO DO List. We had 7 of us and so we took two rafts. One raft guide was Brice, and our adult kids absolutely loved him! We had James and we thought he was amazing as well. Both were super informative about the area and tons of fun. The full day rafting was amazing. We were never bored, not one bit. Lunch was fresh and fantastic. If you have the time, totally go with the full day trip - you will definitely not be disappointed!

Top Shelf Experience!!! - My family and I went on a full day rafting trip through Bighorn Sheep Canyon with Performance Tours in Canon City. It was absolutely amazing. The water was at mid level and there were plenty of class II and class III rapids to enjoy. The guides, James and Bryce, are top shelf. They were both very professional, respectful, and more than happy to accommodate our needs. These guys knew there stuff too. We took our small children, ages 8 and 11, and we were concerned that they wouldn't do well but the guides quickly won them over and made them feel at ease. They had the time of their lives and they are already planning our next trip. If you want a top shelf trip at an affordable price, these are they guys that you want. I would highly recommend them and will definitely use them again in the future.

The Best Experience - Performance Tours is the only way to go. True professionals and a great time. We are "experienced" rafters, rafting different rivers in different states our travels take us. Peformance Tours outshines other rafting experiences we have had. We took the full day Big Horn Sheep and Royal Gorge Trip. It trip was more personalized with a small crew and a van to move people and boats- not school buses full of people. The lunch provided was a great FRESH spread with lots of options, not a brown sack lunch tossed at you. ( The fresh cut veggies cut by our rafting guide was a nice touch). The crew were all exceptional, focused on safety and ensuring a positive pleasant experience. It was a fabulous day on the Arkansas River- Thank you Peformance Tours.

Hospitality, Fun, Safe, and Experienced CREW! - Wow! If you’re looking for a company that is small and personal this is it!! Scooter was our guide and she was so knowledgeable and kind! She knew the River so we’ll and the whole trip was entertaining because of the facts she shared with us…we felt very safe with our 11 year old riding along and not having any experience because of Scooter’s extensive water experiences! The ride down the river was perfect and we hit all the right spots…the lunch spread was delicious and full of fresh fruit and yummy sandwiches!! Hats off to this crew for such a fantastic experience!! Don’t hesitate to book with this company…they’re all so sweet and kind!!

Amazing experience! - Had a great experience with Performance Tours! Our raft guide Josh was incredible as well, seamlessly guiding us through each rapid and providing entertainment along the way. Highly recommend the full day trip so you get a little time to warm up and float before the class IV rapids in the afternoon.

Performance for life! - Awesome full day Royal Gorge trip with family and PJ and Joe as guides. Could not have any better guides, they are the best! The Gorge has awesome views, the weather was perfect and it was a day we won't forget. We were provided lunch with the full day and I was expecting a cold cut sandwich but it was so much more! Our driver did a great job of shopping and PJ and Joe created an unbelievable spread. It goes by so fast, definitely recommend the full day trips!

Perfect 1st Rafting Trip for Our Kids 10, 7, 4 - What a fantastic first Whitewater trip for my kids to experience. Everything was so organized from registration online to filling out waivers ahead of time, to the information provided and help upon arrival. Im not 100% sure we were the royal gorge full day or another full day option. Our daughter recently turned 4 and just met the age requirements for the class/class 2 full day trip so that is what we did. PJ was our guide and was simply top class every step of the way. We were the only family doing this full day trip and had a lot fo the river to ourselves and got to experience a personalized tour with PJ. He expertly steered the raft when he wante to point things out or when we spotted wildlife like a whitetail fawn by the river, a large male mule deer with a huge antler rack, or an osprey that flew from tree limb to tree limb as we went through a lower canyon. Lunch in downtown Salida was a lot of fun, what a cool little town! PJ again went above and beyond with a delicious spread for lunch, something for everyone and not just meat and cheese but fresh vegetables, hummus horseradish etc, he made sure we didnt go hungry! Pj deftly guided the raft so as to meet the kids desire to catch some whitewater as well at times too. Cannot say enough good things about PJ and Adventure Tours. Our kids now cannot wait to go rafting again which is perhaps the best thing of all. We hope to be back!