Whitewater Rafting on Kootenay River - Half Day

Experience a family-friendly, scenic adventure on the Kootenay River with Kootenay River Runners. Enjoy fun class I-III rapids and breathtaking views while our certified guides ensure your safety and comfort.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kootenay River Runners - Rise and Shine and get rafting! Enjoy 18km of class II-III whitewater rafting with a delicious snack along the way. We’ll bring the coffee and the locally made cinnamon buns to add to the river adventure.
    This adventure provide the perfect mix of relaxation and paddling along the calmer sections, but also lots of fun and…
What's Included
  • Splash Gear
  • Lifejacket
  • River Shoes
  • Helmet
  • Snacks
  • Paddle
  • Driver/Guide
Additional Information

The Kootenay Half Day Trip offers our guests a family friendly, fun, and scenic adventure down the beautiful Kootenay River. With aqua blue water, never ending mountain sky lines and memories to last a lifetime. This trip is perfect for those new to whitewater rafting, or those who want to experience the water, but not big whitewater. With fun class…

Location
Kootenay River Runners
British Columbia 93
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Linda_a
Sep 9, 2025
River Runner Coaches - Ask questions because they know ther stuff. Very fun, helpful, knowledgeable and experienced. For a first time rafter, I'm interested in going on another trip. Thankyou all.
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Prajithaj2025
Aug 19, 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Experience!!! - The trip was really enjoyable! I went whitewater rafting on the Kootenay river and it was a first time experience for me and my family. The guide, Moos, made the trip fun for us. She was really cheerful and energetic and made us comfortable. She even spoke in our language! The rafting itself was waterful! (Pun intended). The highlights of the trip were the rapids and getting splashed. Paddling was a new experience but I really enjoyed it! The bus ride to and back was really engaging because of Russ ( the driver) and Moos. 10/10 would recommend.
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658nilas
Aug 19, 2025
Wonderful Experience - The whole trip was great from start to finish. Our guide Moos was so good, she had so much energy to share and lots of passion for the job. She had a lot of information to share and has such funny jokes. She took plenty of photos as well for us to keep as memories of the trip and she made us very comfortable and we felt very safe rafting even though it was our first time. Thank you Moos for making this trip such a memorable one!
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Resort58464764836
Aug 19, 2025
Amazing Experience - We went on the Kootenay river classic half day trip and it was AMAZING! The guides knew exactly what they were doing, they were fast & efficent and were incredibly engaging. We had such an amazing guide, Mose and she genuinely made the trip ten times more enjoyable with her hilarious jokes. She had so much interesting knowledge about the river we were going on and just the general area itself and she was super interesting to talk to. In fact, she even went the extra mile and said paddle commands in the mother tongue language of our group even though she wasn't completely fluent in it herself. And when I tell u that she was funny, I mean she was FUNNY! Mose genuinely made the trip so special for us and it's definitely a trip I'll never forget. Mose, if you're reading this, thank you so much for making this such an awesome trip and I really hope that you're our guide for our next rafting trip! Overall the trip went really smoothly, and if you get Mose as your guide, well you're in luck! Highly reccomend
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Y6189yqjeffr
Aug 8, 2025
A memorable, true wilderness rafting experience! - Such a memorable experience. Our guide Noe truly made the all day raft trip down the beautiful Kootenay River an above average experience. His positive energy paired with his inquisitive nature of asking all of us questions and remembering our names helped us quickly create a group bonding in the wilderness. If you have the chance, do pick a warmer day to do this trip, Jeff
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871zacc
Aug 6, 2025
The best thing since sliced cheese ❤️❤️ - I took my wife and daughters on the half day trip. We had the most amazing time and the most fun we’ve had in years. Are guide Zach was absolutely awesome and so much fun, he didn’t even make fun of me when I fell in the river at the end of the trip 🤣🤣🤣 Next year we will definitely be doing the full day trip. All the staff are absolutely fantastic, if you’re any where near Radium and have a free day get you butts down there and have some fun 🤩 😊
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Heatherhf731ub
Aug 4, 2025
Great experience professional and Fun - We had a great experience on the river with Zach and his team. Zach was funny and engaging and made the trip so much fun. Everyone was so professional and well organized. I also want to give a shout out to the bus driver ( sorry don’t remember your name) for the adventure on the way back to radium at the end of our half day trip. It was almost as fun as the rafting. We will be back next year.
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Davehm9079if
Aug 4, 2025
Fantastic! Highly recommended - We had a fantastic very full half day. Staff were superb and great fun (shout out to Zach our leader). We will be back again next year as all the family had such an amazing time.
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K3912zzmistyp
Jul 31, 2025
Great Rafting Day - We did the full day rafting. Our guide, Zack was truly wonderful. We had a lovely day rafting, it was well organized, fun and you can't beat the views. Recommend to families looking for an adventure with a bit of chill too!
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Bohdan1053
Jul 19, 2025
Best of the Kootenay - What made it so much fun was our guide MOOOO from the Netherlands Weather wasn't the best,the water was cold but we still had a great time !!
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From $95
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).