Tours/Kootenay Rockies/Rafting Adventure on the Kicking Horse River
Viator · group up to 15 pax

Rafting Adventure on the Kicking Horse River

5.0(42)Kootenay Rockies1 hour
VIATOR5.0(1)TRIPADVISOR5.0(41)

Description

The Kicking Horse River in Golden, British Columbia provides the best white water rafting in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Our company has been providing river rafting trips on the Kicking Horse since 1982, as well as other beautiful rivers in this area.

Tour Options

Full Day Rafting - Discovery
  • Full Day Rafting - Discovery: Our most popular trip, our full day trip has you rafting 26 km of the Kicking Horse River and includes a riverside BBQ lunch Duration: 5 hours: This trip starts at 9:15 am and finishes around 2:30 pm. Please arrive to our base by 9:00 am at the latest. Includes a riverside BBQ lunch: Please let us know what you'd like after making your booking. Options are hamburger, veggie burger, chicken burger or hot dog
Half Day Rafting - Express
  • Half Day Rafting - Express: This trip is perfect for anyone who wants an exciting bit of whitewater, but is on a time crunch. Duration: 3 hours: This trip starts at 11:00 am and finishes around 2:30 pm. Please arrive to our base by 10:45 am at the latest
Afternoon Half Day Rafting
  • Afternoon Half Day Rafting: An awesome afternoon trip on the Kicking Horse River. If you have other activities you want to enjoy during the day, this is Duration: 3 hours: This trips starts at 3:30 pm and finishes around 6:15 pm. Please arrive to our base by 3:00 pm at the latest
Family Whitewater Rafting
  • Family Whitewater Rafting: A fast paced float on the Kicking Horse River. There are a few splashes and a BBQ lunch. Suitable for kids aged 7 and 50 lbs. Duration: 4 hours: This trip starts at 9:15 am and finishes around 1:00 pm. Please arrive to our base by 9:00 am at the latest. Includes a riverside BBQ lunch: Please let us know what you'd like after making your booking. Options are hamburger, veggie burger, chicken burger or hot dog

Highlights

Bus shuttle to and from river
BBQ lunch (Full Day Discovery & Gentle Family Rafting tours)
Professional raft guide
Local taxes
All gear needed on river

What's included

Included
Bus shuttle to and from river
BBQ lunch (Full Day Discovery & Gentle Family Rafting tours)
Professional raft guide
Local taxes
All gear needed on river
Not included
Gratuities
Merchandise

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age for Full Day Discovery and Half Day Express is 12 years old and 90 lbs (41 kg)
  • Minimum age for Gentle Family Rafting is 7 years old and 50 lbs (23 kg)
  • Please advise your lunch preference, if tour with lunch is selected (Full Day Discovery and Gentle Family Rafting): hamburger, veggie burger, breaded chicken burger or smokie (big hot dog); Please send us a message after checkout to advise the requested information
  • Please advise of any allergies or special dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Guests under the age of 19 must have a parent or guardian present to sign their waiver
  • We are on the Mountain Time zone (same as Alberta!)

Reviews(42)

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montanac463
August 8, 2026
Lifelong Memories for Family of 7

Great fun for the whole family, even the reluctant ones! All the staff, especially the extremely skilled and internationally experienced rafting guides, made us all feel safe from start to finish. Shout out to our great rafting guide Jess! Coolest most professional company! All staff were kind, engaging, energetic, and extremely competent in everything they did. We did the full day trip. They served great coffee in their cool base when we first arrived. They provided succinct but thorough and entertaining trainings. They suited us up with wet suits and all the equipment we needed, including jackets and boots. They had a full crowd but they moved everyone through the process with amazing efficiency and good cheer. Learning all the rafting commands on the river was fun. Kicking Horse River was not as cold as we thought it would be. Wet suits kept us quite warm. Riverside lunch was great and timely. We felt energized going into the wilder rapids after lunch. After we got back to their base and turned in all the equipment, we were surprised that they served cold drinks while they showed videos of our rafting trip from the GoPro cams and drones. The whole experience was even better than we expected! Well worth the money! Unforgettable memories for our family!

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Isaac_P
August 6, 2026
Chelseas the Goat fr

It was very fun definitely worth it. W Chelsea she was awesome. She told me all about her journey and how experienced she was and they are all very experienced and know what they are doing.

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thewiz23
August 4, 2026
Great fun and experience

Excellent experience. Carlos did a great job as our guide and made it fun. Golden experienced a catastrophic blackout the night before we got there and Glacier did its best to make sure we were taken care of to the best of their ability. Highly recommend

Operator response

Hi! Thank you so much for such an amazing review! Carlos will be so glad to hear you had an excellent time! The power outage was definitely difficult to manage, but we are so glad to hear this didn't affect your experience rafting with us. We hope to see you on the river with us again! Cheers from the Glacier Raft Crew!

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O2297EPdebbiem
August 2, 2026
Absolutely fantastic first time white water rafting

Absolutely fantastic experience. From start to finish it was brilliant. All of the staff were fantastic, helpful informative. Special shout out to Carlos our guide. He made sure we had so much fun, let us all jump out and swim in glacial water, we got splashed, had so much fun and learnt so much about the wildlife and the environment around Golden. The day was fantastic would highly recommend and if we ever go back I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.

Operator response

Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear you had such a fantastic experience from start to finish. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to Carlos—he'll be delighted to know he helped make your day so memorable! We'd love to welcome you back for another adventure the next time you're in Golden. Cheers from the Glacier crew!

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danmL1876ML
August 2, 2026
Cheers Pete!

Super smooth operation, with fantastic staff. Our Guide was Pete and he was fantastic......... for a Scotsman ;) Of course, the landscape and river is amazing, and the ride itself is amazing and totally safe for families. But it's the staff that really add the cherry on top, and Glacier were top notch. Will come again if I'm in the neightbourhood (just a few thousand miles in England).

Operator response

Thanks so much for the fantastic review! We're delighted you had such a great time on the river. We'll be sure to pass on your kind words to Pete, he'll be stoked to hear it. We'd love to see you on the river again! Cheers from the Glacier team!

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GTholland
August 2, 2026
Fantastic experience!

This was so fun! So well organized and safe. Our guide Jacob was amazing. He made it extra special with his comments and fun remarks. The group was big but still it felt very personal.

Operator response

Thanks for leaving us a review! We're so glad you had a fun time rafting with Jacob. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to him. Cheers from the Glacier crew!

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chalens2022
July 31, 2026
A must

Easy checkin, wonderful people from the moment you walked in until the end. Our guide was amazing.

Operator response

Thanks for leaving us a review! We're so glad you enjoyed your time with us. Cheers from the Glacier team!

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754jgv
July 31, 2026
Fantastic rafting adventure

We had a fantastic rafting trip with Glacier raft company. After an explanation with the old school buses to the kicking horse river. We had Carlos as a guide and went up the river with a family from Ontario. Super nice rafting with also time for information told by Carlos about the river and surroundings. In addition, a trip to a glacier waterfall where we hung under, nice but a bit cold😂 We were also allowed into the river, hanging from the boat. Fantastic! Lunch after rafting was well catered for where we also learned the secret recipe of the iced tea from Carlos. For everyone to recommend! Thanks Carlos!

Operator response

Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear you had such a good time rafting with Carlos. We hope to see you on the river again soon! Cheers from the Glacier crew!

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Hannah_dab
July 30, 2026
Great experience

I booked the activity for my partner and myself and it was amazing! We have never done rafting before, but that was not a problem at all. Everybody working there was very friendly, helpful and funny, especially our guide Nick. It was a blast having him as our guide in the boat (fitting 8 people). As we were camping through the National Parks we arrived with an RV, and it was no problem to park there. Furthermore they took pictures and videos of our experience, which were definitely worth buying.

Operator response

Thank you so much for your wonderful review! It's great to know our team made you feel welcome from the moment you arrived, and we'll be sure to pass your kind words along to Nick. He'll be thrilled to hear he helped make your trip such a blast! We hope to see you on the river again soon! Cheers from the Glacier team!

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Coachjpc
July 29, 2026
Don’t miss this good time.

We had a wonderful time. We were a group of 9 seniors and Nico and Jacob made it wonderful. It was pretty exciting without worrying about falling out. Great time and the BBQ lunch was great. Thanks Glaciar Tafting.

Operator response

Thank you so much for your lovely review! We're thrilled to hear your group had such a wonderful time on the river. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to Nico and Jacob—they'll be delighted to know they helped make the trip exciting, fun, and comfortable for everyone. We hope to welcome you and your group back for another adventure in the future! Cheers from the Glacier crew!

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