Best Rafting Value in Colorado - Low Prices, High Quality!

Paddle Raft in Brown's CanyonThe Arkansas River has the best whitewater rafting in Colorado and Acquired Tastes offers you the best rafting value on the Arkansas River. Acquired Tastes Whitewater Rafting rafts all four major sections of the Arkansas River, including Brown’s Canyon, Numbers & Narrows, Royal Gorge, and Bighorn Sheep Canyon.

Zoom Flume - Second Major Rapid in Brown's Canyon

On our Brown’s Canyon Bonus Half-Day Trip, we do two more rapids than other rafting companies on the Arkansas River. Other rafting companies only do six of the major rapids in Brown’s Canyon on their half-day trips. They miss the last two big rapids, Seidel’s Suckhole and Twin Falls, because they use the public takeout at Hecla Junction. We lease a private takeout so we raft all eight of the major rapids in Brown’s Canyon.
Families Love Brown's Canyon On our Brown’s Canyon One-Day Trip, we have a put-in at our office in Johnson Village. This is not only more convenient for our customers but is also more economical for us. Since we do not have to shuttle our customers to a public put-in, we can give you a better deal on a one-day rafting trip.

On our multi-day rafting adventures, Our Private Campsite we give you the most whitewater possible in a two- or three-day rafting trip. On our deluxe overnighters, we camp on private land in a beautiful, secluded spot adjoining our takeout for our Brown’s Canyon trips. We offer you a better camping experience for less money than companies that carry their camping gear on their rafts and camp on public land in Brown’s Canyon. Rather than taking a one-day trip and stretching it into two days by camping in Brown’s Canyon, we raft all of Brown’s Canyon on the first day of your trip and give you a choice of three other great sections of whitewater for your second and third days of rafting.

Oar Boat in Brown's Canyon Acquired Tastes has provided safe, fun, exciting whitewater adventures on the Arkansas River under the same ownership since 1986. Most rafting companies have changed ownership at least once and some have changed ownership multiple times. When you choose Acquired Tastes for your rafting adventure, you are choosing an experienced company with one of the best safety records on the river. All of our boats are state-of-the-art self-bailing rafts with foot cones glued to the floor for added safety and security. We are a licensed outfitter and our guides are certified by the State of Colorado.

Paddle Raft in Royal Gorge Our friendly, well-trained guides and staff take pride in making each trip a quality experience. Our customers not only come back to raft with us year after year but they also recommend us to their friends, relatives, and co-workers. Acquired Tastes is the “Best Rafting Value in Colorado” because we offer you high quality whitewater rafting adventures at very reasonable prices. You get a better rafting trip for less money when you choose Acquired Tastes for your Colorado rafting adventure!