Acquired Tastes Rafting

Phone Numbers:

Toll Free: 1-800-888-8582

Buena Vista (May-August): 719-395-2992

Denver Metro (Sept.-April): 303-443-4120

Addresses:

Buena Vista (May-August):
12918 Highway 285/24
Buena Vista, CO 81211

Boulder/Denver (Sept.-April):
2053 Yarmouth Ave.
Boulder, CO 80301

Email:

info@atraft.com

Experience The Acquired Tastes Difference

Let our friendly, well-trained guides and staff make your Arkansas River rafting trip a special experience. Many of 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. Our satisfied customers are our best source of advertising and we take pride in making each rafting trip a quality experience. We are big enough to accommodate large groups but small enough to tailor our rafting trips to meet your needs.

Acquired Tastes has been rafting the best Colorado whitewater under the same ownership since 1986. We offer

SAFETY, FUN, EXCITEMENT, ADVENTURE!

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High Quality:

Acquired Tastes has provided safe, fun, exciting whitewater adventures on the Arkansas River under the same ownership since 1986. 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 with one of the best safety records on the river and our guides are certified by the State of Colorado.

Low Prices:

Our prices for whitewater rafting are some of the lowest in Colorado. We are the “Best Rafting Value in Colorado” because we provide high quality rafting trips at everyday low prices. We give you more rapids for your money!

Group Discounts:

We give your group an additional 10% off our everyday low prices for a group of 12 to 23 people or an additional 15% off for a group of 24 or more people.

Free Trip for Group Organizer:

If you organize a rafting trip of 18 or more people, one person will raft for free. If you organize a rafting trip of 36 or more people, two people will raft for free.

Early Booking Special:

If you pay for your Arkansas River rafting trip in full by March 31st, we will deduct 10% off our everyday low prices. If you have a rafting group of 12 to 23 people, you will receive the 10% group discount plus the 10% early booking discount off of your group rate. If you have a rafting group of 24 or more people, you will receive the 15% group discount plus the 10% early booking discount off of your group rate.

Bus Driver

Since our bus drivers are also guides, we frequently shuttle our busses and vans to our Brown’s Canyon takeout the morning of the trip or the evening before the trip so they are at the takeout when the trip comes off the water. On larger trips, one of the guides with a commercial drivers license (CDL) drives the bus and customers back to the office. On smaller trips, any of the guides with a good driving record may drive the van and customers back to the office. Bus and van drivers are paid $7.00 per hour for driving Royal Gorge, Bighorn Sheep Canyon, and Numbers/Narrows trips. On these trips, the bus driver drives the guides and customers to the put-in, helps get the trip on the water, meets the trip for lunch, helps with lunch, packs away lunch, meets the trip coming off the water, helps load equipment, and drives the guides and customers back to their vehicles or to the office. First year bus drivers who guided Brown’s Canyon are not paid extra for driving their trip from our Brown’s Canyon takeout back to the office since we paid for the costs of getting their CDL’s. Guides who get a CDL are not paid for their study time and testing time since having a CDL increases a guide’s future employment opportunities and earning ability. Our insurance requires CDL drivers to be at least 21 years old and to have a good driving record. Only bus drivers are required to have CDL’s. Guides without CDL’s can drive our vans if they have a good driving record.

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