Travel the Cataract Canyon section of the Colorado River by motorized raft with an expert guide who takes you through powerful white-water rapids and calm water for an incredible rafting experience in Canyonlands National Park. Take in the spectacular scenery along this 100-mile (160-km) journey through some of Utah’s most stunning landscape. The highly stable and maneuverable boat provides incredible thrills on white water and the ability to travel more quickly on slow water, making this trip available as a full-day experience suitable for adventurous people who enjoy an outdoorsy challenge.
Posted By : lindellw2024
This is the second time I have done this. I recommend it highly. Our boat captain was Brian Martinez. He was terrific! He guided the motorized boat skillfully to be safe, yet maximize the experience of big rapids. You will get very wet! The wet suits and parkas were most welcome. Years ago we only wore panchos and the water is cold. After cataract we flew back to Moab over the river. Just amazing country. For a one-day trip this cannot be topped.
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Posted On : 2024-06-24 13:20:01 
Posted By : kerrymH227XW
Wow! This was a beautiful trip and our guide was amazing! We are seniors and the Navtec team made sure this trip was appropriate for us. Great team in the office and on the tours, we did an all day with them as well.
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Posted On : 2024-06-12 11:13:59
Posted By : AnnW90
This is an amazing tour. You will learn a ton of history while seeing Canyonlands from a different view point. Our tour guide Josh did an incredible job navigating the river. The 14 miles of 30 rapids you encounter will be the bestnyou have EVER rafted in your life. Class II,IV, and V.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 15:30:06
Posted By : Sightseer744387
AMAZING TIME!! Navtec is an amazing can-do outfit. We had a relatively complicated custom trip down Cataract Canyon and they were able to bring the pieces together to make it an epic adventure. The scenery was stunning, the whitewater was epic, and above all Josh, our great guide, was safe informative and fun. Thanks for a great trip. Looking forward to future adventures!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 10:53:45
Posted By : 938christinar
I live in Utah and get to play in its National Parks all the time. I wanted to get two geocaches in Cataract Canyon for the longest time. Rafting through the canyon requires permitting and support that is really hard to do privately. One cache required finding at low water. Scheduling a trip during shoulder season was tough. I'd had the trip cancelled three times with another company because no one else signed up. NAVTEC worked with me to find a trip that was likely to go. Ironically that weekend worked with the schedule of a friend who I'd been asking to go with me since the idea's inception.
We arrived at the NAVTEC office on the morning of the trip and met our guide Josh. We chatted about our caching goals. He was optimistic it could be done. When we met our raftmate we found she was equally up for the fun.
The first day was a lovely trip across the flat water with a few hikes. I was glad to have been on the motorized raft as I would have been bored silly paddling that much flat water.
Camp was beautiful. Even Mother Nature cooperated. Josh fed us well. He even taught us how to make cool tortilla cones to hold our meals.
The second day was the white water. Since it was shoulder season, the water was low and the rapids not as large. I did learn one advantage of being in a motorized raft, the same rapid can be done multiple times! That was fun! We successfully got both caches. One took Josh's geology knowledge as well as just getting us there.
Overall it was a very pleasant trip. All the stars truly aligned. Without the caches I probably never would have done a Cataract Canyon raft trip. NAVTEC and Josh made me glad I did.
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Posted On : 2023-10-25 13:30:16
Posted By : G5073VVsusanc
We had a great time on our rafting trip. We went in October so the water was quite calm. I guess this tour allowed us to be a little lazy because the guide did the rowing. He did let people row if they wanted to. The views were beautiful, we saw an eagle pair, and we only got a little wet. It was a nice way to spend a morning on the Colorado River.
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Posted On : 2023-10-19 12:45:24
Posted By : erikaaD6139TW
The guides were great we had Carter. I would give a higher star but communication wasn’t the greatest. We were not told that’s there 2 different types of boats we probably wouldn’t have went. There’s an oar and a paddle. I paid for paddle but the other family who was picked up first picked what they wanted so we didn’t have an option. The list of things needed for the trip definitely needs to be updated. Food was good no lemonade as offered on website. Transportation was not great no air and broken windshield. Overall like I said the guides were great and we did have a good experience. The little shop they take you to is super cute.
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Posted On : 2023-08-26 15:18:30
Posted By : madgeOH
Awesome balance of relaxing on the float part of the trip with an adrenaline rush through the rapids. Competent and friendly guides helped us feel safe, relaxed, and taught us so many things about the canyons, as well as cooked for us! Meals were delicious! One tip--less is more when packing! Take the trip! Its an awesome adventure!
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Posted On : 2023-07-31 18:07:13
Posted By : 83christieg
We did the 4-day, 3-night Cataract Canyon rafting adventure to celebrate my 50th birthday with my family. We were a party of 9, including 3 teenagers and my 12-year old son as well as my 72-year old Mom. The trip was amazing. Our guides gauged the group and varied the hikes and other activities. We enjoyed the food and the education provided by our 3 guides, who were all talented professionals.
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Posted On : 2023-07-16 11:49:14
Posted By : 430clairn
It was an excellent time, even better than expected. Brian was our guide. He made sure it was fun every minute. The scenery is incredible and those rapids are sooo fun!
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Posted On : 2023-07-10 14:44:10
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