5-DAY DESCHUTES RIVER ADVENTURE
Starting at $795 per person ($650 per child, 12 and under)
Minimum: 8 people Maximum: 12 people
A Deschutes trip is the best overnight family rafting trip in the Pacific Northwest. An overnight rafting trip on the Deschutes River offers rapids, fishing opportunities, family fun, hiking, swimming, adventure, and more. The Deschutes River flows north toward the Columbia River from Warm Springs, Oregon to Heritage Landing State Park --- almost 100 miles of free flowing water.
It takes time to fully unplug and tap into the rhythm of river life. Five days on the Deschutes will surely get you and your party in tune with the natural environment, waking with the morning sun and sleeping under the moon and stars. Not only will you have time to enjoy our favorite on-water and camp activities, you'll also be able to experience one of the most magical features of a rafting expedition, the layover day. This is a day that you can sleep in, sip on coffee until noon, eat three breakfasts, and not need to pack up a thing. There are a handful of different camps to spend your layover at, and they are all boasting in beauty and opportunities to do river and land based activities. So enjoy a later night, a restful morning, and feel yourself become one with the flow.
An overnight river rafting trip with Orion Expeditions includes all meals from lunch on the very first day through lunch on the last day, professional guides, camping gear (with the exception of sleeping bags), a courtesy shuttle arranged at the river, and all necessary river gear. When you are not challenging the whitewater rapids in a paddle raft, you can hike, fish, swim, float the rapids in your lifejacket, or just relax in camp --- sipping your favorite beverage, contemplating the high desert scenery while reading a book.
Specialty river trips available upon request. The Deschutes is perfect for bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, wine tasting, youth groups and meditative retreats. Groups of 8 or more.
SAMPLE ITINERARY:
Day before (or morning of) Day One
Arrive at BLM Mecca Flat Campground outside Warm Springs, Oregon.
Day One
9AM Rendezvous with your guides. Receive river dry bags for overnight items - clothes, sleeping bags, toiletries, miscellaneous items.
10AM Launch from Mecca Flat CG. Paddle through some of the river's most beautiful scenery.
12PM Lunch stop at Frog Springs Campground.
3PM Arrive to Lower Redside Camp, your home for the night.
4PM Spend the afternoon getting to know your gear, playing games, and relaxing.
6PM Appetizers, dinner, dessert.
7PM Story sharing, favorite beverage sipping, star gazing. Life on the river has begun.
Possible activities: Swimming, camp games, fishing, star-gazing, walking trail along river.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Two:
8AM Coffee, juice and breakfast.
10AM Launch from Lower Redside Campground.
12PM Lunch at Lone Pine Campground.
1 PM Paddle your first significant rapid, Whitehorse, after an interpretive scouting session.
2 PM Arrive at Lower Whitehorse Campground, your abode for the evening.
3PM Enjoy a restful riverside afternoon at one of the river’s finest swimming eddies.
6PM Appetizers, dinner, dessert.
7PM Option for a sunset hike to cliffside caves or an astounding overlook.
Possible activities: Hike above camp, swimming, fishing, star-gazing.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Three: (Layover Day)
7AM Option for sunrise hike or enjoy sleeping in.
9AM Coffee, juice, and breakfast.
11AM Enjoy your layover day however you’d like. Choose your level of relaxation and adventure.
1PM Lunch
6PM Appetizers, Dinner, Dessert.
Possible activities: Hiking, swimming, fishing, jump-off rock, star-gazing.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Four:
8AM Coffee, juice, and breakfast.
10AM Launch from Lower White Horse Campground. Great river day to take a spin on the oars.
11AM Snack at our favorite jump-off rock.
1PM Lunch at Rainbow Bend Campground.
3PM Arrive at Buckskin Mary Campground.
4PM Swim Buckskin Mary Rapid or float in the calm current.
6PM Appetizers, dinner, dessert.
7PM Option for short sunset hike above camp.
Possible activities: Swimming, hiking, fishing, camp games, dinner theater.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Five:
9AM Coffee, juice, and breakfast.
10AM Launch from Buckskin Mary Campground for a mixed day of tranquility and whitewater.
1PM Lunch at Maupin City Park, the end of our journey.
Call or email the office for more information or to book this trip
509-548-1401 INFO@ORIONEXP.COM
