4-DAY DESCHUTES RIVER ADVENTURE
Starting at $695 per person ($555 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.
Four days on the Deschutes River allows for a wonderful blend of leisure and adventure. There’s time for our favorite river and camp activities without compromising on the calmer moments that make a river trip so special. Sit by the water’s edge and enjoy your favorite book, take a siesta in a hammock under the shade trees, and enjoy your morning coffee while the kids receive a lesson on rigging the boats. The more time you have to disconnect from your regular day-to-day life, the more you’ll fall into the magical routine of life on the river.
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:
Arrive at BLM Mecca Flat Campground outside Warm Springs, Oregon. Morning of, or night before.
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 Lower Redside Campground.
3PM Arrive at Lone Pine Campground. Settle in and play some games, or read your favorite book.
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.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Two:
8AM Coffee, juice, and breakfast.
10AM Launch from Lone Pine Campground.
11AM Paddle your first significant rapid, Whitehorse, after an interpretive scouting session.
12PM Lunch at Lower Whitehorse Campground, your abode for the evening.
3PM Enjoy a restful riverside afternoon, swim in the river’s finest eddy, or hike our favorite trail.
6PM Appetizers, dinner, dessert.
7PM Option for a sunset hike to cliffside caves or an astounding overlook.
Possible activities: Short hike above camp, swimming, fishing, jump-off rock, star-gazing.
Evening Retire to tents.
Day Three:
8AM Coffee, juice, and breakfast.
10AM Launch from Lower White Horse Campground. Great river day to take a spin on the oars.
11AM Pit stop 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 Four:
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
