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Salmon River Canyon Rafting VacationsWhitewater rafting trips on the Salmon River are incredible outdoor vacations. The Salmon is famous as Idaho's "River of No Return". Enjoy long summer days, warm swimming water, the largest pure white sandbar camps in the West, roller coaster rapids, and wonderful canyonlands. The "River of No Return" drifts through quiet pools and surges into churning whitewater. The Salmon Canyon is an ideal place to enjoy paddle rafts and inflatable kayaks. Green, Cougar, Snow Hole, and Blue canyons offer many of the Salmon's best rapids, including Demons Drop, Pine Bar, Bodacious Bounce, Half & Half, Snow Hole, China, Zig Zag, Slide, Sluicebox, Checkerboard, Eye of the Needle, and more. Camping on the Salmon's huge sand beaches is unforgettable. As the largest undammed river in the lower 48 states, the Salmon provides a unique opportunity to enjoy pristine sandbars and natural riparian areas. The camps are perfect for swimming, frisbee, volleyball, or making a sand castle.
The backcountry and natural histories of the Salmon Canyon are intriguing. The Nez Perce War touched this region, and stories of the Billy Creek Crossing and the Battle of White Bird are remarkable chapters of Salmon River history. We stop to inspect Chinese rock houses, abandoned mines, and Native American pictograph sites.
The Salmon River Canyon winds through lonely Natural Resource Lands managed by the Cottonwood Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management. Hughes River Expeditions, Inc. is operated under special use permit with Cottonwood Resource Area, BLM. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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Many species of cold and warm water fish live in the Salmon River, including rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, catfish, white sturgeon, steelhead, and salmon. Summer trips offer fly and spin casting for bass and trout, and "catch & release" fishing for white sturgeon.
The Salmon River Canyon provides habitat to a wide variety of wildlife. The area's birds include canyon wren, water ouzel, kingfisher, chukar partridge, Canada geese, merganser, heron, and many more. These canyons feature one of the world's highest concentrations of raptors. Golden eagle, red-tailed hawk, northern harrier, American kestrel, nighthawk, and osprey all frequent the Canyon. You can hear coyotes howl and spot beaver, otter, or mink. Mule deer and white-tailed deer are often seen during the summer. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, elk, cougar, and bobcat are common but rarely spotted.
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