Wild West Rafting

My family including 2 adults and 2 kids (ages 10&12) spent the afternoon with «Wild West Will» on a2 hour evening rafting trip. As others have said, he was knowledgable about the history of the surrounding area and had insider info from the locals to share. Conversation was interesting during the calm waters. The rapids were fun for all. My kids were comfortable; they first just rode along, then later decided to paddle. Water rafting was the highlight of their day for sure. Highly recommended activity to get a break from the car rides and trails for a bit! June 2016

We had ten people in our group ages 7 to 72 and everybody had a good time. Plenty of excitement for the younger ones and comfort for the not so younger ones. Our guide (Kyle) was very professional and courteous to all. We just had the best time with Kyle and the entire staff at Wild West. Definitely recommend this outfit for a quick ride down the beautiful Yellowstone River through Gardiner.

Did a lot of research into whitewater rafting out of Gardiner, MT before booking the «small boat big water» trip with Wild West Rafting. They are honest about their trips and what you will experience so you can find the right ride for you and your chums (family, etc). We were two couples traveling a long way looking for an exciting ride and our raft Guide, Zach, delivered! They provided wet suits, water shoes, some type of water coat and helmet (pretty much everything you need). They gave good instructions and took many photos for us (worth the $ for the photos and saving our cameras/​phones from possible destruction). Safety guide, Warren, assisted swiftly in grabbing us out of the river after we flipped on a rapid. It was epic! I would say it was worth the money but it was affordable (in my opinion)…consequently it was worth more in experience and memories than what they charged… we would do it over again with these guys without hesitation. Book with WWR you will not regret it!

These are great people to spend a day with! We booked the half day white water trip for 2 adults and 4 of our children. The river was not really rough when we went last week (of course the crew at WWR can’t control the speed or level of the water) and it turned out to be a pretty relaxing ride. The guides are very knowledgeable of the local plant/​animal/​geology and also provide a brief orientation to alleviate any anxiety about rafting.
You can feel safe and comfortable with a Wild West Rafting experience! If you want a really wild ride you should book the «small boat, big water» trip. Their prices are very reasonable!
Also, Yardley, the photographer, has done a terrific job with making the website easy to navigate.

So great! Will was the best tour guide ever. One of the nicest dudes I’ve ever met and so knowledgable about the river, wildlife, and Yellowstone in general. Felt safe and had a blast. Also, the lunch for the full day was really yummy! And the pictures they took were really really good. Definitely do the full day trip, it’s worth it! If you do the half day, you’ll wish you kept going.

We took a large group, including several young children, down the scenic whitewater tour. Morgan was our guide and she was AWESOME!!! Not only did she expertly take us through the rapids, but she also provided us with some local history and a few backflips along the way. We also saw some elk grazing along the river banks! What a beautiful trip it was.
The kids talked about the trip for weeks afterwards and had the biggest smiles when we entered the Rapids! The rafts were in excellent condition and the staff were wonderful. Thank you for such a perfect family adventure!

Great time. Experienced, friendly guides. Trip was fun but very safe. The company is not one of the large corporate run outfitters so while there were rules to keep everyone safe they didn’t seem to have so many rules as to take the fun out of the experience. Everyone there from the person signing you in to the photographer to the guides had great attitudes and seemed to genuinely care about our experience. They were on-​time at every stage and the guides worked hard to minimize the load/​unload/​staging times. I don’t know how you could do it any better than these guys. Top notch from beginning to end. Will definitely be back next year.

Awesome place! We had so much fun. Jess and Morgan were my favorite. Entire staff was extremely friendly and professional too. Morgan’s guided tour was so much fun and if we weren’t laughing we were smiling! Thanks WWR for making this an awesome trip!

Our group of 4 adults and five boys had a fantastic time! Our guide, Hansel, had great games to play along the way, he was great with the kids and we had an awesome time. We took the shorter trip and wished we had chosen the longer one.

This was the worst rafting trip I have ever been on. I would not call it class four rapids. I didn’t even know we were on the rapids. This would be great if you were three but it’s was not very good. The only positive part of it was that they had a cool bus.

Our guide was not very good and it really took away from the experience. We chose this company because of a discount on the trip, but it still wasn’t worth it.

We drove out of Yellowstone one morning and had a perfect rafting trip out of this place. Really nice people own it and work there and from what research I did a reasonable price for my family of five.

This was my first time rafting and it has set the bar high! My friend and I booked the Paddle&Saddle but I think we would have happily spent the whole day on the water. We got soaked and it was freezing, but my friend and I didn’t care as we were having too much fun.
We happened to be there on the day of the Gardiner Raft Race and were happy to cheer the team along and was great to see them win — I can’t remember if they won this 7 years in a row now. Congrats Wild West.
Definitely who you should go rafting with in Yellowstone!