Top three Kern River rafting trips you can book from your phone for the 2020 season
The best trip that we offer, period
Two Day Lower Kern
Starts at $350 / person
Minimum age is 16 until June 30, then 12
Trip meets at 9:30AM
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Most whitewater, shortest amount of time
Class III/IV Half Day
Starts at $119 / person
Minimum age is 12 years old
Trip meets at 2:00PM
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Best trip for families with young kids
Class II/III Half Day
Starts at $119 / person
Minimum age is 8 years old
Trip meets at 1:00PM
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The 2020 Kern River Rafting season kicks off in mid-March. Thank you for an amazing ’19 season!
We are offering Upper, Lower and Forks of the Kern rafting trips for the 2020 river rafting season. Our license strictly limits the number of trips we can run. If you are planning a group or charter trip, or planning to join us on a weekend, early reservations are essential. Looking for rafting near Los Angeles? The Kern River is the closest rafting option to LA, only 3 hours away. Please call us soon to reserve a date or book online now.
Why Choose Kern River Outfitters for your 2020 Kern River rafting trip?
We are an award-winning outfitter known for exceptional service and running carefully structured, exhilarating rafting trips with a crew of well-trained guides. Our goal is simple: Provide you with a whitewater rafting experience that is so much fun that you will return for another trip.
More five star reviews than any other outfitter in Southern California
Our trips get rave reviews on TripAdvisor, Yelp, Facebook and Google.
Our Rafting Center is just a few hours from L.A – no river is closer.
We have a wide selection of river trips of varying length and excitement. Class II to Class V. From just a few hours to a few days in length.
Our permit allows us to take big groups (and we love solo adventurers too).
We offer free parking at our Rafting Center.
Our guides are fun, interesting, and family friendly.
We use top-notch equipment, that is carefully maintained.
Our camp has the best placement in the Lower Kern canyon: Day 1 and 2 are evenly divided so you’ll spend the perfect amount of time on the water each day. No short or very long days.
Browse our hashtag to see what our guests post about our trips #goKRO
JOY: March 2nd - November 5th, 2019
#fringeseason #bigwater #gokro
Oddly we were both some of the very first hikers on trail and the very last.... wtf?!? 😂 firemariooooooo
I suppose that I’m leaving this journey with experience of enduring... the below freezing cold, the deep fresh snow, and the tired swollen feet. And that even against the odds, with right preparedness and a bit of good luck, it’s not insane to dream big ✨
I honestly never thought I would get here...this monument does not make or break your hike, nor can it encompass the entirety of this journey, but it was so much joy to see Canada with my own eyes 🇨🇦 So much gratefulness to my family and friends for all their support ❤️ #pacificcresttrail #thruhike #mexicotocanada #pct2019 #pctclassof2019 #pcta #pct #nobo #rocksandstuff #explorationstation #hikersofinstagram #snowdonia #joy #hardfought #werk #pnw #upperleftusa #joy
Our 2020 Forks of the Kern interest list is live! Click on the link in our profile to be first in line on 2020 launch dates. This overnight, 22-mile trip features some of the best Class V whitewater in the country situated in a remote, beautiful canyon. Each season we run just a few trips, capped at 15 people per launch. Pictured is the final Class V rapid, Carson Falls.#goKRO #kernriver #forksofthekern #carsonfalls #kernriveroutfitters
Our partners kernriveroutfitters just made available the Forks of the Kern interest list. Click on our profile link to be first in line on 2020 launch dates. This overnight, 22-mile trip features some of the best Class V whitewater in the country situated in a remote, beautiful canyon. Each season we run just a few trips, capped at 15 people per launch. Pictured is the final Class V rapid, Carson Falls.#goKRO #kernriver #forksofthekern #carsonfalls #kernriveroutfitters #bucketlist #adventuretime #rafting
Fun Tuesday on the Upper Kern! #goKRO #upperkern #sequoianationalforest #kernrafting #whitewaterrafting #kernriver #optoutside #southerncalifornia #adventuretime
Meet the KRO crew: Chey grew up in Bodega Bay in Northern California. She attended UC Santa Barbara (there's a theme with KRO and that university...) where she graduated with a Zoology degree. Her hobbies include looping the Forks of the Kern, visiting Spain to see her sister and niece, and dancing the night away. This off season she's looking forward to a Grand Canyon rafting trip, skiing in Jackson Hole and scuba diving in the Caribbean. She's our most fierce Trip Leader and we love her HUGE energy. #goKRO #goCHEY #kernriver #chey
Gearing up for our first Forks of the Kern Class V trip this Wednesday! Give us a call for more information on these epic Class V trips #goKRO #kernriver
Thank you @frugephoto for this awesome shot of our Forks training trip!
Byron showing all the feels on a Big Five rafting trip. Water is at 1,346 CFS and is expected stay up until the end of September. #goKRO #letsgo #kernriver #kernriveroutfitters #yoTgrip
Meet the KRO crew: Byron grew up in Berkeley, CA and attended UC Santa Barbara. He's been a Trip Leader at KRO since 2017 and is well known for his big energy and huge appetite. He's not very good at taking rest days, which means he is on the water every single day, including any scheduled days off. His most recent big adventure was a 6.5 month bicycle trip that took him from Cairo, Egypt to Cape Town, South Africa. This fundraiser for @worldbicyclerelief carried them 14,000 kilometers and every meter was pedaled by Byron, Daniel Connell and Quincy. Byron is in the midst of working a full season for us and recently committed to a 2020 Kern year too, so you will likely get to meet him if you join us on a Two Day Lower Kern rafting trip. #goKRO #Byron #kernriveroutfitters #kernriver
Our first commercial Forks of the Kern trip launches tomorrow. The crew just loaded up (first photo) and is heading to the pack station. This trip is sold out but we have space on July 15. Here we go!! #goKRO #forksofthekern #kernriver #mules #justaddwater
Seriously one of the most fun things I have ever done! 🛶
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Kern River Outfitters have the best guides around!
Top three Kern River rafting trips you can book immediately
Best trip for families with young kids
Class II/III Half Day
Starts at $119 / person
Minimum age is 8 years old
Trip meets at 1:00PM
Learn more
Best trip that we offer, period.
Two Day Lower Kern
Starts at $350 / person
Minimum age is 12 years old
Trip meets at 9:30AM
Learn more
Most whitewater, shortest amount of time
Class III / IV Half Day
Starts at $119 / person
Minimum age is 12 years old
Trip meets at 2:00PM
Learn more