Why Choose Momentum
For Your Kern River Experience?
Momentum is a small guide-owned and operated company offering adventure travel and whitewater rafting throughout the West.
Our trips are done with a handcrafted quality and attention to detail, a focus on friendliness, personal service and comfort, and led by one of the most experienced (and friendly) guide staff’s in the world.
“You run the best business and hire the best people I have ever been with on the river. Runner up isn’t even close… Great entrepreneurship, customer service, and execution skills are rare, but you have them all going on inside the same shop”
– Sean
And we bring those same qualities to our rafting trips on Southern California’s famous Kern River.
Below are a few of the reasons guests choose Momentum:
- Our goal is to create world-class outdoor experiences that are consistently among the best run trips anywhere. TO SHOW AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO WILD PLACES IN A WAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE, ENJOY, AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
- Our guides are ‘guides’ in the truest sense of the word . Not only are they talented river runners, THEY TRULY ENJOY SHARING THE OUTDOORS AND THEIR OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHERS. Whether you’re a complete first-timer or someone who has boated around the world, you will be treated with respect and kindness.
- From our shortest trips to our longer ones, ALL of our trips are a mix of service, relaxation, excitement, and wild beauty – a chance to step out of civilization for a short time and step into a more simple and uncomplicated life.
- WE LOVE FOOD! Our menus are creative, diverse, and each meal is served with a combination of style and wilderness practicality. Many outdoor companies talk about their meals, but very few match our level of planning and execution.
- Our Kern River Safari Camp: The camp combines truly comfortable ‘camping’, safari-style flare, and the Kern Canyon’s Sierra Foothills ambiance to create a unique ‘glamping’ experience. OUR CAMP IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE TO THE KERN AND IN THE U.S. and our Kern Safari trips were featured in Travel + Leisure.
- Private Trip Options: Charter trips are a passion and something we have become well known for. For those interested, we make planning and putting a group together easy.
- We have a strong commitment to the environment and its WILD AREAS and actively support good environmental causes and local grass roots river stewardship groups.
- AWARD WINNING: Our goals and dedication to quality, innovation, and friendliness have been recognized with awards from local organizations to some of the biggest outlets in the country. While we don’t seek awards (and we are not eligible for many because our marketing budget is so small), the recognition helps remind us we are on the right track.
- Although Momentum is a small company we offer trips throughout the West and beyond. Making our Kern Rafting trips a perfect gateway to some of the greatest river trips in the world.
