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If you love the outdoors, you probably scan through Instagram to get some inspiration for your next adventure. We decided to put together a short list of our top five Instagram accounts for you to follow in hopes of inspiring you to explore the beauty of Colorado and the Rocky…

Head Boatman Alex Fleischman has been a guide with AAE since 2005 when AAE was bought by Mike Kissack. Alex has an abundance of experience on the Arkansas River and guiding whitewater in general from the past 14 years of guiding. He went rafting once as a customer and he saw…

Archie has been a guide with American Adventure Expeditions since 2003 but has over 14 years of experience whitewater rafting and guiding. His daily tasks as the head boatman in Buena Vista include rigging boats, checking river water levels, organizing guests into boats, managing 20+ raft guides, making sure that…

Our 2016 raft guide training course has finally came to an end and we would like to introduce to you our amazing 2016 rookies! For the past three weeks they have been training on and off the water for five days a week. They have logged over 100 hours in…

This week is safety week here at American Adventure Expeditions! Safety is our number one priority for all of our trips on the Arkansas River and we would like to share with you the precautionary steps we take to ensure a stress-free trip with us! First of all, our guides…

Welcome 2016 Rafters! The 2016 rafting season has finally began in Colorado on the Arkansas River! We are excited to start this rafting season off with a splash and want to welcome our returning guides back for another season on the Arkansas River, as well as our trainees that are…

Colorado is known for its amazing adventure opportunities, the Rocky Mountains provide the state’s residents with prime access to some of the country’s best mountains, rivers, valleys and deserts. Although the boating season in Colorado runs from early May to late September, it is always epic and scenic: when it’s good, it’s…

What were your resolutions for 2016? Did you resolve to be more adventurous? To be better with money? To spend more time with the ones you love? Here at American Adventure Expeditions are here to help make all those resolutions happen in one, big splash. Now through January 31st buy…

You know you’ve teamed up with the right folks when they treat their friends and neighbors this well. Now through December 23, 2015, all Chaffee & Lake County residents soak for only $5 Monday-Thursday! To receive this amazing offer from our favorite hot springs resort in Colorado, each guest must…