Try our most popular Grand Canyon river trip!

Full Canyon Motorized

7 Day Motorized Full Grand Canyon Rafting

Our full canyon motorized trips provide the perfect mix of rafting, camping, hiking, exploring, and adventure. Spend 7 days at the bottom of Grand Canyon rafting the Colorado River (with an experienced Hatch guide at the helm). Every day, you’ll make stops to swim, hike, eat, and visit places few others in the world will ever see. Along the way, your guides will teach you about Grand Canyon history, geology, wildlife, current events, and more. Each day ends with you sleeping under the stars in the most beautiful place on Earth.

    • 188 miles of rafting from Lees Ferry to Whitmore Wash
    • Pre-trip stay at Cliff Dwellers or another lodge (double occupancy provided complimentary)
    • Helicopter ride & return flight to Las Vegas or Marble Canyon included
    • minimum age 8 years old

“Breath-taking views and life-changing experience. Once in a lifetime and quite exhausting but highly recommend”  – Laurie P.

2024 Regular Rate
Cost per person
$3,796

2024 July-August Rate
Cost per person
$3,596
2025 Regular Rate
Cost per person
$3,936
2025 July-August Rate
Cost per person
$3,796
Colorado River rafting trip

What to Expect

A Colorado River rafting trip is an active vacation in a wilderness environment. To ensure you have the best experience possible, we recommend showing up with an adventure attitude, ready to roll with the rapid’s waves and whatever other challenges may arise. You’ll spend days hanging on through the Colorado River’s famous (and chilly!) rapids and scrambling down Grand Canyon’s unmaintained trails. At night you’ll camp on sandy beaches or rocky ledges between the canyon walls. There are no hotel accommodations or hot showers. The beauty of this type of vacation is the journey and discovery that comes along with it.

Learn more about what to expect on a Grand Canyon rafting trip with Hatch:

Transportation and Lodging

Hatch Books:
  • Your pre-trip lodging in Marble Canyon, AZ
  • Your helicopter ride out of the canyon and flight back to Marble Canyon or Las Vegas at the end of your trip
You Book:
  • Transportation to Marble Canyon - make sure to arrive the night BEFORE your launch date!

Get your trip packet!

Looking for specific details about what to pack, where to go, and how to prepare? Download the Full Canyon Motorized trip packet for the complete run-down.*

*If you’ve already booked, check the “View Info and Documents” section of your Activity Manager 
for this information. Your Activity Manager link is in your email!

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Sample Itinerary

Get an idea of what your trip could look like. Note: This is a sample only. We can never guarantee specific stops.

Arrive at Cliff Dwellers Lodge in Marble Canyon, AZ. Relax and rest for the approaching adventure!
8:30 a.m., meet our Hatch crew, pack your river bags, and shuttle to the river. Meet your guides, listen to safety instructions, and learn about the rafts. Enjoy the tour as your river trip begins! Eat lunch on a beautiful white sand beach and experience your first rapids: Soap and Badger Creek, House Rock and the Roaring Twenties. Pass below Vasey’s Paradise and frolic in Redwall Cavern. Hike to Ancestral Puebloan granaries or delve into side canyons.
Don your life jacket and get ready to float the Little Colorado River. Begin preparations for larger rapids ahead as Horn, Granite, Hermit, and Crystal offer impressive waves and epic splashes. You may stop at Phantom Ranch, Elves Chasm or Deer Creek Falls for more hiking, water play, and views.
Hike up Havasu Canyon and enjoy the turquoise water paradise. Lava Falls signals the end of the journey so prepare to take it all in and appreciate this famous rapid. Sometimes the guides might give you a “second ride.” Unwind at camp and enjoy our home cooked meals, especially those Dutch oven brownies!
The day begins early with your helicopter flight commencing around 7:00 a.m. where you will catch more than a glimpse of Grand Canyon from above. When you reach Bar 10 Ranch you will board a fixed wing aircraft to return you to Las Vegas or Marble Canyon.

Weather Forecast

Wondering what to bring and wear on the Colorado River? Check the weather before your trip so you can make last minute adjustments!

7 Day Forecast

Click here for the 7 day forecast for Phantom Ranch at the bottom of Grand Canyon.

Safety Tips

Stay hydrated and protect yourself from the sun with sunscreen and a hat.

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Phantom Ranch, US
4:53 pm, Nov 1, 2024
temperature icon 70°F
clear sky
Humidity Humidity: 12 %
Pressure Pressure: 1011 hPa
Wind Wind: 15 mph
Wind Gust Wind Gust: 23 mph
Clouds Clouds: 0%
Visibility Visibility: 6 mi
Sunrise Sunrise: 6:51 am
Sunset Sunset: 5:32 pm

Up for a hike?!

Up for a hike? Choose the Upper or Lower Canyon portion of this trip and hike the Bright Angel Trail!

Upper Canyon trips leave the river near Phantom Ranch and finish with a hike from the river to the South Rim.

Lower Canyon trips start with a hike from the South Rim to the river before their rafting adventure begins.
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Join Our 2025 Geology Adventure

Hatch is now offering a Geology Focused Trip to the public! Join us to learn all about Grand Canyon’s unique geologic features and get an inside look at how the Colorado Plateau was built.

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