Beyond Limits Adventures, Inc

Lotus, United States

4.9

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www.rivertrip.com
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7321 River Park Dr, Lotus, CA, 95651
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Today 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
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Local time (Lotus) 20:58 Tuesday, 3 June 2025

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Monday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

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Beyond Limits Adventures is the premier rafting outfitter on the South Fork and Middle Fork of the American River. We run half day, full day and multi day trips from April until November. These two spectacular rivers are the most popular rafting adventures in the west… let us show you why.

Our South Fork of the American River trips meet at River Park Resort, our deluxe rafting facility located riverside in Lotus, California. Our 2 day trips feature, 2 days of rafting, meals, beverages and riverfront camping spaces. Our guides are the best in the business and they will show your group a safe, educational and fun time on the wild waters of the class 3 South Fork American River. No experience is required and our minimum age is 7 years old for this river.

The Middle Fork of the American River is the closest class 4 rafting to the San Francisco Bay. This scenic one day trip is fun for rafters who are looking for some challenging and exciting rapids. Tunnel Chute Rapid is one if the wildest rides in California! This man made 20 foot drop descends 75 feet through a tight gorge before exiting through a 200 foot long tunnel under a mountain! Minimum age for the Middle Fork is 14 years old and swimming ability is required.

Our guided rafting trips are perfect for all types of groups and individuals. Our prices are super affordable… starting at $ 75.00 per person for our half day South Fork trip. This includes equipment, safety talk, refreshment and a shuttle back to your car.

History

Established in 1982.

Our company was founded in 1982 by river guides who specialized in rafting rivers all over North America. We were the first company in the US to use self bailing rafts on commercial trips. Our reputation attracted many class 4 and 5 clients to our California rivers.

In 1995, we focused on developing the best camping and rafting facility on the American River. The result of 7 years of work is the fabulous River Park Resort. This 15 acre property is located on the banks of the South Fork American River. Not only are the grounds beautiful, we have hot showers, flush toilets, full kitchen, yurt and cabin tents for our guests.

Widely regarding as the top rafting outfitter in California and on the American River, our advanced tours on the Yuba River in the Spring are a testament to our early years. We still enjoy providing our guests with a top notch trip on the best rivers in California. Join us for a Beyond Limits Adventure.

Meet the Business Owner

Mike D.

Business Owner

I started running rivers in California as a student at the University of California in 1979. I was a competitive swimmer at Cal during those years and I really enjoyed this relatively new sport of rafting which was happening in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Not only was it fun, it was challenging, interesting and rewarding.

After guiding many rivers throughout North America for several years I founded Beyond Limits Adventures in the summer of 1982. I started with 2 self bailing rafts and a van. Beyond Limits Adventures has since become the premier rafting business in California, floating with thousands of happy rafters every season!

My family… wife Bonnie and three daughters Beth, Emily and Molly… are all involved in some aspect of the company. Beyond Limits professional river guides are widely regarded as the best river guides in the US and all have the same love for rivers that I have. Come join us for a trip and find out why we’ve been rafting for so many years!

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20 reviews of Beyond Limits Adventures, Inc

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Place rating: 5
San Luis Obispo, CA
Our guide (Wiggey) was the best and we had a great time! We did the half day excursion on the south fork and it was amazing! A few of us fell out on the first rapid and it was a bit scary but the guides are so professional and make you feel safe the whole time. I suggest going with a group so you have a boat to yourself (7 – 8 people). We had a kid in ours (about 9 – 10 yes old) and he was pretty scared and so his dad was more focused on him than on paddling so it kind of threw off our balance in the boat. We purchased through groupon and it was definitely worth the $ 75. We are already planning to go again!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Shout out to Dylan! Our guide was fantastic!
We were lucky to find a great deal on living social (thanks for offering that by the way). A group of us (all rafting virgins) packed up and drove up to Placerville for a half day river adventure.
The directions were clear on what to bring and what to expect. We met up at the designated location where staff were waiting with waivers and gear.
They have lock boxes and will take a bag of items for you to the destination once you’re done, but while you’re on the raft you really don’t want to take any valuables with you, including phones, cameras, sunglasses, etc… you never know how much jostling you’ll get or if you’ll either be pushed into the water or decide to jump in yourself!
So lather up with sunscreen and wear your swim gear under some shorts and a t-​shirt that you don’t mind getting wet. Aqua shoes are perfect, but if you don’t have that tennis shoes with socks are your next option (flip flops, NOT advised).
They have staff (or maybe sole contractors) who follow along and take awesome action shots so don’t worry about not having your phone/​camera. Although you will want to make sure you have a method of payment in your lockbox available at camp to purchase said professional photographs (ours were $ 80 for the whole CD of our group raft).
They provided lunch, which was simple yet pretty good considering the convenience and that it’s included, also very much appreciated!
Once you’re done rafting and eating you’ll be shuttled up back to the meet up point where you started.
All the staff were friendly, approachable, and knowledgeable. There are helmets available if needed or wanted (they did mention that). This is a participation sport, you are required to participate in the propelling (paddling) of the raft, be prepared. The guide does most of it but will ask when needed along the way for the group’s help. It’s mostly to steer clear of danger and get good momentum, plus it makes for great photographs! Paddle like a boss!
Call us naïve, but we weren’t sure what this gratuity thing was for on the raft. Well, since you have a guide the whole time, it’s not uncommon that you offer them a gratuity. Sorry Dylan :(You were awesome though!
Overall we had a GREAT time and are looking forward to doing it again next year!
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
Our morning half-​day trip on the Upper South Fork was awesome. We had an awesome guide, Jay-​day. We bought a GroupOn deal for this trip as well.
Video of our trip:
Place rating: 5
Livermore, CA
Fantastic 2 day Raft Trip with Family. Check out our review on Tripadvisor:
Place rating: 5
Fontana, CA
It is my family’s first rafting experience so I have nothing to compare it with but overall experience is STELLAR!!! We booked online and went well and sends confirmation immediately. They have reliable directions on their email, too. Our guide was able to train us well and he made as feel secured during the trip. The photographer was able to take amazing pictures! Thanks to all of you!!! I highly recommend this company. Looking forward on our next family trip with them!!!
Place rating: 5
Azusa, CA
We came here for the first time during a family trip in Lake Tahoe. We had an incredible time! It was so much fun! Our guide was Lee and he had us laughing the whole time. While we were signing paperwork, they offered for a photographer to follow us to take pictures of our trip. Reading other reviews, I knew it would be something I wanted. So Kevin, the photographer, followed us and took over 200 pictures which I will now cherish forever, some are hilarious. We did the afternoon run which was good for us since most of us were first– timers. I would recommend bringing some water and a snack, as well as some extra sunscreen and store it in their waterproof bag. It was a really fun time with lots of great memories made.
Place rating: 4
Sacramento, CA
I’ve always wanted to do this!!! Glad I was able to do it with Beyond Limits Adventures. We ended getting a last mintue summer deal. And it was a very sweet deal! This experience was absolutely worth the money. The staff is great; very friendly and loves to joke around. They’re also very reassuring. I was very much amazed how they can guide a bunch of amateurs in to the rapids. They even guided us doing tricks (ie, surfing rapids). Their photographer took some awesome photos. Can’t wait till next year!!!
Oh…the minus one star is for the lack of helmets. I don’t know if it was because of the level we were doing, where they didn’t expect us to get too crazy to need them. I don’t know if they offer it to the more advance classes. But saw other rafters with helmets, and i thought it would have been nice to have one. Just as an extra precaution (and also considering I fell out the boat… not hurt but freaking hilarious :-D).
Place rating: 5
Sacramento, CA
We went yesterday for a our second trip with Beyond Limits and it was more amazing than the first time.
This time we chose to do the afternoon trip and do the lower fork since we did the upper last time. This trip was a bit longer but full of more excitement. We had Ned this time and once he found out we had done this before and that we were pretty powerful rowers (he called us athletic but if you saw us you’d laugh, we took it as a compliment though) he decided we could take more adventure than we had last time. Needless to say we all fell in once this time but we realized it wasn’t as scary as we had all thought, got back in the boat and laughed it on and continued down the river. There were two large rapids and the «surprise.» We purchased the photo cd from Hotshots like we did last time (its cheaper than buying prints, we all pitch in and share the CD afterwards) and we got some amazing shots of my husband «riding the bull» on Hospital Bar and getting bucked off haha.
So to sum it up, we had an awesome time once again. Beyond Limits is a great company with experienced guides who do a great job assessing your capabilities, make sure you have a great tie and feel comfortable yet giving you a good adventure and you learn so much history as well about the areas you are passing. I would highly recommend them and we have decided to make this an annual trip with Beyond Limits of course!
Place rating: 5
Sparks, NV
Spent a half day on the American River Saturday on an outing arranged by these folks. Our group was big, about 20 people, so we split up into a couple of boats. Did the class 3 run. Our guides were awesome. If you are a beginner you may want to start out a little easier, but we had several beginners in our group and even though we lost a few of the group over board on some of the trickier spots (including me) we were not in the water long (unless you wanted to hang out in there — it was cold!). Overall very safe trip and the guides were very good with the safety briefing and instructions, etc.
Place rating: 5
Folsom, CA
What an awesome place! Bonnie and Mike Rock!
While I havn’t stayed here,(but will try to this summer), I can vouch for people who work there. I will say these are the kind of people that care and likely your stay would reflect that.
Here was my experince. I was kayaking on the river in April, but forgot my life vest. I was sort of desperate to get one, but being off season no one was open. Every place was closed including them. I was on foot running miles desperate to find a perserver and they were closed, but LENT ME ONE FOR FREE trusting I would bring it back.
What kind of people lend perfect strangers $ 75 worth of equipment trusting they will bring it back?
Stay there and find out how awesome they are!!!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Great Unilocal deal! It was a good run, the river was swollen when we went to the rapids were wild. The company was really laid back.
If you have the chance to sit on the front to meet the rapids head on– go for it!
Place rating: 5
Redwood City, CA
Go when the snow is melting for faster rapids. Go in the fall for warmer water!
Great for parties, big rafts, photo CDs with various pics of you. SIT AT THE FRONT!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
A group of 6 friends all purchased this deal, we had an amazing time on the river. The guides are entertaining and you can tell they love their job. It maybe the 1001 time they are making the trek down the river but they always give it their best.
Loved jumping off the raft and floating on my back down the river, one of the best afternoons EVER!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
I’ve always wanted to go white water rafting. And hey it beats the ride at Great America. We came here and rafted the south fork of the American River, and it was awesome. Great beginner course with an awesome guide. Lots of fun, definitely recommend if you can’t gone before.
Place rating: 4
San Jose, CA
This is the 3rd outfitter I have used.
Others I have used: All-​Outdoors & Action Whitewater Adventures
Pros
— John was an awesome guide. He was probably the best guide I have had on my 5 trips on the American river.
— Meeting grounds are very nice. There is lots of shade, they have a little store, showers, bar area, and very clean.
— All the gear was in pretty decent condition. Our raft looked pretty new.
— Pretty much on time
Cons
— No lunch
— River use fee was not included in the price
Advice
— Sunblock
— Hat
— Shoes
— Don’t wear socks
— Bring a towel to rinse in their showers after if you want
— Cheap Sunglasses or Sunglasses that aren’t yours
— Take some Ibuprofen after I was so sore especially my butt from sitting on the raft for so long
— I like to wear shorts, a tank top and my swimsuit under
— Bring money to tip your guide after
Because I got a comparable deal on groupon for another rafting company that included lunch and the river use fees for the same amount I am taking off 1 star.
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
I had a blast rafting with Beyond Limits this year!
It was pretty easy to make reservations for my group. The Beyond Limits staff is super friendly and really helpful. My group did the South Fork (½ day) trip.
At 1:15, we were given all the safety rules. Since my group of 9 couldn’t fit in 1 raft, we were split into 2 different rafts. Ashley ended up being my raft guide, and she was awesome! Ashley did a great job steering and telling us when to paddle forward.
It was a lot of fun rafting in the Class 3 river. Some of the waves was a bit scary, so I couldn’t help but scream.lol. It was nice that we always stayed on the raft, so it never flipped over. We only jumped into the river to cool off, since it was pretty hot.
Overall, I’ll definitely go rafting again with Beyond Limits. The staff is great, so you feel very safe with them.
Place rating: 5
Fremont, CA
TIP: bring some sunscreen for your neck and arms. also during summer, even though they recommend renting a wetsuit, dont do it cuz no one does and even though the water is cold, you’re not swimming in it, so it’s okay.
the raft trip was worth every penny (½ day south fork Unilocal offer). very fun with mainly class 3 rapids meaning it’s mostly a straight flow with a few real rapids to get you wet. if you’re there early, u can even shoot some hoops in the back of the compound (balls next to the hoop). i was talking to the guide and she says you can even buy your own raft, fill it up with beer and get drunk floating down the river! that is badass.
Place rating: 5
Irvine, CA
Bucket list item #3 checked off.
Adventurous coworker Cyn and I decided to go rafting for the first time, and hello Unilocal deal! We booked a Friday ½ day trip on the South Fork, since we both deserved a day off from work. Yes.
It took about 2.5 hours sans traffic from San Francisco, and we checked in, signed a release form, and put on wetsuits (note: even though they say that wetsuits — $ 10 — aren’t required after July 1st, you’ll probably want them, because the river is a LOT colder than you’d think, even when it’s 100 degrees out). We were given brief safety instructions, and then we headed out. Each float takes 6 – 8 people, so the two of us were paired up with another couple, plus our guide.
The flow was really, really high that day, and we were able to keep everyone inside the raft (with a near miss — NOT me, you guys). Thanks to our guide Dante, we navigated the river with ease, and we finished the trip in about two and a half hours. We were lucky that the other couple was fun and outgoing, as was Dante. It would’ve been a hell of an awkward trip if everyone was quiet and/​or snotty.
Overall, this was SUCH a great experience — it’s wonderful to get away from the crazy city once in awhile, float down a river (with the occasional crashing water splashing onto you), and absorb the gorgeous tree-​filled scenery all around. This is something I’d definitely do again!
(Fyi, you’ll need sneakers or some sort of water shoe. I wore my Vibrams and they worked perfectly)
Place rating: 4
Monterey Park, CA
1 day trip
South Fork
7 of us
Guide: John
Beautiful sunny day. High waters and not a lot of other rafts out. We were the only group on the full day trip so for the most part, we were alone on the river.
IT WAS SO FREAKIN FUN.
The river is beautiful, the rapids were really fun and everyone that works there is friendly. We (girls) stayed in a yurt and the boys stayed in a tent by the river. So relaxed and the grounds were kept up really well. Clean showers and bathrooms. There’s a grill where you can get food.
Definitely recommending this place and cannot wait to return!
Place rating: 5
Santa Clara, CA
Our friend booked on-​line for the Middle Fork American River — 1 Day Trip. There are 6 of us and we met behind Raley for pick up at 8.30 am. Please bring a big water bottle since it get hot along the river in summer. Sunblock lotion is highly recommended. The ride is 1hr to the Raft launching area (Oxbow Powerhouse). The «Tunnel Chute Rapid» is the grande finale of this first section of rapids and very scary. We stop for lunch around noon and then continue with a few rapid 4 flow. The guide John is amazing. He provide clear instruction which is useful for beginners.
I have not tried other company that provide similar rafting service but Beyond Limits staff is very friendly and they make it fun and enjoyable experience. One of friend fell into the water and we work as a team to pick him up safety. The guide is very experience and calm in such situation. Highly recommended and must try at least once in your life.