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Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls Tour from Portland

Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls Tour from Portland

Overview

Species seen nowhere else in the world, dramatic basalt lava flows nearly a mile deep, and some of the world’s most beautiful waterfalls are a few of the sights that await you on this tour. Come experience the grandeur of the Columbia River Gorge, one of the United States’ most photographed Natural Scenic Reserves. We will drive along the oldest scenic highway in the US, stopping at sweeping viewpoints, flowing falls, a historic lodge, and the famed Bonneville Dam Sturgeon viewing center.

City: Portland

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $79.00

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $79.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Transportation in a luxury passenger van

Knowledgeable, local and friendly guide

Live commentary throughout the tour

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A maximum of 12 people per booking
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides

What To Expect

Director Park

Our central meeting location and pick up point! A beautiful, urban park in the middle of Downtown Portland.

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

We will depart downtown Portland and drive east alongside the Columbia River to Troutdale, known as the Gateway to the Gorge! We will join the beautiful Historic Columbia River Highway, the first planned scenic roadway in the United States.

Vista House

Typically, our first stop for the day is the Crown Point Vista House. This famous overlook sits 733 feet above the Columbia River, atop the remains of a lava flow that swept through the Gorge around 14 to 17 million years ago! Here, we will find amazing 180-degree views of the Columbia River Gorge and explore the Vista House. An intricately designed observatory and museum, the Vista House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Latourell Falls

From the Vista House, we will drive deeper into the Columbia River National Scenic Area. Our first waterfall for the day will be the dramatic Latourell Falls which plunges 249 feet over a massive wall of columnar basalt. Depending on the season, a short ¼-mile trail hike will be led to get a closer view of the falls.

Multnomah Falls

The next waterfall we will visit will be the famed Multnomah Falls. Plummeting 620 feet in two major steps, Multnomah Falls is the highest waterfall in Oregon and second highest in the nation! Here, we can explore the Multnomah Falls Historic Lodge (a Cascadian style stone and timber lodge built in 1925) as well as the beautiful Multnomah Falls itself. The easily accessible viewing platform offers a full view of the Benson Bridge and cascading falls beyond it.

Bonneville Hatchery

We will spend about 20 minutes on a short walking tour of this impressive Fish Hatchery (the largest in Oregon) and Sturgeon viewing center! At the viewing center we will visit local celebrity: “Herman” the sturgeon. Herman is over 70 years old, 10-feet long, and 450 pounds!

Director Park

We end our tour back at Director Park, our central drop off location in the heart of Downtown Portland.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (462)

brookspilling

Oct 2022

Tour guide and host, Chuck, was great. It would be nice to have a little more room in the van and an easier path to enter and exit the vehicle.

Cheryl_L

Oct 2022

We were waiting for the van to take us on the tour and it was past time to depart and we got a call that the driver got sick and no one was available to drive so the trip was cancelled. They did refund our money but we came to Portland to see the waterfalls and didn’t get to. We had flights out the next day so rescheduling wasn’t an option. I would have expected there to be backup drivers for these tours.

Response from Host

Oct 2022

Hi Cheryl, Thank you for sharing feedback about your experience even though it was less than ideal. We want to stress that we very much wish we could have explored the Columbia Gorge with you and hope that if there is ever another time you are back in Portland, that we would still love to do so. We are grateful we were able to explore the Oregon Coast with you the following day and happy that your guide provided you with a 5-star adventure. We strive to do our best in all aspects of the tour experience. Unfortunately, due to being a small business, this was a rare instance where coverage of a tour did not work out. The guide assigned to your tour reported to work, loaded the vehicle and was en route to pick-up guests when sudden illness took hold. With safety as our number one priority for both our guests and our guides, we had to make the last-minute call to cancel the tour, rather than risk any transmission or the guides’ condition getting worse while out on tour. Illness is an unfortunate occurrence in our line of guiding, and we try our very best to keep an extra tour guide on call and available in instances of someone calling out sick or injured. We apologize that we were unable to provide coverage at the time the call was made. We hope that the remainder of your trip in Portland was nice! Thank You, Wildwood Adventures

John_D

Oct 2022

Sam was a great tour guide and very entertaining as well. Definitely will consider this tour company again for future tours when I visit Portland!