Middle Yough Escorted Guided Tour

Overview

This trip is perfect for families with smaller children and/or older adults that don't want the intensity of white water rafting. It's a calm, relaxing day filled with togetherness that will create lasting memories.

Your 3 to 5 hour journey takes you 11 miles through the Youghiogheny River Gorge. Lose yourself in our beautiful, green mountains away from the sights and sounds of civilization. It's just you and the river. Wildlife sightings are common. People often see deer, otter, and even, bald eagles!

Your professional guides are always nearby to lead the way and point out interesting sights along the way.

Nothing says togetherness like a day spent rafting down a gentle river. Discover the wonders this hidden gem within the Ohiopyle State Park. Explore Ohiopyle with White Water Adventurers, only two hours from Pittsburgh and ideal for your Laurel Highlands vacation!

City: Pennsylvania

Fri 25 Apr

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Starting at $97.00

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Fri 25 Apr

Starting at $97.00

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What's Included

Lunch

4 to 6 person rafts, helmets, life jackets, paddles, a snack lunch, guide (not in the raft) and transportation from the check in area to the starting point of the river

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum age is 5 years

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (46)

mayurmagic

May 2019

I and my wife always wanted to do rafting but were hesitant to go for it primarily because we don’t know swimming and we have a 5+ yr old daughter. One of my friend suggested us ‘Middle Yough Escorted/Guided Rafting’ adventure trip. With lots of questions and anxiety in mind, I enrolled for this adventure online for “Middle Yough – Family friendly” trip at Ohiopyle (1pm slot, 26May19). This trip is recommended for family and children age 5+, stretches for 11 miles. The enrollment includes a raft (four-six person), paddles, life jackets, helmets, snack lunch and transportation to river. We reached ‘White Water Adventurers’ office located at 6 Negley St, Ohiopyle at 12.30pm. We met our escort and she was able to answer lot of our questions and make us comfortable for our trip. She explained us the complete experience and assured us that since it is a Class I/II level (mild level), swimming skills is not mandatory. We changed into our river wear, put on our life jackets and we were all set to start our adventure trip. (Some suggestions: Recommend you all not to carry any precious belonging with you like rings, ornaments etc. for your trip. You can leave all your other belongings in your car and handover the keys at the office attendant). We were accompanied with another family of 4. We all onboarded a van who took us all to the upstream (approx. 20 mins drive from office). There was a brief instruction session by our escorts. Each family had an independent raft and accompanied by individual escort. We started our raft journey at 2pm and we quickly encountered some currents and rapids. It was fun, although we got caught into some rocks but our escorts assisted us to pass them. It was fun though. Since our raft included myself, my wife, my 5 yr old daughter and an escort, we only had 3 sets of hands to paddle through the entire 11 mile stretch which was tiring at the end but it is an experience by itself. We took a break for lunch at mid route and were served with wrap, apples, cookies and water (Note: Since we prefer vegetarian meals, we opted for vegetarian lunch as part of our online booking). After our lunch break we resumed our route. We encountered few more mild rapids and finally at 5pm we reached the end of our route. We all were tired but it was all worth an effort. The entire 11 mile route is very scenic and enjoyable. We walked couple of blocks to reach the office where we had parked our cars. We changed into our dry clothes and had some ice-cream at the nearby shop which was yummmm. We thank “White Water Adventurers team” and especially our escorts to make our trip enjoyable, safe and memorable one! Thanks a lot. Cheers! Mayur

Response from Host

May 2019

Thank you so much for your fantastic review! It is always wonderful to show our guests the beauty of the Yough River.

Scott P

Aug 2018

We opted for the guided middle Yough tour, and it was a blast! Our guides, Jess and Danny were professional and entertaining. Highly recommended!

Response from Host

Aug 2018

Thanks for choosing WWA. We're glad you had a great trip.

capemay2018

Aug 2018

We did the Middle Yough without a guide. My family and I had a great time. Shredder Mike was the best person to drive us out to our launch site and give us very detailed, useful instructions!! If it wasn't for his instructions, we would have ended up flipping out of the raft! Thanks Shredder Mike!! When we are ready for the Lower Yough, we will definitely request you as our guide!!!

Response from Host

Aug 2018

I will be sure to pass the message along to Shredder Mike. Come see us again soon!