Chattooga Section 3 River Rafting (with Lunch)
Rated “#1 Thing Every Southerner Ought to Do”, experience family-friendly rafting on the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River.
Overview
The Wild and Scenic Chattooga River is the Southeast’s iconic river rafting adventure, rich in natural beauty and acclaimed rapids. Bordered by both South Carolina and Georgia, the river winds its way through dense national forests, with larger than life boulders, rock formations and dense flora and fauna.
Section III is the perfect trip for families and groups of any skill level with its exciting Class II-III rapids. NOC highly trained guides lead your raft through drops and rapids, with breaks for swimming and a riverside lunch. The trip finishes with a memorable grand finale, the famous Class IV Bull Sluice rapid.
Rated “#1 Thing Every Southerner Ought to Do” by Southern Living, this is a premier experience that your family will always remember.
Highlights
- The Section III trip is ideal for beginners, groups or families with children eight years old and up.
- Expert guides will navigate you through a variety of Class I, II and III rapids with the option of taking on the grand finale Bull Sluice.
- Enjoy breaks throughout the day with swimming holes and a riverside lunch.
- The Chattooga River has been designated a wild and scenic river, giving paddlers untouched raw beauty and spectacular views throughout the entire trip.
What to Expect
This trip will last approximately 5-6 hours, with 4 hours on the river and the rest on trip preparation and riverside lunch.
Please check-in for your trip 30 minutes prior to your reservation at NOC’s Chattooga River Outpost near Clayton, GA. After a brief orientation and video, you’ll get geared up with pfds and paddles and load onto the big blue bus to shuttle to the river put in. Once in the raft, your experienced guide will walk you through the rafting lingo and what to expect. Then it’s down the river you go, paddling through bouncy waves, cool mountain water, and fun rapids, stopping halfway for a riverside lunch and walk to the falls.
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Before You Visit
Participants must be 8+ years of age. All minors (17 and under) must be accompanied by a participating adult during the activity.
Participants must be capable of walking on steep and uneven surface for at least 1/4 mile trail to and from the river. Guides will ask several guests on each trip to assist in carrying equipment, lunch and water coolers to river access points, much of the gear is lightweight, but lunch and water coolers can weigh up to 50lbs. Additionally, there is one portage in section III for scouting a major rapid, the portage requires walking on rocky surface with a varied surface and topography.
The Chattooga is a Wild and Scenic River and rafters will need to be active participants in the boat with listening to guide instructions and paddling on command.
Participants must meet age, weight, and chest size minimums and maximums specific to this trip. Please read our General Participant Eligibility & Recommendations for more information.
NOC provides all paddling equipment and pfds for this guided adventure.
- Rafts
- Paddles
- Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
- Helmet
- Lunch
- Wet Suits & Splash Gear (by request)
Dress in clothes that can get wet, and wear shoes that will stay securely on your feet, with a back heel straps (flip flops are not recommended). Don’t forget dry clothes and shoes for after your trip. There are changing rooms available.
- Clothing/ to get wet
- Shoe type
- In cooler weather, avoid wearing heavy cottons; wear synthetics or wool instead.
*Please leave all personal belongings in your car, our guides will take your keys prior to the trip and hold them until your return.
A deli-style lunch will be served riverside. Please bring a water bottle or purchase one in our outpost store.