PETROGLYPH EXPERIENCE ADVENTURE

These adventures are conducted with the utmost respect and care. Everyone must be fully aware of the sensitive nature of these sacred areas.

Petroglyphs are drawings of symbols and figures carved into the rocks by ancient Peoples. The Rio Grande Corridor has many petroglyph sites. The largest, and most dramatic of these is located in White Rock Canyon, near Santa Fe. They are truely very special and awe inspiring.

Experiencing these unique, historic, and spiritual works of art can best be facilitated by our “Petroglyph Experience Adventure”. Through a combination of Rafting and hiking you and your friends and family can behold these meaningful treasures that few people have ever seen.

These Adventures are conducted with the utmost Respect and Caring for the Native Cultures that created these Valuable Symbols. Los Rios River Runners has a long history of partenering with local Native American Families and Individals. A good pecentage of Los Rios River Runners employees are local Native Americans. It is through these friendships that we have the knowledge and connections that allows us to offer this endeavor in a proper manner. 15% of all procedes from these “Petroglyph Experience Adventures”, will be donated to local Non Profit Native American Organizations.

Northern New Mexico Adventure

Two day, one night, Hike Raft combo.

 OPTION ONE: Hike down into Gorge where you see several unique Petroglyph sites. Continue hiking down to Camp on the Rio Grande River where rafts arrived earlier with comfortable camp gear and hearty meals. There are more beautiful Petroglyph sites near the river. Camp near spring fed creek with small picturesque swimming hole. Early morning launch through the spectacular gorge. Two class III rapids, several class 2, river is mostly flat water. Motor boat tow across Cochiti lake

Option 2:  Ride with Guides and gear on an 11 mile gravel road into Gorge. Relax as Rafts are prepared and gear is loaded. Float 2.5 miles through Scenic class 2 & 3 rapids. Camp is same as described above in option 1. Hike UP steep rocky trail to best Petroglyphs, then back down to camp.  Day2o is same as above

Availability is limited, Please call us to book your experience 

One Day Hike

This Experience has limited Availabilty, Please call us at our office to Book your adventure  575-776-8854

These adventures are conducted with the utmost respect and care. Everyone must be fully aware of the sensitive nature of these sacred areas. 

One Day Hike  Aprox. 4 to 6 hours, includes lunch, Moderate + to Strenous …….  $395 for one or two people, $85 for each additional person

Please call us for availability

Los Rios River Runners

Los Rios River Runners has been Whitewater Rafting in Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque for over 40 Years. Trust yourself and your family to New Mexico’s oldest, largest, and most experienced rafting company.

No rafting company in New Mexico has more experience whitewater rafting in the Santa Fe and Taos area than Los Rios River Runners. Our guides are fun-loving individuals, highly-trained far beyond federal requirements, and dedicated to providing you with the best possible rafting tour experience. Many of our guests have become friends over the years and return to raft with us every season.

Los Rios River Runners was founded by legendary Rio Grande guide and storyteller Cisco Guevara in 1978, to enable local residents and visitors to Santa Fe and Taos to experience the beauty and majesty of the river canyons of northern New Mexico. Cisco continues as president of Los Rios, in day-to-day charge of all rafting tour operations.

Over the past four decades, Los Rios River Runners has led the field in developing river rafting in northern New Mexico. Rafting access to these spectacular river canyons is severely limited by the Bureau of Land Management in order to preserve the wilderness, and Los Rios has more access to more stretches of river than any other company.

Pajarito Plateau

About the Pajarito Plateau For 1,000 years, from about A.D. 500 until their dispersal around 1500, the Anasazi, whose name is a Navajo word that means “the ancient ones,” lived in pueblos and cliff dwellings built in the canyons and high mesas of the Four Corners region (where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet). …