Check out our 2026 Women’s River Trips
Due to the generosity of the YJRG network, sliding scale scholarship opportunities exist on many of our offerings.
Call for details, or to support accessibility for others.
SUMMER CAMP: For Grown-Up Girls
June 24-27 (3 Nights)
Price: $1,920
Big Girls Get To Have Fun Too... We’re starting the 2026 season with our June 24th Long Weekend Getaway in Idaho’s Salmon River Wilderness. This 3 Night trip provides an opportunity for women to unwind from our demanding routines, rediscover ourselves, and celebrate!
Park + launch at Corn Creek Boat Launch, return to Corn Creek by chartered jetboat for thrilling upriver ride. Convenient logistics for folks in driving distance of Eastern Idaho.
RIVER REFRESH: Revitalize Your Mind, Heart + Body
July 10-14 (5 days)
Price: $2400
Feeling Weary or Just in Need of a Break? Ready for some laughter? Join us for 5 days of sisterhood, relaxation, and well-being in the company of good-hearted and adventurous lady travelers on Idaho's wild Main Salmon. This fun and supportive trip is for any woman who needs to take a breath and unwind. Enjoy beautiful scenery, exciting rapids, wildlife, hiking opportunities...along with evening festivities around the campfire.
DIY TRIPS
Blend the freedom and adventure of your own trip with the guidance + ease of a commercially outfitted experience. Bring your boat (or rent one of ours), your family + friends, and we provide the rest!
Prime dates with 3 popular options to choose from, ranging from Basic trip support to complete Full Service all inclusive with gear rentals and transportation. Customization, modification and la carte options are available. More information here:
OVER THE INFLUENCE: Alcohol-free Women’s Rafting Trip
June 27 - 29 (3 days)
Price: $1440
An un-intoxicating weekend for women to disconnect in order to connect. The beautiful Salmon River Wilderness is a perfect place for a weekend of fun and adventure - sans the booze. NOTE: there is a possibility to make this a co-ed trip…we want to hear from you about creating a nurturing and supportive recovery space.
Park + launch at Spring Bar Boat Launch and travel upriver by chartered jetboat to Buckskin Bills Historic Site to rendezvous with YJRG. Float downriver to end back at Spring Bar.
NEW COLLABORATION for 2026!
August 10th through August 15th
Join YJRG and AdventurUs for this all inclusive journey beginning and ending in Boise, Idaho, with charter flights whisking you directly to Salmon, Idaho, saving you hours of driving and adding a layer of ease and comfort rare in multi-day rafting trips. The group will be flown back to Boise from the river on a private charter flight at the end of the trip.
This river adventure is intentionally created as a women-centered & LGBTQ+-welcoming trip—designed to be a safe, joyful, affirming space for all women and gender-expansive folks who feel comfortable in a women-centered community.
MASTER & COMMANDER: River Skills Exploration
2026 Date and Pricing TBA
Want to get more comfortable at the helm, with experienced guidance and support? Put yourself in the captain’s chair. This is an empowering (and extra affordable) offering to hone your rafting skills with the input of professionals.
Women’s River Trips FAQs
Why Yellow Jacket River Guides?
These Wilderness Rafting trips provide an opportunity for women to unwind from our demanding routines, connect with each other, rediscover ourselves, and open to the deeper serenity of Nature. At YJRG, our aim is to serve the Greater Good by bringing together Women of Worth (hint: that’s all of us) and Wild Rivers.
What’s Included?
We provide all necessary equipment, meals, and guide services. You bring your toothbrush (optional), sunscreen (optional), clothing (mostly optional), and (not optional) willingness to show up for yourself and co-create a fun loving, thoughtful, inclusive, safe container for adventure, discovery, relaxation, and growth. Transportation and specific equipment vary by trip - see details at the top of this page or contact us at alison@yjriverguides.com with any questions.
What’s a Trip Like?
Join us for days of sisterhood, relaxation, and well-being in the company of fun and adventurous travelers. This casual trip is for any woman who needs to relax and unwind. Enjoy beautiful scenery, fun rapids, wildlife, hiking opportunities...along with evening festivities around the campfire. These popular trips fill quickly.
Who is it For?
YJRG trips are a great fit for solo travellers, groups, mother/daughter getaways, and girls weeekends. This trip is a fit for women who are willing to invest in themselves and each other with a compassionate, respectful, good humored intention, who want to connect with women of substance in the magic of the river. We may be silly and irreverent along the way, but in the end a river trip is more than a festive vacation, and more than a social media post.
We operate with a “potluck - come as you are” theme, which suggests we each bring a special ingredient to the table…maybe you are willing to lead the group in a yoga morning, and maybe someone else plays guitar. Maybe you have the best jokes or love to cook a certain meal. And maybe your unique contribution is yet to be revealed.
Our focus is on developing an intergenerational network of women who recognize the power of the river to strengthen, heal, and support each other as we move forward as leaders and luminaries in our communities, families, workplace, and world. This journey is an opportunity for women to unwind, reset, connect, and fortify ourselves for our continuing paths in modern society. YJRG’s women’s rafting program is the continuing expression of a vision we have been developing over several years of women's trips, with a goal of making this opportunity more accessible to a broader range of women with a "pay it forward" type model. A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS…
Tell me About Pricing + Investment?
Value: Priceless
Price: each trip is listed with pricing at the top of this page
Payment plans: put it on layaway… payment arrangements are available. (Contact us at alison@yjriverguides.com).
Financial assistance: We got you, sister. Due to the generosity and commitment of YJRG Women’s Program supporters, sliding scale opportunities are available to reduce trip investment. (Contact us at alison@yjriverguides.com).
