Maine White Water Rafting

Northeast Whitewater is a small, family owned whitewater rafting company with a big reputation. We are Maine’s only whitewater rafting guide service registered for swift water rescue, so you can be confident that your Maine whitewater rafting adventure will be thrilling, yet safe. If you are visiting the Greenville, Bar Harbor, Bangor areas in Maine, we are your best option for white water rafting. Our Maine whitewater rafting and registered Maine guides train in our own outdoor leadership training programs and to our tough rafting standards, so you can be sure your Northeast Whitewater rafting guide is one of the very best on the whitewater rivers. Our whitewater rafting adventures launch on high performance, state of the art whitewater rafting equipment. Unique to our rafting industry, Northeast Whitewater Maine rafting trips are small, averaging 3-5 rafts per trip (25-40 rafting guests), so we can guarantee the best possible whitewater rafting trip, with more time spent enjoying your Maine whitewater rafting adventure with us. Our registered Maine whitewater rafting guides serve up hearty, home-cooked meals in the Maine outdoors —our brownies are customer favorites!—along with whitewater rafting thrills pitched to your comfort and rafting skill level, photos of your whitewater rafting adventure, information on the Maine outdoors and Maine wildlife, and a whole lot of fun. From mild to wild, we have the rafting trip for you!

The Penobscot River is one of the most challenging whitewater rafting trips in New England. Named, “waters of descending ledge,” Penobscot River rafting offers a technical whitewater rafting experience. The Penobscot River was formed by boulders blasted in the 19th century when logging was the means of transporting lumber to the mills, which makes this river ideal for whitewater rafting adventure seekers. The views of Katahdin, the largest Mountain in Maine and its home, Baxter State Park, loom in the distance. The Penobscot River rafting trip is a forever-wild whitewater rafting experience. With Northeast Whitewater swiftwater rescue trained Registered Maine Whitewater Raft Guides at the helm of our rafts, navigating rapids like Exterminator hole and the Cribworks, you will tackle rumbling, challenging whitewater, all the while taking in the breathtaking scenery and Maine wildlife. The Penobscot River is a must do rafting trip in Maine with class III-V rapids.

Maine’s most remote wilderness whitewater rafting trip experience is the Dead River. 16 miles of continuous Maine rafting with non-stop whitewater, it is an exhilarating ride. The Dead River has six scheduled high water release dates that are sure to get your blood pumping. Since the Dead River only releases a few times a year for whitewater rafting, the level of whitewater released changes the rafting experience and level of excitement from raft trip to raft trip. There are multiple class III-IV rapids.