Skip to content
BusinessesGrow
Kokopelli Rafting Adventures, Dixon, NM
Sport & OutdoorOutdoor AdventureFamily Favorite

Kokopelli Rafting Adventures

2410 NM-68 · Dixon, NM

Why you should go…

Kokopelli Rafting Adventures has guided whitewater trips on the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico since 1983. Options range from short hourly floats to half day and full day runs on the Racecourse, the Taos Box and the family friendly Lower Gorge, plus multi day trips on the Rio Chama. The outfitter is based near Taos in the Rio Grande Gorge area.

  • #rafting
  • #rio grande
  • #outdoor
  • #canyon
  • #adventure

Good to know

General sport & outdoor guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Weather calls the shots

    Check the forecast the morning of and keep an indoor backup in your pocket for the day it turns.

  • Shoes, water, sun cover

    The three things that decide whether you last the whole outing or cut it short after an hour.

  • Parking and launches fill early

    On a nice weekend, lots and trailheads are often full by mid-morning.

  • Daylight shrinks in shoulder season

    Spring and fall visits need an earlier start than the same trip in July.

What's around here?

The closest stops to Kokopelli Rafting Adventures, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Tours
    Outdoor Adventure

    New Wave Rafting

    $50+

    A longtime Rio Grande outfitter running guided whitewater rafting trips from mellow floats to Class IV-V whitewater near Taos.

    4.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    El Santuario de Chimayo

    Free

    Visit an 1816 adobe pilgrimage church, see its folk-art decorations, and stop at the small room of holy dirt.

    15 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
    Free

    Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

    Free

    Walk the sidewalks of a steel bridge on US 64 and look down nearly 565 feet into the Rio Grande Gorge.

    21 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Wild Earth Llama Adventures

    $50+

    Guided llama-trekking day hikes and multi-day wilderness trips in the mountains near Taos.

    23 mi awayMore like this

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Ghost Ranch

    Under $25

    Hike red-rock trails Georgia O'Keeffe painted and visit two museums of paleontology and anthropology.

    34 mi awayMore like this

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Taos Ski Valley

    $50+

    Ski steep terrain in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in winter, then hike, bike or climb a via ferrata in summer.

    37 mi awayMore like this