O.A.R.S.

We spend a great day on toulumne river in August 2023. Jack (or Jacob) did an excellent job. During our 3-weeks-trip through california this was definately a highlight. Its a pure adventure in an awesome countryside. No "traffic" on the river. @OARS Team: Thank you! Christian (Daniel, Markus and Patrick)

I spent Mothers Day doing the Merced River Rafting. All I can say it was amaaazing. I took my 35 year old son with me, it was his first time rafting and he LOVED it! Adam, Christian and Jack were very proffessional and overall very pleasant people. Lunch on the river banks was great. I will go back!

Had a great day rafting with the Oars team, especially our guide Adam who did a great job keeping us all in the boat! He was incredibly knowledgeable and thorough during the pre-trip training. Thank you for a wonderful experience!

Gabby was our guide. She is awesome ! Very high level of energy, loud and clear instructions as we navigate the rapids. We felt safe as a family with 2 teenage kids. Christian was in the safety raft with the equipment. He was friendly and funny with his humor and fund facts of the area. Pre-departure instructions were very clear with GPS coordinates. We were able to navigate to the meet-up point. However, another couple in our group said their Google map link led them to another location. Other feedback : 1. Understand Oars like to differentiate themselves from competitors by offering "make your own sandwich" and offers a wide spread. However, about 30-40% of the food is wasted !! Too much food !!! It's painful to see so much food wasted in a pristine national park. 😮‍💨 2. Need to bring own water-shoes. When we rafted in NZ, we had insulated water shoes provided. Coming from the tropics we only had water shoes from decathlon which was inadequate 3. When driving from the valley, provided extra buffer to Google map estimates. Google map estimated 1hr driving. We left 0715 before and arrived just on time. Traffic delays due to forest clearing in the valley and congestion at the bridges towards midpines

Trip was very well organized, and the staff was amazing. Our raft guide, Adam, was fantastic. Safety was paramount and a good deal of time was spent discussing that which made our group feel much better as we were facing some class 4 rapids. Lunch was super and I cannot say enough good things about Oars.