Apart from our daily tours and backpacking trips at the Grand Canyon, we have been conducting biblical creation river trips down the Colorado River for 27 years!
The Adventure of a Lifetime !
During the trip, all the equipment you need to enjoy camping under the stars along the riverbank at night is provided by our outfitter, Arizona River Runners. This includes comfy cots, bedding, tarps, and tents as needed. Plus, savor delicious meals prepared for you throughout the trip. A packing list of suggested items to bring will be included in your trip information packet.
Visit the trip itineraries for details on the variety of trips offered with Canyon Ministries.
Schedule & Reservations
Below are upcoming Grand Canyon river trip dates.
Our outfitter is Arizona River Runners (ARR), providing the logistics and an outstanding river crew.
When booking a river trip, it will take you to ARR’s reservation system to register and pay the deposit.
If you have any trouble registering, please call Arizona River Runners at 800-477-7238.
If a particular trip is already full, you may join our availability notification list to receive an alert if a trip has openings.
While rare, guides and teaching themes are subject to change due to illness or speaker availability.
How About a Sneak Peek at 2026?
Due to the overwhelming popularity of our river trips and our limitation on the number of trips the Grand Canyon National Park allows companies to run through the canyon each year, we are working hard to make reserving a river trip experience with us as smooth as possible.
Often people make plans for river trips years in advance. The best chance to get on a trip is to sign up for our early bird sneak peek list.
If you would like to be added to our early bird email list to have availability to book a 2026 trip before we openly publish our schedule, please click below to be added to the list. We will send you a special email prior to our public release, giving you at least two weeks to book trips before they are published on our website.
2026 river trips will become bookable April of 2025.
