river guide

Whitewater trip leader

A river guide is a person who leads groups on watercraft through rivers, typically for recreational rafting, kayaking, or fishing trips.

The guide navigates rapids, ensures safety, and often provides commentary on the landscape and wildlife.

Our river guide knew every rock and eddy on the Colorado.

Related

current · kayak · life jacket · splash · portage · safety talk · outfitter · put-in · tributary · eddy · gorge · expedition leader · oar · riverbank · whitewater rafting · rope · dry bag · spray

Categories
Opposites
terrain/environment

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Summit expedition leader

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role in activity

river guidetourist

Traveler visiting attractions

guest · greenhorn

relationship to water/wilderness

river guidelandlubber

Non-seafaring person

non-swimmer · city dweller · urbanite

Family

guide, river

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G