This Rafting Trip on the Colorado Is Led by Santa Claus

"A festive, six-hour, 12-mile journey through the Black Canyon pairs river scenery with quality time with Santa, with a motor-assisted inflatable raft guided by an expert and crewed by Santa for holiday photos and on-river chats. Running this year from Dec. 17 to 21 and on Christmas Eve, the trip offers rare perspectives on towering canyon walls, desert landscape straddling Arizona and Nevada, and abundant wildlife like desert bighorn sheep, osprey, and great blue herons. It includes a stop below the 726-foot Hoover Dam to appreciate its massive scale from the water before continuing downriver to Willow Beach, where the journey ends near the famed Emerald Cave. The tour provides all required safety equipment plus a box lunch and beverages, with optional round-trip transportation from a Las Vegas hotel (about 40 minutes each way) for an additional $69; the return bus crosses the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge for an elevated look at the Black Canyon and river below. Pricing is $100 for adults and kids 16 and up, $88 for kids 5–15, and free for children 4 and under, with family and couple bundles available; the $15 national park entrance fee applies to anyone 16 or older." - Evie Carrick Evie Carrick Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines