What to Expect: Plant-Based Food Options for Your Next AzRA Trip Whether it’s for environmental, ethical, or health reasons, Arizona Raft Adventures is committed to offering plant-based options on our river trips. From a vegetarian’s perspective, the thoughtfulness that goes into these dietary accommodations is truly impressive. Our Typical Menu: On the river, we serve…
AzRA’s Vegetarian Chili Recipe! If you’ve joined us for our 14 day Classic Adventure without an exchange (no guests hiking out or in on day 6), or on our 16 day Classic Adventures, you’ll know that by day 11 or 12, the reality of your journey’s end starts to sink in. With very few days…
What you will eat on a Grand Canyon rafting trip! Many of our guests expect that they’ll be eating canned Beanee Weenees, or lots of hot dogs and carbs and general junk food. Although we do pack things like Pringles and cookies (much beloved by everyone once they are on the river!), most of our…
AzRA’s Signature Salmon with Mediterranean Quinoa Salad – Recreate your First Night on the River! This is the very first meal of every one of our Grand Canyon rafting adventures when starting at Lees Ferry (so for those on a full or upper canyon trip). For our first-time guests, this first night is full of…
All About Water on a Grand Canyon Rafting Trip by AzRA Guide Will Spaziani “Water, water, water, I love water. Here it goes, down into my belly” -AzRA Guest, Summer 2022 How Much Water Should I Be Drinking!? If you’ve ever been on an AzRA river trip, you’ve heard our guides urge our guests to…
The Ever-Popular Mediterranean Eggs from our Grand Canyon Rafting Trips Of all the breakfast items we have on our trips, our Mediterranean eggs is one of the more popular, and therefore, most asked for recipes! It is delicious, fresh, and different than just the usual pancakes and sausage. We make this recipe on all of…
Salmon Dinner on a Grand Canyon Raft Adventure written by Will Spaziani Eating Fish In The Grand Canyon Rainbow and brown trout were introduced to the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam in 1964. The ‘new’ Colorado river is a nearly perfect trout habitat, with cold water, ample food, and year round flows. Legend has…
Grand Canyon POSOLE Recipe by AzRA Guide Will Spaziani ‘PO-SOUL-AYE’ At AzRA we spell Posole with an ‘s’. However, in some circles folks spell it with a ‘z’. We prefer to put our heart and ‘soul’ into every meal that gets prepared on our Grand Canyon river trips, so we spell it with an ‘s’….
Dutch Oven Baking on Grand Canyon Rafting Adventures Written by AzRA Guide Will Spaziani “Wow! You baked that? Out Here?!?” Yes. We bake a delicious cake, cookie, brownie, or crumble almost every night on our river trips. Our guides love to whip up these fantastic desserts (in the desert). Dutch oven baking is easy and…
BBQ Chicken, Grits, Squash & Mexican Caesar Salad Photo by Jean Adams (uses pork chops here, but now made with BBQ chicken) This delicious BBQ dinner is served on all of our Grand Canyon rafting adventures, and is a treat! With some southwestern inspired sides, this dinner is sure to bring your Grand Canyon rafting…
