The scenic float did offer great views but we did not see much wildlife and it was underwhelming. Nice guide and friendly company. I don’t think you need... read more this and the Whitewater Rafting trip.

  After rapid rafting in other NPs, we decided to float and not work so hard to enjoy the scenery. Great decision.
Our group of four, as well as another... read more couple, enjoyed the tour with oarsman and guide, Lynn. Lynn was very informative and skilled in handling the raft. We saw eagles, beaver and a mother moose and calf! Beautiful late afternoon crusin on the Snake.

Highly recommend!

  If you're thinking about booking a float during your visit to GTNP, do it! But do it with Barker-Ewing! I did some research and this was the only float trip... read more I could find that was offering social distancing practices. It also turns out that many of the other local companies float trips originate south of the park. Barker-Ewing float trips are entirely within the park. We booked the 6PM float. We are a party of four - two adults and two kids. Because of social distancing, we had one other group with us – a couple. This meant we had more than enough space to get comfy during the trip. We had one end of the boat and they had the other. Our guide was in the middle rowing and educating us.

Speaking of our guide, we were with Peter and he was amazing. We learned so much during the 2-2.5 hour trip. At one point, my 9 year old son said "mom, I could do this all night". The kids just loved it. He's now decided that he wants the job as a river guide when he grows up 🙂

The trip starts with a short shuttle ride to the launch point within the park. From there, you float 10 miles within the park passing The Grand and looking for wildlife. We saw a moose, countless beavers, bald eagles and osprey.

  We had a great trip down the Snake River. Travis did a great job getting our raft down the river. One good thing, nobody fell out! We... read more didn't get to see much wildlife but we can't blame Barker-Ewing for that. I would recommend this trip to anyone who wants a relaxing slow moving trip down the river surrounded by beautiful views of the Grand Tetons. The policy's for the Covid pandemic were good. We were given hand sanitizer before we go in the van and on the boat we only had another couple on the boat with us. We were separated by our guide Travis. Travis gave us many interesting stories as we traveled down river.

  Our group loved this float trip, if you get the chance it’s so worth doing, just the beauty of the river itself is wonderful. Our guide Mike was great! He’s... read more very knowledgeable of the river and wildlife around it.

  The float trip was the perfect way to end our 12 day YNP and GTNP vacation. After hiking and walking it was relaxing to just sit and look at... read more the mountains and river from the river. It was not the slow, scenic, flat water float trip that I expected, it was much more exciting. Our boatman/guide, Travis, expertly navigated many small rapids, many downed trees and riverbed changes while giving us lots of information and providing entertaining chatter. We saw a bald eagle and water birds (noon trip, animals resting). The raft is big and you don't get wet at all. Due to COVID restrictions we had less (7) than they usually put in the raft (12) so plenty of room. Our group was 2 couples in their mid 60s. Highly recommend.

  We had an enjoyable and relaxing float down the Snake River with Peter. We spotted eagles and was educated about the river and the wildlife that is dependent on it.... read more I highly recommend this ride.

  We loved our float trip! Our guide,James, was very knowledgeable and told us a variety of facts about the wildlife and history of the area. It was relaxing and peaceful... read more on the river with a great close up view of the mountains.

  We enjoyed a relaxing float with an interesting guide but we were very disappointed that we didn’t see any animals, just eagles.