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Whitewater rafting on the French Broad River, near Asheville, NC.

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With 25+ years of experience, a rigorous training program and the best rafting guides and gear in the business, USA Raft is well qualified to guide you and your family or group on the French Broad, Watauga or Nolichucky Rivers. We're recognized in: Men's Journal, American Scouting Digest, National Geographic Adventure and Hooked on the Outdoors.

French Broad River: closest whitewater rafting to Asheville, Lake Lure, Burnsville and Black Mountain, NC.

The French Broad River is a wonderful introduction to whitewater rafting and is an adventure the whole family will enjoy. It is the favorite whitewater rafting trip for vacationers to the Asheville, Lake Lure, Black Mountain and Burnsville, NC region.

The French Broad River offers wide, open channels, beautiful mountain vistas and fun, splashy rapids: perfect family rafting fun! The spring thaw invites big waves on the French Broad River and the summer months provide a scenic whitewater rafting trip through the heart of Pisgah National Forest. Fall colors will thrill you in late October.

Please arrive 1/2 hour before your scheduled rafting trip time.

We offer three different trips on the French Broad River: March to November.

French Broad River whitewater rafting in NC near Asheville, NC.5 mile 1/2 day trip with lunch on the river  Ages 8+, no experience required, family class trip (class 2-3), always a guide in every raft. The 1/2 day is our most popular trip. Click for details.

5 mile 1/2 day trip Ages 8+, no experience required, family class trip (class 2-3), always a guide in every raft. Click for details.

9 mile full day trip with lunch Ages 8+, no experience required, adventure class trip (class 2, 3 and class 4 Frank Bell's Rapid and Needle Falls), always a guide in every raft, self-paddled inflatable duckies are available at average water levels. Click for details.

"Thank you so much for hosting the NC Division of Tourism’s United Kingdom Press and Tour Operator Group. Rafting was the HIGHLIGHT of the trip. Your guides were outstanding. They were skilled, knowledgeable and fun. Thanks again!" Wit Tuttell. Public Relations Director. North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

Please note: Every day on the French Broad River is a unique experience. Trip times on free flowing rivers can vary. We have no control over water levels or trip times on the French Broad, which is a free flowing river - not dam controlled. All trip times are approximate! Water levels can rise and fall very quickly. We reserve the right to lengthen or shorten trip distances, or alter section of river we raft in the interest of customer satisfaction or safety.

Our French Broad River rafting outpost is just 30 minutes from Asheville, NC, near the town of Hot Springs, NC. We're an easy drive from Asheville, Hot Springs, Black Mountain, Lake Lure, Burnsville, Flat Rock and Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Making your rafting reservation is as easy as dialing 1-866-USA-Raft. Our professional whitewater consultants are experts at arranging successful river vacations. USA Raft’s wide variety of rivers and river options enables our friendly consulting staff to create the exact vacation to match your wants and abilities. Call Today!

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Which rafting trip is right for your family or group?

Family Class Trip:

Perfect for younger children and first-time rafters. Family class trips provide a more moderate, low-risk introduction to rafting for the whole family. French Broad River 1/2 day trip, French Broad River 1/2 day trip with lunch, Watauga River Family Float Trip, and Lower Nolichucky Family Float Trip).

Adventure Class Trip:

Action packed and exhilarating, our Adventure trips pick up the pace. More challenging and/or longer than our Family class trips, these rafting adventures are ideal for older children, adventurous first-timers, and experienced rafters. (French Broad Day Trip and Nolichucky River Gorge full-day trip and 1/2 day Nolichucky River Gorge Express).

View a regional map of the area.

USA Raft  French Broad Nolichucky Worley's Cave Watauga
Mileage/Time Mileage/Time Mileage/Time Mileage/Time
Asheville, NC 30\0:35 42\0:45  75\1:30  67\1:15
Charlotte, NC 150\2:30 175\3:00   156\3:10  145\3:00
Raleigh, NC 275\5:00 250\5:00  250\4:30   237\4:00
Columbia, SC 175\3:15 200\4:00  231\3:50  223\3:40
Johnson City, TN  53\1:00 15\0:18  16\0:25 10\0:15
Black Mountain, NC 35\0:45 62\1:10  90\1:45 83\1:30
Lake Lure, NC 57\1:20 73\1:30 102\2:00 95\1:50
Boone NC 81\2:00 67\1:20 56\1:15   45\1:00
Burnsville, NC 29\0:40 43\0:53 58\1:24 44\1:09
Tallahassee, FL 475\9:00 500\9:45 526\9:00 519\9:00
Atlanta, GA 225\4:30 250\5:15  281\4:50 274\4:40
Louisville, KY 334\5:40 365\5:43  356\5:37 359\5:41
Knoxville, TN 75\1:45 100\2:15  111\1:47 115\1:51
Richmond, VA 400\7:30 350\6:30 339\5:30 350\5:45

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French Broad River whitewater rafting in North Carolina, near Asheville, Black Mountain and Lake Lure, NC.
Rafting in NC on the French Broad River.The French Broad is older than the mountains in which it now finds itself. It existed before a huge landmass crashed into the eastern shores of the main body of land that is now North America. When the collison took place, over thousands of years in duration and millions of years ago, the land slowly buckled and began the formation of the Appalachian Chain. As the mountains gained height, the river kept flowing, cutting into and through them as they rose.  
 
The French Broad River flows from near Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville, Tennessee is considered to be the headwaters of the Tennessee River. It was originally named for being one of two broad rivers in western North Carolina . The one which flowed into formerly French territory was named the French Broad, and the other which stayed in English territory (the American colonies) was named the English Broad, now just the Broad River.
 
The river begins west of the Eastern Continental Divide, and therefore actually flows northwest through the Appalachian Mountains. The river flows through the city of Asheville, North Carolina, where it picks up the Swannanoa River.

Flowing for 210 miles through western North Carolina northward into Tennessee, the French Broad River joins the Holston River outside of Knoxville to create the famous Tennessee River. On the way, it boasts of two sizable tributaries: the Pigeon River and Nolichucky River. The French Broad River was an important settlers’ route from the southeast coastal states into Tennessee during the colonial period.
 
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