Ellijay River Outfitters - Ellijay, Georgia

Damian D.

Es divertido, pero peligrosamente organizado. Faltan indicaciones para tener idea si uno está bien encaminado. Nosotros íbamos de a 6 y se nos pincho un tube en una roca y fue una pesadilla finalizar el recorrido. Gracias a que éramos 6 pudimos improvisar una solución, sino te quedas perdido en el medio de los rapidos.

Jorge A. L. J.

This place is a lot of fun, very relaxing, going down the river in a tube. The water is a little cold but fun! Very kid friendly, no hard rapids at all, just some to push you along. We took the hour trip, which was just enough they do have longer ones you can do. When you reach your puck up point, they will pick you up in one of their buses. The staff is so friendly you can't go wrong plus the price is very reasonable. Enjoy!

Nelson R.

Great experience! This is a lazy river with small rapids easy to bring the kids. It's about 45min to an hour ride When you get to the take out spot you are at a beautiful open field with a fantastic scenic view of mountains in the background while you wait for the Scooby Doo bus to take you back.

Heath C.

Lovely time and people. Though there needs to be some before hand warnings of water roughness\ few rapids at end of 3mile, some younger and older folks might run into issues getting over there rapids at the end. I'd only ask the help about info regarding these possible issues. Now everyone else will thoroughly enjoy those rapids and end with a huge smile. Lastly be warned about the Scooby- Tubey-Do & Tuber-Uber on the trip back, the wild factor is high and certainty is low haha ride only if you hate walking miles back.

Gregg H.

We had such a great time here. Our large (20-ish?) family reunion took the 1-mile float and had such a great time. Staff couldn’t have been friendlier or more helpful—be sure to check your car keys with them at the registration desk. Lots of cold drinks for sale when we were there, too which was great since the state won’t allow coolers on the river.

Some of our group were concerned to learn there were “rapids” on the route. When we went the river was just high enough for us to clear some of the more swiftly flowing areas with nothing more than a momentary rush of faster travel. Check with the staff if you’re concerned but we were all able to navigate and manage without any difficulty or concern

Jared G.

River experience was great! Customer service was great. For little kids, it wasn’t too bad. Wear a life jacket they’ll be fine. Too is 4 hours on the long stretch. Hit mile 1 in about 40 mins. Some decent falls towards the end, but kids were fine.

The van ride at the end was a little sketch. Packed it out and pretty sure the transmission was about to fall out in the 90s special bus. Bathrooms were limited and in dire need of clean out! Pretty nasty. Seemed like an honor system with what you bought. 😉 Overall, great time!

Jenn F.

I love this place! Great put-in spot for kayaking. If you have your own kayak & lifejacket it's only $10 to put in there and use their shuttle service. Convenient and friendly. Highly recommend! There is a one mile or 3 mile trip down the Cartecay. Although, my GPS clocked it at 5.1 miles. The water was really up & moving on my most recent trip so 5.1 miles only took a little over 2 hours. Great paddle with some action alternated with calm, chill water. You can also rent floats or kayaks there.

Christian F.

Hey if you wanna have a good time at the river, this is the stop. The staff are some of the most wonderful people on the planet and they treat you like family. Everything feels very at home. Little snack bar and swings all under a nice old roof, etc. I can't really describe it but it feels really nice just being there. Of course a river is a river and the tubing was clean and the most relaxing thing I've done in a while. Definitely something I didn't know I needed and it was well worth it. If you happen to ride with another family back to the base, it adds to the experience.

Overall I had a great time and there's no other place I would go. To the staff: excellent job 👏🏽