Extreme Adventure Travel Outfitters

A co worker suggested extreme river adventures for my tubing trip down the lehigh river. I read the reviews before my trip. I’m glad i didn’t listen to those who left a negative review.
My experience started over the phone when i made my reservation. It was quick and simple. As i was driving to the launching point. The GPS left me about a ¼ mile shy of the address. I called about the issue and they were more than willing to help.
When i arrived the company operates out of a parking lot. Im Puerto Rican that doesn’t other me. The young men working the desk were extremely helpful and courteous. After a short briefing and getting our gear for our adventure. We where tubing and having fun.
If you want to have a good time tubing down the Lehigh River. Give extreme river adventures a whirl. You won’t be disappointed, i wasn’t.

The WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!
So I booked a trip for water tubing for my mom sister and myself, all three of us who did not know swimming. The river that day was rough with currents as as forecasted. But the shocking part was that they just let us three sign the waiver forms and get on the water with ABSOLUTELY NO information about what lies ahead of us.
The path was totally unguided. The person with the tubes seemed o be least bothered about whether we reach the other end or not.
And the reservation desk person «ERIN» was the most rude person I have ever spoken to.
He hung up on me when I was trying to tell him about how I could not take the trip because i wasnt informed of the risks in advance. He just snapped back saying I should ask more questions the next time and hung up.
My advice — There are plentyyy other adventure providers in the area which have a lott better service and are much more safer — coz after all it comes down to safety.
NEVER EVER BOOK WITH THESE PPL. THEY WILL ROB YOU OFF YOUR MONEY AND YOU GET BACK NOTHING.

I really really wanted to enjoy the trip. The address listed can’t be found on the GPS so just use the directions on the site. Dam release DAY was a bust 5 dollars per reservation and instead of the 19.95 its 26.95. We started at 230. didn’t return until 645. Slowest water ever had to get out and wade over rocks and dry patches. I know they don’t have control over the damn relief but there had to be a way to look at the current depth etc before charging everyone up. Well we arrive no signs no organization. Sign a waiver put it in the bucket and idle before someone gives directions. In the water brief education on the river! 4+ hours later we arrive at the pick up stop no signs no representative. The competitor was giving us instructions where to put the tubes and what van to look for. The competitor had two van trips for his group before ours showed up with two young adults that looked stoned. When they got out of the van they said hey what’s up to the competitor and asked him what he was doing tonight. While we’re sitting they’re dehydrated and hypoglycemic in the middle of nowhere no cell phones getting ate up by bugs!!! Wtf. I’d never do this company again. Get a group by your own or use his competitor Luna. We couldn’t have food drinks or a cooler Luna allowed a full cooler food etc. I’m sorry thumbs downs get signs, get responsible adults, organize your team please. Get a representative table water etc at the pick up spot down the river.

Who cares if they operate out of a parking lot. Made absolutely zero difference to us. Had a blast! Entire staff was really friendly. We will go back again for the tubing for sure. THANKS!!!

There aren’t many companies that offer tubing in this area, so if you need tubing gear on the spur of the moment, you’re stuck with this motley group. As with most organizations, there’s a starting point, provision of equipment (tube, life jacket), a way into the river, a way out of the river and a ride back to where you started. Here’s how it went for us.
Making the Reservation:
We called, left a message, and got a return call in a couple hours. Reserved for the «happy hour» tubing, which we wanted for the 5pm time slot (not the alcohol). Regardless, we were advised that they will warn us not to bring alcohol on the river, then «we look the other way.» But, if we had alcohol left at the end of the trip, we’d have to «tip the driver heavily.» if we expected her to let us bring it back on the bus. Obviously we didn’t bring booze while tubing. Tubing is plenty of fun without alcohol.
Another special treat — they charge an extra $ 5 per person if you book the same day.
Finding the Place
Turns out that Extreme Adventure operates out of the corner of a public parking lot about an eight mile drive from downtown Jim Thorpe. It’s tough to find — the address they give you is an approximation. When we came upon them our first impression was pretty bad. Visualize this: corner of a public parking lot along the river; guy sitting at a picnic table inflating river tubes with a car battery-​powered consumer-​grade air pump; a couple of stand up tents for individual changing; no signs or markings with their business name whatsoever.
After getting changed, signing our legal release forms and grabbing our tubes we needed to ask how we would know when to get out of the river and where to catch the bus. The guy never thought to even mention this. And the info he gave us was incorrect. We caught the mistake as we were about to pass the exit point, but several folks ended up missing the exit. No idea what would have come of them had other customers not been there to wave them off the river. Again no signs anywhere.
The River Ride
Glorious. The Lehigh River is a fine river for tubing (at least in this area). The scenery is amazing. The water seems clean. But you can do it with your own gear without these jokers. To be fair, the tubes and life jackets that Extreme Adventure provides are top notch, and your equipment should be just as good. No point in risking safety.
At the End of the Trip
When we figured out how and where to get out of the river we were greeted by two of the surliest and most disgruntled folks I’ve ever seen in a service industry. There were eleven people tubing that trip — a group of eight guys, and a family of three: a mom, dad and young kid (maybe 8 or 10 years old).
Mind you, we’d all paid $ 25 plus tax for this trip with crappy instructions and unprofessional service. So imagine our surprise when one of the staffers started giving us instructions on how we should help them pack up our tubes. Noticing several in the two groups, including the little kid, were shivering in the dusk chill wearing nothing but bathing suits, she snarkily said we’d be back to our warm cars sooner if we’d help them do their job. (I think this is the person we were told to tip!).
A few did try to help, but then the other worker complained that we were deflating our tubes in a place that left the tubes dirty and gritty. Again, some snarky comment about asking the «guests» to help. As one of my friends pointed out, we weren’t guests — we were customers. Who paid. For this. Had we been guests then sure, happy to help.
The Ride Back
When we finally got in the van it was a hot mess. Who uses vans with fabric padded seats to transport wet tubers? It was gross.
Conclusion
Suffice to say, don’t expect much. If you have tubing gear and life vests, by all means take advantage of this lovely section of river on a hot summer day. Park one car at the start of the route and a second car at the end, and just go yourself. You’ll save $ 25 a person, and maybe save yourself an insult or two.
Happy Tubing!

Hard to find and horrible customer service! Extremely rude and unprofessional staff, threatening to charge my card if I don’t show up, which I couldn’t because the address isn’t entirely correct and my GPS couldn’t find it. When asked for directions, the guy replied very rudely to buy a map!

I arranged for a group rafting trip to include friends at the office, they invited their friends & family and before I knew it, I had a group of 25 people. We usually go with the bigger outfitters on the Lehigh River, but wanted to try a smaller one to see if we can get a more personalized trip. It was mid-​summer and I knew that we were too late to get good whitewater, but decided to go anyway because we had a lot of first-​timers. Plus it was a few bucks cheaper than the others and they gave us a group discount.
Extreme Adventure operates on the Lower Lehigh, meeting up in Bowmanstown, near their offices. There is no real «center» with snack bars and souvenirs like with other outfitters like I was used to. We just met in the parking lot of a state park, picked up by van/​bus and driven up to the starting point in Jim Thorpe, where we met up with our guides and equipment. Remember that the mailing address listed for the company is not the meetup point for the trip, which is across the river and is also the end point of the trip. It was a little hard to find, but we made it OK. We were put into larger boats that sat 8. I thought that made the boat too heavy and harder to control, but the rafts were pretty new and were the self-​bailing type (a big plus). We had a «rocky» start because the first rock we hit, 3 people flew out of the raft, me included. But we made out OK once everybody got the idea of what to do and we got coordinated.
The rest of the trip was pretty smooth, but that’s not what you want on a «whitewater» rafting trip. All of the rapids were class 2 or less, but this late in the summer, there wasn’t much of a thrill despite it being a dam release weekend. Despite that, everybody had fun because it was the first time for most and the water fights were monumental. If the water levels were up to give class 3 rapids, it would have been worth at least another star.
I liked the more casual atmosphere the way they ran the trip and didn’t feel like a big commercialized operation like the bigger outfits that run huge trips on the river. It felt more like a bunch of guys out to have a day of fun. A great thing that Extreme has because they don’t have a center, is that they offer a BBQ cooked lunch midway down the river. It was just grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and chips that the guides set up and cooked, but after a few hours of paddling, it was THE BEST meal in the world and the best $ 5 I’ve ever spent!