Whitewater rafting guides go through extensive training (see Whitewater Guide School and What It Takes to Become a Registered Maine Whitewater Guide) and testing before taking guests down the river. Many of our guides have been leading rafting trips for over 20 years. Some of our guides also lead ATV tours, snowmobiling tours, whitetail deer hunts, fishing trips, and hiking excursions. It’s clear from your trip reviews that our guides make whitewater rafting safe, fun, and a truly memorable experience. Endless thanks to this crew of extraordinary Maine Guides!
Allow us to introduce the 2021 Rookie Guide of the Year, Mira D’Amato! Mira is a river guide by summer, ski patroller by winter. What’s her favorite brew after a day on the river? Brewer’s Choice, of course!
Meet Dan Levy, a commercial helicopter pilot and one of our fabulous Maine river guides. But that’s not all — Dan Levy is also a master Maine guide, and he plays a mean harmonica!
Drew joined the Northern Outdoors team in 2021 after guiding elsewhere for a number of years. Drew loves kayaking, sunset walks with his dog, and whatever the brewer’s brewing. Welcome to the team, Drew!
Grace is a whitewater rafting guide for Northern Outdoors – but that’s not all! She’s also a limbo master, and a big fan of the whitewater wheat ale. What’s her favorite river? Read on….
Meet Northern Outdoors whitewater river guide Justin– Rookie Guide of the Year in 2018, level II certified, and a BIG fan of the Penobscot River!
Why does John, a Brunswick, Maine native, stick around The Forks year round? Because he’s always in search of the next best fishing spot! Read more about the rivers and trails that whitewater rafting guide John loves….
When Christine isn’t shooting video of your rafting trip or guiding you through the class Vs, she’s right back out there again surfing at Big A! Christine, an avid kayaker out of Virginia, has been guiding rafts with Northern Outdoors since 2015.
Hiking, biking and Honey Badger Rye… Maine whitewater rafting guide Erica Luce lives up the mountain life when not on the river.
Favorite rapid? “THE FALLS!! There is nowhere in the world where you can run a drop that exciting over and over until you’re too tired to go on!” Meet Ted, one of our full-time Penobscot River raft guides…
Ashley’s fave job? Guiding rafts, of course! Read on to hear why being a whitewater rafting guide at Northern Outdoors tops Ashley’s fave jobs of all time!
Nesowadnehunk Falls on the Penobscot River and Mile Long Rapid on the Dead River are Maine whitewater rafting guide Ryan’s favorite rapids.
Luke guides whitewater rafting on all Maine’s rivers (the Penobscot is his favorite,) and outdoor leadership programs.