LOWER COLORADO RIVER EXCURSIONS

UTV RENTALS & YUMA RIVER TOURS

If you’re truly looking to experience everything the Desert Southwest has to offer, then Lower Colorado River Excursions (LCRE) has your ticket!

By Land: We offer guided tours and self-guided UTV rentals with our Polaris RZRs, giving you the chance to explore the wildlife and scenery our desert can provide. Guided tours to local attractions such as Red Cloud Mine, Painted Desert Trail, Betty’s Kitchen, and Castle Dome Mine let you enjoy hearing the history and getting a behind the scenes tour from local guides who are very knowledgeable about the area. If you are the “let’s, go explore” type you can rent one of our UTVs’ and GO! We have miles and miles of trails to explore with your UTV!

By River: Join us as we explore all the beauty the Lower Colorado River has to offer. Our Colorado King is a unique one-of-a-kind sternwheeler available for special events such as weddings, anniversaries, company parties, birthdays etc. and our experienced event staff can help you plan from start to finish. Enjoy one of our sunset cruises, dinner cruises or narrated history cruises. We have delicious meals planned for our cruises and the scenery is amazing on our Yuma river tours.

The Colorado Queen jet boat takes you on a faster paced tour up and down the river. Enjoy the native wildlife and amazing topography of the Lower Colorado River. Your Captain is well-versed in river lore and enjoys sharing past & present history with you.

Whatever adventure you choose, be it on land or river, we guarantee you will be making special memories to treasure for years to come.

Arizona National Wildlife Refuges & UTV Trails

The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge is in Arizona in the southwestern United States, northeast of Yuma and southeast of Quartzsite. The refuge, established in 1939 to protect desert bighorn sheep, encompasses over 665,400 acres of the Yuma Desert region of the Sonoran Desert. Visitors often encounter the bighorn sheep!

The Lower Colorado River, below Picacho State Park, offers unparalleled viewing of desert canyons, the river valley, mountain ranges with vast wilderness areas, and the floodplain and associated riparian environments that are only accessible via the Colorado River waterway and adjacent lakes. Surrounding lakes include Martinez Lake, Ferguson Lake, Squaw Lake and many more. Our river cruises are with seasoned captains and crew, and they enjoy letting you in on the history of the area.

Our UTV rentals are in Yuma Arizona, and we are situated next to the trailheads that border Yuma Proving Grounds. you don’t have to drive your rental UTV on miles of pavement just to get to a trail! We also have plenty of free parking, courtesy of Fisher’s Landing, as well as numerous on-site amenities. So, treat yourself to a UTV rental in Yuma and explore the miles of UTV trails surrounding us, adventures await you. LCRE takes great pride in providing you with guided UTV tours in Yuma, get out there!