The Forks/Kennebec River?

We will be staying in this area for 2 days to hunt for moose :) (photo-hunt, I mean :) ). My husband would like to try rafting on the Kennebec. I am not particularly athletic and haven%26#39;t rafted before -- will this be too ';scary';? Any companies you recommend? Any other recommendations of things to do in that area - or places to go eat?

The Forks/Kennebec River?

Not scary. Exhilerating. I went about four years ago so I can%26#39;t remember the company name. We started at the big hydro-electric dam and immediately you are in the froth with no turning back. Rapids are off and on for first five miles, some big, some small.

After a lunch break, it is back on the river for a lazy run of another five miles. Here you can get out of the boat and float along.

The guides are very good. Six-eight people per raft. Tell you hubby to volunteer to ride the bow to get the fulleffect.

One word of warning, watch out for the logging trucks on the road up to the Forks. The are loaded and go pretty fast.

The Forks/Kennebec River?

The Kennebec River is the ';family'; rafting of Maine. Compared to the Penobscot and Dead Rivers it is considerably less dangerous and ';scary';. That is not to say that it will be dull and that no one would ever get scared, it is still a thrill. As the other poster mention you start right out in some of the biggest rapids and they continue for a ways. After the first half is done then it is a lazy relaxing ride through mostly ';riffles'; . I have rafted both the Kennebec and Penobscot twice, never did I see anyone get thrown from a raft or a raft overturn on the Kennebec (not saying it doesn%26#39;t happen) but each time on the Penobscot I saw several people thrown into the river and a couple rafts overturn. The Penobscot is much more dangerous (or thrilling) depending on how you look at it whereas the Kennebec is more of an experience that most everyone can enjoy.

The area as a whole is very rural and there isn%26#39;t a lot to do outside of some hiking or just enjoying nature. You could take a short hike to Moxie Falls, Maine highest waterfall, it is quite near to The Forks.