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DVK Offers New Rescue Course for Professional Boater in Colorado

Test your boating skills on the Arkansas River in Colorado

It’s not uncommon for our guests and customers to ask how you get to live the life we lead, and how you get to have the job as a guide on the best rivers of the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern region. The answer is simple: you start by taking our New Three Day Rescue Course, and get certified to be a professional river guide. The DVK Expeditions family was the first in the country to officially get certification as river guides, and we continue to lead the pack today, when it comes to the best guided trips in the country. If you want to be the best, you need to learn from the best.

White water rescue course training

Test your boating and rescue skills with DVK on the Arkansas River in Colorado

DVK offers a new rescue course for river guide certification

This new rescue course offered by one of the top outdoor guide companies in the country is specifically designed for professional boater, by professional boaters. This is not for beginners. This is for professional river guides, kayakers and white water rafters who already spend the majority of their time on the river. It is three action-packed, fast-paced, physically challenging days on the Arkansas River near Nathrop, Colorado. This will test all of your skills and everything you think you already know. During the three days we’ll be testing your reaction time, rope skills, rescue team work as well as your own limits on the river. Take your professional river life to the next level with this one of a kind rescue course with Dvorak Expeditions. Sign up now for one of the two courses May 26th-28th or May 29th-31st, 2015 for the incredible price of $325 per person.

Learn from the best outdoor guides in the country: DVK Expeditions

Rope rescue course

DVK Expeditions offers a number of educational courses to test your skills on the rivers of Colorado, Texas, Utah, Idaho and Mexico

Dvorak Expeditions offer a number of educational courses, paddle school, river guide training, rescue courses and camps for teens. We want everyone to have fun on the river, but part of our mission from the beginning, imparted by our founder, Bill Dvorak, is educating people about safety and conservation. This includes rivers, wildlife, nature and how to sustain and protect our natural resources. We want to share our knowledge so that the legacy of Dvorak Expeditions will continue for generations to come. Sign up for courses today!

Dvorak’s Expeditions – Est. 1969
Family Owned & Operated
Bill & Jaci Dvorak