American River Resort

We rented a tent site for 2 nights and did the chili bar trip. The Campsite is vary clean and well kept. Bathrooms are great, warm showers. The check in area has ice and a few things you might need, water shoes, sweatshirts, t shirts, sunscreen, dry bags. The pond was not great, could be the time of year. Be sure to bring a tube and a life vest to enjoy some swimming or tubing down the river. There are plenty of spots to watch people go down troublemaker and cheer them on. The guides were all great for the rafting trip. We will be coming again with a bigger group.

I got a tent and my parents got a cabin. The tent wasn’t bad, it had 4 beds and my parents said the room was okay. The only thing was that it was really hot outside and the ac in the room didn’t work well. My favorite thing was the river, it was beautiful, I would definitely go again for just for that. One advice I would give for anyone who wants to come is: don’t forget sunscreen. I forgot to bring some 😬 and well I got really burnt. Overall it was a great experience with an amazing scenery.

I rented a spot at American River Hotel and around 7pm I had just set up my awning, and sat down for a nice cozy quiet night to read my book. About 5 or 6 cars full of men uploaded right across the street from me, at the bathrooms,and started playing loud music, drinking, shouting and laughing. No one else was nearby and so I called to ask for a refund then and leave (wasnt even bothered in the sense of just agreeing to depart and get a refund) but no one answered. So I just left, leaving a message. I called back in the morning to get Melinda or Mirada (I forget which) to advise that I had to leave due to the loudness. She apologized but never got back to me for 2 weeks (she claimed she did but i never got a message but lets grant that she did). I called her back to get an answer on a refund or even credit, assuming that was a rare occasion, I would come back. She affirmed who they were, so affirmed that it did happen, but because no one else was around and therefore it didn't bother anyone else, they wouldn't credit or refund me. I will not be going back. I camp a whole lot and most if not all have rules against such partying behavior but Melinda flip flopped saying they had until 10pm to party while in the same breath saying that if they bothered anyone they would put a stop to it. They did bother me and also no staff was around to stop or answer my phone call to complain in the first place. There was no way to get a refund. I was only there for a few hours and didn't even stay the night. If you have a problem good luck getting good or any service and especially good luck on getting your $ back. I'd advise going somewhere else. There are 2 other places nearby that offer better service.

A completely dishonest business. We camped here on Mother's Day weekend and as we are leaving the campsite, the automatic gate closed as we were passing and scratched the car badly. Christian Romero took pictures of the car but not willing to provide business insurance information, and asked me to call on Monday to talk to "Arnie the manager". Arnie Chandola is actually the owner and after many attempts at calling and emailing the business for several months now, they never responded to my calls and emails. Per reading other reviews, it is clear that they are very unethical, shady and dishonest. Everytime I called they said Arnie is a "very busy man" and despite having 6 phone numbers, "there is reason why management intentionally not talking directly to customers and choose not to respond". In addition, we did not order tent to be setup as we brought our own tents. When we arrived, there were four tents there and they refused to take them down. We setup our own tents but then the site got really crowded with the four tents that we did not order. They tried to charge us for those tents too.

My family completed a White Water rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River. We had an absolute blast. The water was high and fast, we had a 13 and 15 year old in the raft and everyone stayed in the raft as we hit every large wave for 3 plus hours. I would highly recommend the professional crew that operates American River Resort and Whit Water Adventures to anyone with an upbeat and adveturistc attitude.