World Famous Whitewater River Rafting Guides in Montana, Idaho and Washington!"

Pangaea River Guides:
A Class Apart From All Others

What Makes Pangaea's Guides So Much Fun?

The Hardest Working Guides in the Business - They wake up early, go through days and days of training and they love every wet and muscle straining moment.

The Finest Guides In the Business - we actually practice games to play with you during our training.  We love what we do and it shows because your guide treats you like a guest, not a customer.

We Can't Keep Them Off the River: what do our guides do after they raft with you? They usually get back on the river. Talk about passion! We can't keep them off the river.

Read below and discover what all they hype is about.

Brian Burns

Brian has lived in Spokane since 1980, and has boated most of the local rivers, either in a canoe or raft.  He spends most of his time from March to October commercially raft guiding, while winter finds him either in the Grand Canyon, or on the sofa annoying his wife. 
Being on Brian's raft is always a good time, as it "usually" stays right side-up while hitting the biggest waves.  Bring the whole family, as Brian is very good with children!

David Lawrence

David Lawrence, the owner of Pangaea River Rafting shares a special life with his kids and amazing wife Brooke.  They split time working as raft guides in the summer in Montana and living in Winthrop, Washington working as cross country ski instructors in the winter.  David Lawrence is a team member of the PSIA National Nordic Team. 

An avid reader, you may hear David quoting literature, reciting poems or who knows what else.  He's got a special knack for kids and loves leading team building programs on the water.  Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, David hasn't lost is southern manners. You might hear "Yes mam" and "No mam" on the river just before charging full steam ahead into the big Clark Fork River whitewater.

Mandela van Eeden

Mandela grew up on a private nature preserve at the most southern point of South Africa. Growing up she spent a season in Africa, a season in America & a season traveling the world with her flight attendant mother.

Due to an early childhood studying the Australian Aboriginal culture, Mandela started playing the didjeridu at age 8. In '05 Mandela started Montana’s only travel talk show, “The Mandela Experience”. Since '05 the show has spotlighted over 200 cultures. Mandela presents adventure lectures biannually at the University of Montana on her unorthodox world travels & she hopes to have her own Travel Channel show one day.

Instructing whitewater kayaking, rafting & river rescue since 2008, Mandela continues to travel the world playing the didjeridu. Mandela's rafts are known for live music in between rapids as she is never without a didjeridu & fairy wings.

Brooke Lawrence

BIRTH PLACE
Virginia Beach, Virginia

HOMETOWN
Bellevue, Washington

CURRENT HOME
Mazama, Washington (Winter) and Superior, Montana (Summer)

AGE
27

FAVORITE BOOK
Arctic Daughter by Jean Aspen

OFF SEASON
Cross Country Ski Instructor, Mazama, Washington; Chef, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Washington

FAVORITE QUOTE
"Love like you've never been hurt, work like you don't need the money and dance like nobody is watching."

Kristin Baunsgard

BIRTH PLACE
Bellevue, WA

HOMETOWN
Bellevue, WA

CURRENT HOME
Where ever she is

AGE
22

FAVORITE BOOK
The Gas We Pass

OFF SEASON
World Traveler

FAVORITE QUOTE
"Sell my guitars? Would you tell Picasso to sell his guitars." Jack Black

Allison Murray

Allison Murray originally hails from colorful Colorado, but now calls Missoula, Montana home.  She attended the University of Montana earning a degree in Liberal Studies and is currently finishing another degree in the French language (please read "very smart)".

Allison began her rafting career many seasons ago in California.  After working on several rivers in Montana and Idaho, rafting has become a seasonal way of life.  When she's not rafting or studying French (which isn't often) you can find her on some "Alison" adventure. Recently, she endeavored to ride a bicycle down the American west coast.

If you press her, she might tell you that her rafting trips inspire and restore natural vitality and knit the fabric of family bonds. That's how a smarty says, "I'm wicked fun!"