View from the bow of a canoe with Roark Bluff glimmering ahead on the Buffalo River

Float trips/Multi-Day Trip

Ponca to Pruitt

Photo: National Park Service · Public domain

Miles
23.9
Duration
2 days
District
Upper
Skill
Intermediate

Two days through the most photographed water in Arkansas. Camp on a gravel bar near Erbie, hike up to Hemmed-In Hollow Falls, and wake up to mist on the bluffs before paddling out to Pruitt.

Highlights

  • Hemmed-In Hollow Falls
  • Erbie historic area
  • Gravel bar camping

Before you launch

Check the live USGS gauges and current district recommendations on the float conditions page.