Who doesn’t like spending time by or on a river? Whether you are just getting back to nature or doing something more adventurous like rafting you might want a caption for your fantastic river pic. We gathered the best river captions that include river captions for Instagram, funny river captions, cute river captions, rivers puns, short river captions and river quotes for Instagram to use as captions.
We quit our jobs over 10 years ago and have been travelling ever since and have seen some amazing rivers around the world. We have paired our favorite captions on rivers with our favourite river photos.
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Top River Captions
Here are some of our favorite river captions. Start here to choose a perfect caption for your river photo.
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
It is from small streams that big rivers rise
River water is just like poem without words

Learn to live freely like the wind, learn to flow freely like the river
Fresh air, river flowing, sunlight dappling
The fall of dropping water wears away the stone
Don’t push the river, it will flow. Don’t push the love, it will grow.
Rivers are roads that move and carry us along with them

Life is like a river, it goes up and down
You don’t have to take a dip in a river to feel refreshed by it
The relaxing murmur of a river
Rollin rollin rollin on the river
River Captions for Instagram
If you are looking for a caption about rivers for Instagram, look no further. Your followers will love these river captions for Insta.
River rules: Live, love, swim!
Day dreams of river streams

As sure as river flows I will never let you go
Life is good, but its better on rivers
Hungry for life, thirsty for the distant river
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water
My spirit is ablaze, but water keeps my center
To the river I go, to lose my mind and find my soul
Listening to the river

Watching a river meander is truly a piece of art
Life is simple, just add water
Feeling River Relaxed
Blue sky, shorts, and river floating
Nature River Captions for Instagram
These nature Instagram captions for rivers also work great. If you want to see more captions about nature check out our list of the Best Nature Captions.
Adopt the pace of nature and flow with the river
To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles
Nature marvels when the sun rises upon the river

A good river is nature’s life work in song
This river is nature at it’s best!
Human nature is like water, It takes the shape of its container
Nature is not a place to visit, it is a home
There’s nothing like the nature around a river
Funny River Captions
If you are looking for funny river captions for Instagram, this is the list for you.
We used to listen to the water, but the river shuts its mouth
What happens at the river, stays at the river
Keeping it reel on the river
Come watch the live stream
My dinner is still in the river
River hair, don’t care
Floatin’ on the river is killing my liver
I don’t need a river to be lazy

It’s settled. I’m a river rat.
Keeping it reel on the river
River Puns for Instagram
Here is a list of river puns for your Instagram captions about rivers.
Rivers are… the original streaming service
This river valley is totally gorges

Don’t get tide-up in sorrows, you will only cry a river.
Diving into shallow water could lead to jumping to wrong conclusions.
The river turned out to be a great party guy because he just went with the flow
Life is good – full stream ahead!
Cute River Captions
These are our favourite cute river captions for any occasion.
sun+sand+river=happiness
Do not push the river and it will flow by itself
Sitting quietly on the corner of a river
Let the world go and take a walk along a river
Rivers know this there is no hurry, we shall get there someday
Love is like a river never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time
Life in us is like the water in a river
Wander often, wonder always

The music of a river
Happiness comes in currents
Love is the river of life in the world
Paddling, River Rafting or Float Trip Captions
Whether you are looking for river rafting Instagram captions or Instagram captions for floating the river this list has both.
Paddle to add balance to your life
Whatever floats your boat
Live, laugh, raft
If in doubt, paddle out
I’d rather be rafting
Keep calm and paddle on

Lost on the river. Don’t bother me.
A day on the river restores the soul
Happiness is finally leaving the shore
Everyone must believe in something – I believe I’ll go kayaking
Life is short. Paddle hard.
Take the river less paddled
Sometimes in life, you’ve got to stop rowing and bask in the view for a minute
Short River Captions
Sometimes you just want a short river caption for Instagram.
River Relaxed
River toe dipping
Cry me a river
On river time

Curves of life
The river is everywhere
Forever a river lover
Life is better on the river
Thought Provoking Captions About Rivers
Never taking water for granted again
There is nothing more humbling than watching the river flow from up high
We steer the boat, we don’t alter the river
Practicing being still like a mountain and flowing like a river
Smell the river and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence
This is not the greatest river in the world. This is just a tributary.
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water
A river doesn’t just carry water, it carries life
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one
When flowing with the flow, you might lose yourself
As long as you can find the river, you can find your way home
Captions for Rivers
There are three things I love about this city: the river, the river, and the river
Echoed in the river of silence
Over the river and through the woods

Be fluid like water and flow around your obstacles
Even though the river has a bed, it won’t stop running
Life is a deep river, Its noise breaks us in parts, and its silence slowly silent our heart
Water is sufficient, the spirit moves over water
It is life, I think, to watch the water
A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure
Water is the mirror, that has the ability to show us what we cannot see
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river
If the earth is a mother then rivers are her veins
An individual human existence should be like a river
A friendly reminder that every city owes its life to its river
There’s no place like home except the river
I love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfoldings
We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations
All water is holy water
River Tubing Captions for Instagram
I love getting an inflatable and doing a river float – our favourite one is on the Kingsmere River. If you are the same and are looking for river tubing captions for Instagram or river floating captions this section is for you.
I’m happiest when I’m floating on a river
Floating like a butterfly
Floating and chillin
When in doubt, river float

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is float
Summertime and the tubin’ is easy
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Sun, tube, river, float
Floating in the sun
It’s tube time
Boating River Day Captions
We love to boat on a river and even spent three days doing it in Bolivia. When you are finished your time on the river these boating the river captions are exactly what you need. If you are looking for more check out our list of the Best Boat Captions.
If time is a river then I want to be on this boat for all of it
Finding out what’s around the river bend
Floating under the bridges
River floating

Paddling my boat down the river
In no hurry, spending the day on the river
Loving life with a boat and a never ending river
Keeping it reel on the river
River boating is my therapy
We steer the boat, we don’t alter the river
Fishing on the River Captions
Some of the most relaxing moments on rivers is spent fishing. Here our some of our favorite captions from our list of Perfect Fishing Captions.
I fish knowing every moment on a river is a gift
Reel girls fish

If I am fly fishing on the river I’m happy
The best days are spent standing in the river fishing
Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up

I’d rather be at the river fishing
At the river fishing, don’t wait up
Gone to the river and fishin’, be back at dark-thirty!
Water Captions
If you like river captions you’ll like our water captions from our list of the Best Water Quotes and Captions. You might like our other lists of captions about water including Waterfall Captions, Lake Captions, Rain Captions and Sea Captions.
Cause a ripple effect
It’s all water over the falls
Life is water-ful

The water is calling and I must go
So, ‘water’ you waiting for?!?
There’s nothing quite like life by the water
So much water, such little time
Sunshine and lake water is all I need

All my troubles wash away in the water
Swimming is dancing under the water
Be grateful for good friends, hot sun, and clear water
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
River Quotes for Instagram
These are our 15 favourite river quotes for Instagram from our list of the Best River Quotes. You should also check out our list of the Best Short Quotes that are perfect for captions.
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.” – Laura Gilpin
“Sometimes there’s just no way to hold back the river.” – Paulo Coelho
“The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.” – Brian Morton
“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” – Emma Smith
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
“You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” – Mark Twain

“Time flows away like the water in the river.” – Confucius
“I had no plans of any destination. I wish to flow like a river.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“I live in a van, down by the river!” – Chris Farley
“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” – Mark Twain

“Be like a river. Be open. Flow.” – Julie Connor
“The night. The stars. The river.” – Edward Abbey
“A river is easier to channel than to stop.” – Brandon Sanderson
“Hope is a continuous flowing river.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Cross the river by feeling for stones.” – Deng Xiaoping
Hope you found the perfect river caption for your next post.
We also have other lists of quotes and captions about nature including the sun, waterfalls, sunsets, forests, lakes, trees, mountains, the sea, sunshine and sunrise.
Let us know in the comments below if we missed any captions on rivers that should be added.
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