Open Canoeing

North Wales is a great place to enjoy the sport of Open Canoeing. We have a vast amount of rivers open for use and in addition to this we have a number of lakes and canals to hone those skills before heading onto the whitewater. We have a fleet of canoes ranging in sizes and types to meet your needs. We have a number of different courses available to you ranging from half day sessions where you learn the basics to weekend courses where we will teach you all about Open Canoe skills and journeying. We also run a number of expeditions each year to places such as Scotland and Sweden.

Beginner session

Never tried Open Canoeing before, that doesn’t matter, come along on our beginner sessions and we will tell you all you need to know to get the boat going in a straight line. We will also play games and generally get you going on the right track..

Price: £45 per person for a half day session, £90 for a full day.

The First Step

This is a specially designed course to enable you to get yourself and your canoe down a grade 2 local river. Set over two days this course will include a day of flat water canoeing where you will learn the basic strokes needed to get down the river. The second day is the “river trip”. This will be on one of our local grade 2 rivers depending on water levels. You will encounter a number of different rapids and waves and by the end of the day will be comfortable on moderate whitewater.

Price: £190. This includes tuition, Equipment, and 2 nights Bed and Breakfast at a local bunkhouse.

The Second Step

This is for those people who have already had a taste of Open Canoeing and want to do more. Set over two days this course will include two days of whitewater, the first day will be on a specific whitewater site where you will learn lots of moving water strokes and then we will move on to the second day which will be a river trip on one of our local rivers. By the end of this course you should be quite comfortable on moving water and have the skills to tackle most things

Price: £190. This includes tuition, Equipment, and 2 nights Bed and Breakfast at a local bunkhouse

Canoeing and Bushcraft

Want to try something different then why not combine two of our popular courses. Spend the day paddling and learning new skills then in the evening learn the art of Bushcraft and how to combine the two.
For this course the evening will be spent under the stars under the shelter that you have constructed.

Price: £190 per person including food.

New For 2010

Scotland Expedition

For this year we are offering the chance to come on a wilderness expedition to the wilds of northern Scotland. Spread over 5 days you will experience the remoteness of Scotland only experienced from a canoe.

We will be away from civilization for 4 nights and what we take with us is all we have so pack well.

The trip is based on Loch Shiel, nr Fort William and involves paddling the length of the loch and down some local tributaries. Every night we will be wild camping under the stars(well, in tents) and cooking on fires(weather permitting). On previous trips we have seen deer, osprey and eagle from the canoes and caught fresh fish to supplement the evening meal.

If this is something you feel like doing then don’t hesitate to get in touch and book your place on a once in a lifetime trip.

Price: On request

Coming Soon

Sweden Expedition

Ask for details of this new expedition. You won’t want to miss this…

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