How a trip goes

From the boathouse door to dry towels, most trips take about two and a half hours.

Meet at the boathouse

Arrive 15 minutes early. We check you in, fit life jackets and find everyone a dry bag for phones and keys.

Learn on dry land

Ten minutes on the beach: how to hold the paddle, steer, stop, and what to do if you tip. First timers are paddling fine within minutes.

Follow your guide

Your guide leads the line and stops whenever there is something to see: kingfishers, monitor lizards, a heron fishing the shallows.

Swim, snack, drift home

A sandbar stop with fruit and cold water, then an easy paddle back with the current. Showers and towels at the boathouse.

Three kinds of water

Mangrove tunnels

The calmest water we paddle. Narrow channels under a roof of roots and leaves, where the only sounds are your paddle and the birds. Good for first timers, families and anyone who wants to slow down.

  • 2 hours
  • Calm water
  • Kids from 6

The open lagoon

Wide, bright water that turns gold in the evening. A steady paddle out to a sandbar for a swim and fruit, then home with the breeze behind you. Our most popular sunset trip.

  • 2.5 hours
  • Gentle current
  • Sunset departures

River rapids

Class II rapids, eddies to play in and a waterfall lunch stop. You will get wet. For paddlers who have done a trip or two and want their heart rate up.

  • 4 hours
  • Rapids
  • Adults only

Your guides

Every guide is first-aid and swiftwater-rescue certified, and paddles these waters most days of the year.

Ravi

Lead guide, mangroves

Has paddled these channels since he was nine and can name a bird by its call before you see it.

Leah

Guide, sunset lagoon

Swiftwater rescue trainer. Knows exactly which sandbar has the best swim at every tide.

Kenji

Guide, river rapids

Former slalom racer who now teaches eddy turns with a lot of patience and a little showing off.

From the river journal

Map: the boathouse sits on the north bank of the river, at the bend just past the jetty.

Find the boathouse

North jetty boathouse
12 Harbour Road, Riverbend