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Kayak Instruction Vacations |
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These trips are for those of you who would like a learning vacation! Our week-long Kayak Instruction Vacations are typically spent with instruction in the mornings, and then the afternoons are spent practicing what you've just learned as we paddle and explore the area.
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Set up your own private Custom Guided Kayak Trip for you and your family or friends.
Click here for a quick overview of all of our week-long Guided Kayak Trips.
Listen to a Radio piece about one of our Guided Kayak Trips.
Cedar Key, FL Kayak Instruction Vacation - Coastal Kayak
please contact us for 2007 dates
$1195 per person, double occupancy (all taxes included)
If you have ever wanted to get intensive kayak instruction in a beautiful, warm setting, this is the trip for you! Cedar Key, Florida is located in the big bend region of Florida’s nature coast and offers a little bit of everything for all paddlers.The week consists of daily instruction in the morning, either on the water or in a “classroom” setting, and the afternoons are spent practicing what we have learned. Some of the topics that are covered include safety, equipment, boat fit/adjustment, launching/landing, wet exits, introduction to basic strokes and skills, rescues, weather, wind, wave dynamics, tides, and currents. There are no prerequisites for this trip; it is designed to provide beginners with a safe and enjoyable introduction to the sport of coastal kayaking.
We meet on the first night in the quiet town of Cedar Key, which is our “base camp” for the week. Your home away from home is a waterside cabin with all the necessary amenities including cooking facilities. There are also several restaurants within a short walking distance of your cabin.
Kayaking is an activity that any reasonably fit person can enjoy. You should be in good health and accustomed to regular exercise. The cost of the trip includes kayak, paddling accessories, lodging, local transportation, lunches, and two dinners. Not included in the cost is air or land transportation to Cedar Key, Florida, any meals not previously mentioned, alcoholic beverages, gratuities for the instructors, or medical expenses due to injury or illness.
There is a minimum number of participants required to confirm this class. Therefore please do not make any travel arrangements (airline flights, train) until you have received confirmation from us that the trip has fully booked. A 50% deposit is due at time of reservation, with payment in full due 60 days prior to the trip’s start date. For more information, a course outline, or to make a reservation, please email or call 315-335-1681. For reservation, deposit, refund and cancellation policies, as well as information on travel insurance, click here.
Other Guided Kayak Trips in Florida
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Ocracoke, NC Kayak Instruction Vacation - Open Water
please contact us for 2007 dates
$1295 per person, double occupancy (all taxes included)
Ocracoke Island, located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, is our base for this week of intensive kayak instruction. Our waterfront location enables us to quickly and easily go between classroom and on-water instruction. The week is structured with classroom or dry-land instruction in the mornings and on-water instruction in the afternoons.
Some of the topics that are covered or reviewed include equipment, boat fit/adjustment, launching/landing, wet exits, basic and advanced strokes, rescues, weather, wind, wave dynamics, tides, currents, towing, chart reading and navigation techniques. This class is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to practice strokes and maneuvers, self and assisted rescues, and kayak navigation in an open water setting. Participants should have spent some time in a touring kayak and be comfortable in the water.
We meet on the first night at our rental house on Ocracoke Island, NC. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served family style, daily, at the house.
Kayaking is an activity that any reasonably fit person can enjoy. You should be in good health and accustomed to regular exercise. The cost of the trip includes kayak, paddling accessories, lodging, local transportation and all meals. Not included in the cost is air or land transportation to Ocracoke Island, NC, alcoholic beverages, and gratuities for the instructors, or medical expenses due to injury or illness.
There are a minimum number of participants required to confirm this class. Therefore please do not make any travel arrangements (airline flights, train) until you have received confirmation from us that the trip has fully booked. A 50% deposit is due at time of reservation, with payment in full due 60 days prior to the trip’s start date. For more information, a course outline, or to make a reservation, please email us or call 315-335-1681. For reservation, deposit, refund and cancellation policies, as well as information on travel insurance, click here.
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