North Wales is a great place to enjoy the sport of Open Canoeing.

Our most popular trip by far is our Aqueduct Canoe trip over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.  See our dedicated page for this. 

In addition to this we run weekend courses, river trips and skills sessions.

Aqueduct tours

See our dedicated Aqueduct Tours page for more info 

Taster session

Never tried Open Canoeing before? 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 have a good time. This session will be based on the Llangollen canal.

Price £55 per adult, £50 per child (8-16) including transport and all safety equipment.

Session times: 9.00am and 1.00pm.  

Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.  

Full Day Whitewater Canoe

On Wednesdays we get to paddle the magnificent River Dee from Glyndyfrydwy to Horseshoe falls. This grade 2 section of river is stunning and a great place to go paddling. In small groups we will guide you down this full day trip. Minimum group size is 4 people. 

Price £115 per person including transport and all safety equipment. Minimum age 12. 

Learn to Canoe

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.

We will put you up in Riverbanc where you'll start the day with a full Welsh breakfast to get you going.

Price: £325 per person.

This includes tuition, equipment, and 1 nights Bed and Breakfast at a Riverbanc. Minimum 2 people to run this course.

The Whitewater Canoe Course

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.
We will put you up in Riverbanc where you'll start the day with a full Welsh breakfast to get you going.

Price: £325 per person.

This includes tuition, equipment, and 1 nights Bed and Breakfast in Riverbanc. Minimum 2 people to run this course.

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 eagles 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: £585 per person excluding food and transport.

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