Make Sure You Don't Forget Anything
What to Bring on Your Kayaking Tour
Day Tour
What's Included
- All Kayaking Equipment including kayaks, paddles, spray skirts, bilge pumps
- All Safety Gear including personal flotation device (life jacket) with signaling device and a buoyant heaving line
- Lunch
- Dry Bags
- Wetsuit (depending on water temperature)
What To Bring
- Some sort of shoes that you don’t mind getting wet like sandals or crocs.
- Sunglasses and hat.
- Sunscreen
- Camera but make sure it’s waterproofed somehow. Zip Lock bags won’t do!
- Rain/wind jacket and some extra clothes in case of cooler temperatures.
Multi-Day Tour
What's Included
- All Kayaking Equipment including kayaks, paddles, spray skirts, bilge pumps
- All Safety Gear including personal flotation device (life jacket) with signaling device and a buoyant heaving line
- Group camping equipment, including tents, cookware, stoves, plates, bowls, cutlery and tarps for shelters
- All food and some snacks
- First Aid Kit
- Guides carry emergency communication equipment such as cell phones, VHF radios and Garmin Inreach Units
What To Bring
While our summers usually provide us with favorable weather, our summer months can sometimes bring cool and damp conditions more in line with spring.
When packing clothes, it is very important to remember that cotton garments may provide some warmth when dry but are absolutely useless when damp and are very slow drying. Leave them home and look for polyester quick drying clothing!
- Wet suit
- Dry top or paddle jacket of some sort. Wet suits provide thermal protection to lower body but do little to protect the upper body.
- Water shoes such as sandals, crocs or neoprene boots. Neopren socks are nice for warmth during cooler temperatures.
- Neoprene gloves for paddling
- Poly underwear, top and bottom
- Long sleeve shirts (2)
- Short sleeve shirt (2)
- Fleece sweater
- Quick drying pants (2) (the kind that converts to shorts are nice)
- Socks
- Wool hat and gloves (in case of cool evenings)
- Lightweight rain/wind pants
- Waterproof dry bags for your clothing etc. A number of small dry bags pack better than one large one. Five and 10-litre bags are good, but you will probably need a 15-litre bag for your sleeping bag.
- Sun hat
- Sun glasses
- Waterproof hiking boots or rubber boots
- Good quality sleeping bag (must be compact and able to stuff inside the hatch of a kayak in a 15-litre bag)
- Sleeping pad (Thermarest)
- Personal toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, etc)
- Towel
- Baby wipes (valuable when conserving fresh water)
- Sun screen and lip protection
- Insect repellant
- Water bottle
- Personal medication
- Campsite sitting pad
- Flashlight with spare batteries (head lamps are excellent)
- Day pack for hikes
Optional
- Reading material
- Camera (waterproof case is a must)
- Multi tool (leatherman)
- Binoculars (small)
- Wine or beverage of choice (for evenings only), bagged wine packs well in a kayak
- Treats
- Pillow slip