Guided Kayak Tours and Canoe Trips are a great way to get out, tour on the water by kayak, and see much of the native habitat Florida has to offer. With our guided kayak tours and kayak trips, you'll get a chance to see Wild Pigs, Ospreys and Eagles, Manatees and an occasional Alligator or two all by guided kayak tours! Our other guided kayak tour excursions will give you a chance to witness Florida nature in all its native beauty and seen first-hand from a kayak or canoe as our guides take you on a most memorable trip.

Our Archeaological tours take you to Native American Mounds at the Crystal River Archaelogical Site as well as other sites only reached by kayak or canoe. For over 1,600 years these native mounds were a prehistoric ceremonial center. Native Americans traveled great distances by boat to the complex to bury their dead with ceremony and to participate in trade activities. Crystal River has several of these mounds in the area. Travel by guided kayak tour to see some of them. Learn more of the history of these sacred sites by guided kayak tours and canoe trips with an archaeologist guide from the USF and the Florida Public Archaeology Network. Find out why these mounds are so close in relation to the mounds of the Aztecs. How and why did they end up here? Where did the people go? What did they leave behind? See first hand by a guided kayak tour or canoe trip. Trips are monthly and varying dates.

Come with us as we watch fireworks from the water in our kayaks. Starting at the close of the day, join us at our private waterfront site. We'll launch from there and paddle out to King's Bay where we'll anchor safely away from the heavy boat traffic. We'll watch the firework's show over King's Bay while we'll enjoy a finger food and drinks pot luck, so bring your favorite finger food dish in Tupperware type containers. Must adhere to USCG maritime rules of night paddling. Limited to 20 boats, so reserve your spot on the water with us early. Call for info and reservations. 352-795-2255

Christmas time is a magical time of the year. Tour area waterways as we check out the Lights of the Season from our kayaks and canoes. Following we'll enjoy breverages to warm our tummys!

Come join us for a canoe trip or kayak tour.  Set up a kayak tour or canoe trip to see native Old Florida the way it was hundreds of years ago, untouched and unspoiled.

For other trips, tours, events, and fun days, please go to: "Calendar of Events"

Each year the last week in September and first week in October, join our team to paddle Nootka Bay in Vancouver Island, BC. Limited to 10 persons, this tour is unlike any other and an experience you'll remember for the rest of your life.

We will have dinner in Gold River and spend the night in a hotel.  We board the ferry, (a converted mine sweeper), the next morning and tour down river through the Vancouver Island Wilderness toward Nootka Bay with meals on board ship covered. 

See bald eagles and osprey dive for their meal in the Bay and river. See momma bear with her cubs on the shoreline as she teaches her cubs how to catch salmon. Plenty of wildlife surround us without the confines of cages. It's a zoo experience like no other.

 
     The ship's hoist will lower you and your kayak safely and easily into the water in the afternoon.  When we're all in the water we'll paddle to the mouth of the river and out into the bay and make our way to base camp.
      For ten days you'll paddle day trips from our base camp and around the area inlets, streams, and bays.  We'll be with Orca and Grey Whales, Dolphins, Sea Otters, and Sea Lions.  Have a chance at fishing for Salmon.  Eat what you catch.  Fresh Pacific Salmon is the best in the world.  
     The water is cool and crystal clear.  The air is so fresh and crisp.  The weather at that time is known as "roofing season" which is the time of little rainfall, but the sun is warm and we're told there are zero bugs (something hard for Floridians to believe).  
     Everything is provided from dinner and lodging on the first night to dinner and lodging on the last night in Gold River.  Meals on the ferry are provided.  Meals at camp are cooked for you.  The drinking water is fresh and clean, and there's even sun warmed showers.  
     The sunsets are amazing, and the nights are filled with all the stars of the heavens you can see without the city light's pollution.  

      This is a trip you'll always remember and want to do over an over.  Limited to ten persons.  Cost is $2,199 Canadian and covers all expenses for dinner and lodging in Gold River on September 30th through the kayaking adventure and dinner and lodging in Gold River on October 9th. 

CHECK IT OUT>>>>>  Discover Nootka   Password and Sign-In is: GUEST

While travel to and from Gold River, BC is on your own, call us for information on transportation to and from Gold River, BC.  It's suggested to make your travel reservations early to save money.   A list of what to bring and complete itinerary will be sent to you after your deposit is received. 

Cost for this lifetime experience is $2,199 Canadian, (as of 6.12.09 this was about $1,995 US. Limited to 10 persons. $500 Deposit, fully refundable if canceled before August 15th.  Sorry, non-refundable after that.  Passport is required. Make your reservations early.

Check out the whole Discover Nootka site: DISCOVER NOOTKA The username and password is GUEST.

We work closely with the Crystal River State Park and during the Season, the Crystal River Preserve State Park hosts a Heritage - Eco River Tour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at both 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM. Tours are approx. 1 1/2 hours long and cost is $10 per adult, children over 6 are $8, and under 6 are free. Call the park for reservations and more information. 352-563-0450. Then when you finish the morning tour, come out to Crystal River Kayak Company where we have our own kayak launch site, and rent a kayak or canoe. Bring your receipt from the morning Eco Tour of that same day and receive $5 off a kayak or canoe rental.

Kayaking is fun, and A Crystal River Kayak Company Inc. practices safety when kayaking. We realize not everyone kayaks at the same level or expertise.  For that reason we have different skill levels of tours available.  Our guides make sure everyone stays in a group and the slowest paddler sets the pace.  Our boats are stable and our guides are trained to handle an emergency.  Each group guide carries a first aid kit, VHF radio, and has training in CPR, First Aid, Basic Boating Skills Course, and are excellent swimmers.

Our tours are relaxed adding an easy, comfortable pace that is set by the group. Learn tips and paddle techniques on these tours.

Overnight tours and camping trips are available and planned by amount of interest.  Please call for details. This will be an exciting experience in both expedition kayaking and camping. Suwannee River, Key West, Ochlochonee Bay, Black River in Pensacola just to name a few.

The evenings are beautiful in Crystal River.  The sunsets over King’s Bay and the Gulf of Mexico are picture perfect. Not many people get to experience this view, and even fewer experience it from a vantage point that even the most romantic would be envious. You can experience this opportunity by the light of the moon in a canoe or kayak. The sky is full of brilliant lights besides the moon too.  Come out and see them on a night cruise.During the evening phase of the Kayak Moonlight paddle tour, see Saturn as it appears in February as a yellowish “star” just below the “Snow Moon.”  Prycyon will shine off to its right. In May come experience a “Blue Moon” as Khonsu appears twice in one month, ONLY about every 3 years. The “Thunder Moon” is in July. Then in October will be our Haunted Halloween Kayak Tour, a tour to die for!!! 

There are only a limited number of spaces available, so make your reservations early.  For more information call (352) 795-2255 for details, schedules, and availability.