Come along and enjoy a fantastic adventure with your family, friends or team-building group…
All the kayaking that we offer on the Puhoi River is unguided. The kayaking trip operates between the Puhoi Historic Village and the Wenderholm Regional Park with the direction of your paddle depending on the daily tide. The 8km of river is flat with no rapids or waterfalls. We always go with the tide to make it easy for our kayakers.
You can also just hire a kayak for 1 hour and paddle around the Puhoi Village but check with us first for the right time to come.
We start each trip with a summary of our basic kayaking rules. For new-paddlers and rusty-paddlers we offer basic paddling instruction. Then fit you out with a comfortable buoyancy aid, take you to the river, put you into your kayak – set you up and off on your glide on the river!
When doing the downriver paddle you will leave from our base in Puhoi and head through native bush, farmland and down into the mangrove forest. Our paddlers leaving from the Wenderholm regional Park are sent off from the boat ramp and up the Estuary with the incoming tide.
Along the way herons, pukekos, kingfishers and other birds flit in and out of the trees, listen very carefully and you may be lucky to hear the raucous laughter of the kookaburras. Our team will be there to arrange a courtesy shuttle to get your driver to their car whichever way you are paddling.
The one way paddle takes around 1.5 -2 hours so you might like to consider a BBQ picnic at Wenderholm Regional Park. For those who would enjoy a catered lunch there are several good local options in Puhoi, the iconic Puhoi Pub, the Puhoi General Store and the Puhoi Valley Tea Rooms.
Info For Groups
All you have to do is decide which day your group would like to come.
The Puhoi River is tidal so we will tell you the best time options for the day you have chosen. Remember that the one way basic trip takes 1.5-2 hours so you might like to consider either a BBQ in Wenderholm or enjoy the hospitality up in the Puhoi Village
Then decide how many paddlers there will be and what type of kayak or canoe each would prefer.
We have a large fleet made up of:
50 Single Kayaks
35 Double Kayaks
4 Canadian Canoes
FULL PUHOI RIVER ADVENTURE RATES
Single Kayak: $55
Double Kayak: $110
Canadian Canoe: $165
PUHOI HOURLY HIRE RATES
Single Kayak: $35
Double Kayak: $70
Canadian Canoe: $85
Puhoi Kayaks is open between August to May but times depend on the tides so bookings are essential. Check out the times by clicking 'RESERVE NOW' .
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