Canoe Adventures Devon

06/09/2026

Summer Hols done!
Big love to everyone going back to school tomorrow and BIG gratitude to everyone who came out with us this summer.
We had braced ourselves for another quiet year and it was a scorcher. ☀️ 🛶 💥

We were a bit too busy to do much in the world of social media but we were most definitely out there!

We had to focus mainly on Riverschool and the kayak rentals but we managed a fair few guided trips in our big canoes for those who asked.

We had some Awsome characters join our amazing crew and we upped the game in our cooking at Riverschool where we filled 312 kids+12 adult spaces over 18days.
We’re so blessed to work in The most beautiful place, meet people at their best and happiest, and have the greatest crew we could wish for.
Time to celebrate.
And sleep.
👏 😮‍💨 😴

04/08/2026

Fancy a nature adventure on the River Dart? Book your seat on our first of our new trips NATURE ADVENTURES on 30th August. We hope to see seals, fish, osprey and much more too 🦭🤞🛶!

Experience the seasonal highlights of the River Dart estuary from our giant canoes, with local guides who know the river better than anyone. Scheduled to coincide with seasonal highlights, you’ll witness the changing character and wildlife of the estuary throughout the seasons. We’ll stop on the shore to chill and enjoy a brew around a fire; bring a picnic if you like. On evening trips, we’ll paddle home under moonlight - magical! Explore nature in recovery in the River Dart area, known for its rewilding, reforestation, and traditional farming. Our guides will point out positive changes underway.

Can’t make this date? Check out our website for other dates later this year.

https://canoeadventures.co.uk/nature-adventures

04/08/2026

Fancy a nature adventure on the River Dart? Book your seat on our new trip on 30th August.

Experience the seasonal highlights of the River Dart estuary from our giant canoes, with local guides who know the river better than anyone. Scheduled to coincide with seasonal highlights, you'll witness the changing character and wildlife of the estuary throughout the seasons. We'll stop on the shore to chill and enjoy a brew around a fire; bring a picnic if you like. On evening trips, we'll paddle home under moonlight - magical! Explore nature in recovery in the River Dart area, known for its rewilding, reforestation, and traditional farming. Our guides will point out positive changes underway.

Can't make this date? Check out our website for other dates later this year.

https://canoeadventures.co.uk/nature-adventures

27/07/2026

And Riverschool Holiday Club for summer holidays is off!
We have spaces still tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday. And a few more spaces here and there over the holidays.
Please check our website or EEQU to book.

18/07/2026

The Norwegian football fans provided some very welcome inspiration to the school trips we’ve been running these past few weeks. There are always a few Viking stories on our adventures which have been embellished this summer with some Viking chants. Great way to keep the teens motivated, not that these guys lacked any motivation. They were out to study saltmarshes and the estuarine environment and ended up making the Home Reach to Totnes in record time and reenacting a bit of history along the way. And they handled the heat a bit better than Haarland did in Miami!

16/07/2026

Don’t miss our Riverschool this summer!

Setting off from Stoke Gabriel 10am- 4pm this is a perfect opportunity to get your kids on the water this summer holiday and build real life outdoor skills and experiences all whilst making new friends 🙂

We have loads of dates and HAF funded places too 🙌🛶🙂

Check out our dates online and book ! Link in our bio ⬆️

13/07/2026

Congratulations Christian on passing his assessment today by to become one of our Full Skippers! His smily face and radiant cheer is fast becoming a regular feature of the Dart estuary. Surfer and divemaster, he is also a talented, up and coming wildlife photographer and naturalist and will soon have you identifying birds by their calls. His first job was for Monty Halls and he’s great with kids.
No surprise then he’s one of our regular leaders for Riverschool and our Nature Adventures. He also works as a Forest School teacher and a tree surgeon, and he tries to spend his winters exploring New Zealand where he has family. You can follow his adventures and photography on Instagram

12/07/2026

Our local MP is championing this and we reckon it’s well worth sharing.

“we need to inject more wellbeing and joy into education. “ oh yes!
We were just joking yesterday after the canoe races that we are actually in the business of joy; canoeing and adventuring is a bit of a sideline, a hustle to enable joy. It’s a strange word, in a way, ‘joy’. It can feel very vague but it’s also so very obvious. I’ve heard it described as “chaotic”. “ hard to control, measure etc. Is it therefore important? Valuable?”

It’s strange that we have come to consider 30 minutes outdoors a day as a nice to have. This is so important.

We are currently amidst schools weeks which used to be our busiest (and most exhausting) time of year but it has become increasingly quiet in recent years as fewer schools can afford us, or, in the case of secondary schools, justify the time in the schedule, or find a minibus to get their kids to us.

We’re very grateful to the Dart Harbour Authority for their support in making our school trips more affordable to local kids. Thank you Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority and Caroline Voaden

Some very welcome inspired leadership from here in South Devon .

It’s here!

Later today, I’ll be presenting my Outdoor Education Bill to parliament.

Among other things, this bill calls for children to spend at least 30 minutes of the school day outside.

We know how important being in nature is to our health and wellbeing. Yet the amount of time children spend outside has dropped by 50% in a single generation.

The Children’s Commissioner recently said we need to inject more wellbeing and joy into education.

That is exactly what my bill aims to do!

12/07/2026

We had a blast helping run the races at 🛶🙌🎉

Our big canoes got to fly along the creek with teams battling it out for the 2026 title ! Thanks to all that entered and came along 🙃

See you next year ! If you fancy a canoe trip you know where to find us - up the Creek in Stoke Gabriel or Tuckenhay and hopefully see you all again next year 🤞🙌

🎞️ Skipper 👨‍✈️

10/07/2026

Ahoy there! Riverschool Holiday Club approaching!

Entrust us with your precious ones this summer for some proper fun and adventure.

🚣 Canoeing to a woodland basecamp
🔥 Make a campfire
🌿 Learn real outdoor skills
🌊 Get stuck into nature, no screens just the beautiful River Dart!

👧 Ages 7–14

This is outdoor adventure done properly.

So here’s a quick heads up on how things are looking for Riverschool this year 2026 🙌🙌🙌

There will be 6 weeks in which Riverschool Summer Holiday Club is available. Please book your child/children onto as many dates as you like 🙂🙌😄🛶

📅 July 27th -29th (Pay-for Places only)
📅August 3rd -7th & 10th-14th & 17-19th & 24th- 26th & 27th-29th (HAF-funded and Pay-for places available)

📅OCTOBER HALF TERM - 27th-29th (pay for places only)

🎟️We offer three different ticket types:
•Paid Child session - For a single child booked on a single day. £45
•11% discount applied if you book more than one day at the same time.
•Sibling session - For anyone booking Paid Child tickets for siblings at the same time £40

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Free HAF Child - HAF eligibility - families registered for Free School Meals within Devon Authority.

‼️Please note we are Ofsted Registered so eligible families can claim Tax Free Child Care on the Pay-for Places.

Book both options via our EEQU booking page, linked from our website and comments below, and select the ticket type that applies to you. Any Qs please email or call us on 07706 343 744

‼️BOOK NOW ‼️ LINK IN OUR BIO ⬆️ or below

https://eequ.org/book/riverschool-holiday-club-summer-holidays-with-canoe-adventures-14513