Canoe

Planning a first canoe livery day? These guides cover who can go, whether it is hard, canoe versus kayak, swimming, clothes, cost, livery versus guided, and what an open-boat river afternoon feels like. Search a ZIP when you are ready to find an operator.

A canoe is an open boat, usually two seats, paddled with single-blade paddles. Liveries drop you upstream and pick you up downstream. That is the product.

Start here

• Can Anyone Go Canoeing?
• Is Canoeing Hard?
• Canoe vs Kayak
• Can You Canoe If You Can’t Swim?
• What Does Canoeing Feel Like?
• What to Wear Canoeing
• What to Bring Canoeing
• Common First-Time Canoe Questions

Planning

• How Much Does Canoe Rental Cost?
• Canoe Livery vs Guided Trip
• Where to Go Canoeing in the United States

Quick Facts

• Experience needed: none on a livery Class I river or lake
• Boat: open canoe, usually tandem
• Life jacket on
• Not a sit-on-top kayak and not a raft trip
• Shuttle is part of the product
• Best first step: Can Anyone Go Canoeing?