Canoe
Last Updated: September 2026
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?
Find this near you
Search a city, state, or ZIP and filter to Canoe livery. Or browse Water. Independent directory, not a booking service. Book on the operator's official website.
Find operators
Browse Water for Canoe livery operators, or jump to one of these live listings:
- Kayak EufaulaEufaula, AL
- Pea River OutdoorsElba, AL
- Buffalo Camping and CanoeingGilbert, AR
- Buffalo Outdoor CenterPonca, AR
- Buffalo River CanoesJasper, AR
- Buffalo River Float ServiceYellville, AR
- Byrd's Adventure CenterOzark, AR
- Caddo River Camping and CanoeGlenwood, AR
- Crockett's Canoe RentalHarriet, AR
- Dirst Canoe RentalYellville, AR
- Kings River OutfittersEureka Springs, AR
- Lost Valley CanoePonca, AR