ROW Adventures

Highlights

• Explore through Our Grande Ronde kayaking adventure travels some 36 miles through a wilderness of pine-studded canyons, on waters protected as part of the National Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Towering mountains and formations of volcanic rock from the Columbia Basalt flows make for a dramatic setting.
• Experience Kayak as every participant on this trip is furnished with an inflatable kayak about 11-feet in length. These are stable and fairly easy to maneuver, making them an ideal platform for learning how to run white water rivers on this kayaking adventure. Each day of adventure we paddle about 10 miles on fast-flowing water, getting instruction from your guides along the way.
• We are sure to leave plenty of time to stop and hike to vistas of the Blue Mountains and the canyons of the river. We make camp by the river’s edge each evening. On the kayaking adventure we may see Rocky Mountain big horn sheep, elk, mule deer and coyote. If river levels allow, we’ll spend our third day as a “layover day” and take a longer hike into the mountains, returning to our same camp mid-afternoon.
• Unlike other ROW Adventures’ trips, which lean towards the luxury end of service and camping, on this self-support kayaking trip everyone carries their own overnight bag in their kayak and chips in to set up camp. Meals are ROW’s standard five-course camp gourmet fare and participants who wish may learn how to do Dutch oven cooking alongside the guides. Those who choose to do so will learn how to bake salmon with a huckleberry and maple syrup glaze, prepare awesome camp lasagna, cook a variety of cakes and on the final night, prepare a prime rib!
• Our adventure guides will also demonstrate packing and rigging techniques for those interested. For those that want to learn the basic skills for organizing a self-support kayaking trip, this is the perfect introduction!

Highlights

• Explore the city Buenos Aires
• Embark on our kayaking journey from Whale Camp
• Whale watching on the Patagonian Coast
• Visit to the penguin colony at the San Lorenzo Ranch
• Visit the rookery of the elephant seals

Highlights

• Tour the legendary 6th Century Clonmacnoise ruins
• Full day excursion to Portumna Castle and Galway City
• Traditional Guinness and oyster lunch
• Visit the unusual haunted Leap Castle
• Tour Birr Castle’s Gardens and Science Centre

Highlights

• Visit stone murals which chronicle the history of Ecuador
• Visit the Quito City Museum
• Explore Otavalo Market
• Embark on the “Condor’s Trail”, to view Caranqui archeological remains
• Visit Tiugua’s naïf paintings; displays of handicrafts, products and wares in the plazas

Highlights

• Visit Punta Arenas
• Visit very historic location of Elephant Island
• Have a chance to view to the north of Mount Shackleton and Mount Scott is impressive
• Visit to Half Moon Island
• Antarctic expedition include glacier climbing, penguin viewing, whale watching, camping out under the stars and more.

Highlights

• Experience the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands than on one of our land-based Galapagos tours.
• Enjoy this tour, you kayak almost every day, starting with shorter paddles, building up to two full days of paddling while moving from one camp to another on the island of San Cristobal.
• If kayaking is your passion, you are sure to love this tour which is limited to just 8 guests giving you a more intimate experience on the islands.
• Join in the fun as we set up camp each day, spend our nights falling asleep to the sounds of ocean waves, and wake up under the magical Galapagos sky.
• Explore Santa Cruz to a private farm to see the giant Galapagos tortoise.

Highlights

• Enjoy with wildlife-watching, we kayak in the heart of orca territory in Johnstone Strait.
• Our basecamp location provides opportunity for hiking, tide-pooling, and learning about the natural history of the area.
• Admire an entire ecosystem including starfish, anemones, porpoises, eagles, and sea birds.
• All tours are fully-catered (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and happy hour) with gourmet meals prepared daily by our guides—from scratch. Each day, you enjoy scrumptious meals before laying your head on a pillow merely meters from passing orcas.
• This trip is ideal for families with older teens, novice to intermediate kayakers craving adventure, and whale lovers who want to experience up-close encounters with orcas! Guides bring hydrophones on all tours so you can hear the orcas communicating underwater while watching them interact.

Highlights

• Explore hiking through a wilderness with only a light daypack.
• Experience the Rogue River hiking trips in the late spring and early fall.
• Enjoy the day walk between five and 15 miles on a trail that roughly parallels the river.