Kanu Kapers: 3 Day Noosa Everglades Wilderness Kayak Adventure (Self-Guided)
Experience the Noosa Everglades by kayak. This, Self-Guided personalized adventure offers a chance to visit secluded locations by kayak and truly experience the natural beauty and wildlife. The Noosa Everglades is an ancient water way that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
During a Kanu Kapers Australia Self Guided Kayak Tour, you will get the opportunity to intimately experience a side of Australia that you wont find in the hustle and bustle of city sightseeing.
- Lead your own adventure through the curvaceous waterways
- Hear and see birdlife that most people only get to experience through books
- Take a leisurely swim in the cool, tannin coloured waters of the upper Noosa River
- Relax under the shade of the she-oak and tea-trees
- Take photographs of the brilliant blue Australian sky, mirrored with the tea-trees and Banksia flowers in the glassy tannin coloured waters
- Glide past flocks of Pelicans as they rest in the calm, shallow waters of Lake Cootharaba
- Walk to the Cooloola Sandpatch/Sand Blow an ancient icon, formed by the winds of the Pacific Ocean
- Soak up the sun and the view south over the Noosa region from the Cooloola Sandpatch
Tour Destination: (paddle to) Lake Cootharabah, Kinaba (Sir Thomas Hiley) Information Centre, Noosa Everglades, Harry's Hut, the Cooloola Sandpatch and the upper Noosa River
What to bring: Sun hat, rash vest, board shorts, insect repellent, sunscreen, camera, water bottle, water 2lt per person per day, sleeping bag, dry clothes, food and your sense of adventure!
Features:
-Free Luggage Storage
-Tours Depart Daily*
-Fast, sleek Kayaks
Inclusions: Kayaking and Safety Equipment, camping equipment,Camping permit. Ice box for food storage, map with photos and text, land mark orientation & kayaking tuition for your own Everglades kayaking adventure.
Exclusions: Food, Water, Sleeping Bag
Self Guided Kayak Tour: This remarkable, personalized adventure offers a chance to visit secluded locations by kayak and truly experience the natural beauty and wildlife in a relaxed quiet setting. Hidden within the Cooloola Section of the Great Sandy National Park is one of the Sunshine Coasts' best kept paddling secrets, the Noosa Everglades.
Within the Noosa Everglades, are the pristine headwaters of the Noosa River. A waterway that, due to its National Park status, has remained a delicate and pristine wilderness, undisturbed by civilization. Only two hours drive north of Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane, the glorious Noosa Everglades is well known by locals and visitors alike as a marvelous wildlife sanctuary, boasting magnificent birdlife and a myriad of natural vegetation types including wallum scrub, rainforest and coastal sand dunes.
About Kanu Kapers Australia: Kanu Kapers Australia is one of Australia’s leading canoe and kayak adventure companies. Located just north of Noosa on the Sunshine Coast in beautiful Queensland, Australia. We offer guided and self guided kayaking tours to the Noosa Everglades, plus white water canoe & kayak adventures for individuals and groups throughout Australia.
After some guided wildlife spotting, begin your Noosa Everglades kayaking adventure at the Great Sandy National Park Canoe Launching site on the shore of Lake Cootharaba. Before you set off, be briefed and receive a detailed Kayak lesson by Kanu Kapers Australia guide on paddling techniques, land mark orientation and trip highlights. Set off North across Lake Cootharaba to Kinaba (Sir Thomas Hiley) Information Centre where you can stop to read about the Great Sandy National Park and the ecology of the upper Noosa River, take a strole along the boardwalk which follows the edge of Lake Cootharaba, or simply stop take in the marvelous views back over the lake.
This is where the adventure really starts! Back in your kayak, continue up into the Noosa Everglades (Upper Noosa River) and navigate your way through small lakes and islands of reeds and tea-trees and up throught the section known as 'The Narrows'; where the water is so glassy and still it mirrors the surrounding landscape perfectly.Paddle all the way to the famous fisherman's campout 'Harry's Hut' and freshen up with a rejuvenating swim from the jetty.
Set up camp in your choice of 15 National Park campsites along the upper Noosa River; enjoy your dinner by the Rivers edge and try count the millions of stars as they twinkle into sight as the sun slips away over the tree tops. On the second day, why not visit the Cooloola Sand Blow, just an hours walk from Campsite 3, which offers spectacular views over the Great Sandy National Park and back down to Noosa.
On the third day, either spend some time relaxing at the campsite or jump back into the kayak for further exploration along the river, either head North a little more or head back south and stay within the lower reached of the Noosa Everglades and explore up Kin Kin Creek. Make your way back to the launch site on the shores of Lake Cootharaba for your 3.00 m pick up.
Departure: Tours depart from Elanda Point Kayak & Canoe Launching Area, QLD 4565 at 8.30am
Tour Duration: 8.30 am until 3.00pm on the 3rd Day
Transport:
-Courtesy Pick up and Drop off from the Noosa area to Boreen Point (only If client is without own transport) is available.
Pick up is between 7.30am - 8.00am. Out the front of their accomodation.
This is a Self-Guided tour
Early/special drop off fee of $45.00 will be charged.
Clients must provide: credit card details for security on the kayaks and equipment
Please supply customers email and phone number.