Guided Kayak Tours and Canoe Trips are a great way to get out, tour on the water and see much of the native habitat Florida has to offer. With our guided kayak tours and kayak trips, you'll get a chance to see Wild Pigs, Ospreys and Eagles, Manatees and an occasional Alligator or two all by guided kayak tours! Another guided kayak tour excursion will give you a chance to witness our Florida nature in all its native beauty first-hand from the security of a guided kayak tour or canoe trip. Other guided kayak tours take you to Native American Mounds at the Crystal River Archaelogical Site. For over 1,600 years these native mounds were a prehistoric ceremonial center. Native Americans traveled great distances to the complex to bury their dead with ceremony and to participate in trade activities. Crystal River has several of these mounds in the area. Travel by guided kayak tour to see some of them. Learn more of the history of these sacred sites by guided kayak tours and canoe trips with a guide from the Florida Public Archaeology Network of archaeologists. Find out why these mounds are so close in relation to the mounds of the Aztecs. How and why did they end up here. Where did they go? What did they leave behind? See first hand by a guided kayak tour or canoe trip.

During the season we have evening kayak tours and canoe trips in association with the Crystal River Preserve and Archeological Park. Kayak or canoe up to the Mounds Sites and see the ceremonial site from the same vantage point as those who canoed up the Crystal River thousands of years ago. After the guided kayak tour or canoe trip, take a guided tour of the Mounds sites with a Sate Park Ranger and Archeologist from USF as our guides.

Kayak tour and canoe trip down the Chassahwitzka River and Wildlife Preserve. Walk about birding trails, ride the rails to trails by bicycle.  A Crystal River Kayak Company offers kayak tours and canoe trips and promise our best at a most unforgettable experience, excursions, and adventures with our kayak tours and canoe trips.  Come join us for a canoe trip or kayak tou.  Set up a kayak tour or canoe trip to see native Old Florida the way it was hundreds of years ago, untouched and unspoiled.

During the Season, the Crystal River Preserve State Park hosts a Heritage - Eco River Tour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at both 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM. Tours are approx. 1 1/2 hours long and cost is $10 per adult, children over 6 are $8, and under 6 are free. Call the park for reservations and more information. 352-563-0450. Then when you finish the morning tour, come out to our kayak shop where we have our own kayak launch site, and rent a kayak or canoe. Bring your receipt from the morning Eco Tour of that same day and receive $5 off your kayak or canoe rental.

Kayaking is fun, and A Crystal River Kayak Company Inc. practices safety when kayaking. We realize not everyone kayaks at the same level or expertise.  For that reason we have different skill levels of tours available.  Our guides make sure everyone stays in a group and the slowest paddler sets the pace.  Our boats are stable and our guides are trained to handle an emergency.  Each group guide carries a first aid kit, VHF radio, and has training in CPR, First Aid, Basic Boating Skills Course, and are excellent swimmers.

Our tours are relaxed adding an easy, comfortable pace that is set by the group. Learn tips and paddle techniques on these tours.

Overnight tours and camping trips are available and planned by amount of interest.  Please call for details. This will be an exciting experience in both expedition kayaking and camping.

The evenings are beautiful in Crystal River.  The sunsets over King’s Bay and the Gulf of Mexico are picture perfect. Not many people get to experience this view, and even fewer experience it from a vantage point that even the most romantic would be envious. You can experience this opportunity by the light of the moon in a canoe or kayak. The sky is full of brilliant lights besides the moon too.  Come out and see them on a night cruise.During the evening phase of the Kayak Moonlight paddle tour, see Saturn as it appears in February as a yellowish “star” just below the “Snow Moon.”  Prycyon will shine off to its right. In May come experience a “Blue Moon” as Khonsu appears twice in one month, ONLY about every 3 years. The “Thunder Moon” is in July. Then in October will be our Haunted Halloween Kayak Tour, a tour to die for!!! 

There are only a limited number of spaces available, so make your reservations early.  For more information call (352) 795-2255 for details, schedules, and availability.