Half-Day Guided Kayak Tour on Knik River

Recommended by 91% of travelers

Alaska, USA

4 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

What's Included

All basic Paddling Equipment in Provided
Your choice of a Kayak or Stand Up Paddle board
All basic paddling gear including life jacket, paddle, and paddle craft

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

GX47+QV Butte
GX47+QVG Butte, AK, USA
Please park in the area on the North side of the old river bridge, in the public access to the Kink River by milepost 9 on the old highway. You will see a campground on the side of the road. Please park along the fence just outside of the campground.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Palmer

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Jim Lake

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Knik Glacier

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Knik River

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

Children 10 and under can ride along in a parent or guardian boat.
Lap children are a one to one ratio, with their adult, other children can come but will be required to sit in their own seat on the paddle craft.
This is tour is beginner kayakers; however, you need to be comfortable with paddling your own kayak through cold water, waves, and wind, and with walking though mud.
You will get wet on this tour.
Must be able to carry 50 LBS
Must be able to walk on uneven and muddy ground
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.6

based on 11 reviews

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Fantastic experience....

MATTHEW_R, Aug 2025

Fantastic experience. Guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend this adventure.

This tour company is a...

Payal_A, Jun 2023

This tour company is a fraud. They had no waivers signed, no safety measures. Asked the infant to sit by herself for 4 hours or 5 people on the same kayak. It was a dirty creek and not a river where they were operating from. No tour office or no others people for the tour. It was the tour operator and his family at the place. Super dirty car pick up. Altogether a nightmare. So, we ended up not doing the tour and asked him to drop us back to the meeting point. It is a fake and fraudulent tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

We sincerely apologize once again, to your family, that your trip was not what you expected. We gave you a complete and full refund no questions asked, in a very timely manner post-trip. Secondly, we did everything in our power to make your experience safe (properly fitted life jackets for everyone, extra kayaks, emergency supplies, emergency plans, experienced local guides, etc.). However, as you have pointed out in your review, post-trip communications, and while on the tour there seems to have been a misunderstanding of what our trips are/ what you were looking for. The trip you booked was a moderate kayaking tour in The Alaska Wildlands. We offered your family the exact kayak trip that was booked by a Trip Advisor/Viator agent for your family. We ask people to read the full trip description on Trip Advisor/Viator or reach out to us with questions before booking to ensure this is the right trip for you since the Trip Advisor/Viator agents are not a part of our small family-owned and operated company. They however are a booking agency that books our trips. Once again we apologize for the miscommunication that led to your family having an unexpected experience. We appreciate your feedback and have taken it under advisement. We wish you the very best in your travels. Sincerely, The Owners of Paddle Sports by True North AK