Vancouver Smooth Classic Kayak Tour

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Vancouver, Canada

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

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Overview

Paddle into a peaceful evening with this kayak tour through Vancouver’s scenic waterways. Launching from Granville Island, your expert guide shares insights into the city’s history and modern highlights as you glide past notable landmarks such as Science World, False Creek, and English Bay. With calm waters and a relaxed pace, this sunset paddle offers the perfect end to your day in Vancouver.

Glide through calm evening waters on a kayak tour from Granville Island
Learn about Vancouver’s rich history and modern highlights from your guide
Paddle past top landmarks like False Creek, English Bay, and Science World
Enjoy a peaceful, scenic experience perfect for winding down your day

What's Included

Local Guide
Use of kayak, Paddle and Life Vest

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

1832 Mast Tower Ln, Vancouver, BC V6H 4B6, Canada
Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your tour start time.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Select a morning or evening start time and head to the base camp at Kitsilano Beach’s north end, where you'll meet your guide and tour group. Get a brief lesson in safety and paddling before launching your kayaks into the sparkling waters of English Bay. (Note: Single or double kayaks are available.) Designed for beginner kayakers, no technical paddling skills are required.

Follow your guide into False Creek, an inlet at the heart of Vancouver. As you glide along the urban shoreline — site of the Expo ’86 World’s Fair — view floating homes, bustling marinas, and spot native wildlife like seals, herons, kingfishers and more. You’ll pass under lovely bridges that span the inlet, and view landmarks like Science World, an enormous glass sphere reminiscent of Epcot Center, and BC Stadium. Soak up city tales from your local guide as you loop the inlet.

Whether viewing the city in the early morning or in the golden glow of sunset, this tour offers a unique way to see Canada’s great western metropolis. Your 2.5-hour tour concludes back at Kitsilano Beach.

Science World

English Bay

B.C. Place Stadium

False Creek

Vancouver Water Adventures

Downtown

Vancouver Downtown

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Most travelers can participate
Min. 16 y/o in a single kayak with an adult joining activity. Min. 10 y/o in the front of a double kayak with an adult in the back.
Minimum 2 kayaks required to run a tour. Minimum can be met by multiple parties.
Price is per kayak, based on one or two people per kayak (depending on option selected)
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 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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Featured review

Randy_S

Our guide Patrick was knowledgeable and made the trip extremely fun with humor and pointers to make the going better. A must do.

Reviews

4.8

based on 20 reviews

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Best view of Vancouver

Randy_S, Aug 2018

Our guide Patrick was knowledgeable and made the trip extremely fun with humor and pointers to make the going better. A must do.

We had a great day on the water with...

Parker G, Aug 2017

We had a great day on the water with Simone as our guide. She made it informative and fun, at a relaxing pace. Highly recommend this tour.

It was a beautiful 2-1/2 hour...

Leon L, Aug 2017

It was a beautiful 2-1/2 hour experience paddling in the bay with Vancouver cityscapes in view. There were two kayaks including mine on that trip following our guide Justine. Justine was very professional and pleasant. She had so many interesting stories to tell about the buildings and the boats we saw along the way. It was just about as challenging or relaxing, depending on how you think about it as I had thought it might be I am 50. Highly recommended!

Fun tour! The guide was very...

Kristina P, Aug 2016

Fun tour! The guide was very knowledgeable but sometimes went ahead of the group so we couldn't always hear what he was saying. It was neat to see False Creek from the water and learn a bit about Vancouver's history. Luckily we had the perfect weather so it was a very enjoyable paddle.

Our tour guide, Brandon, was...

Michael G, Jun 2015

Our tour guide, Brandon, was excellent. We were newbies to the sport, but he soon had us paddling right along. We learned so much of the local scene, history and economy while seeing some of the most beautiful coastline ever! Would highly recommend him!

It was our first time to go kayaking...

Ginny T, Jun 2015

It was our first time to go kayaking and we were apprehensive at first. but our guide Brandon made it easy and comfortable for us to learn the basics and before we knew it, we were paddling away! Great way to explore the city in a different perspective. For those wanting to bring home memories from this unique experience, I suggest that you bring waterproof cameras. My regret was that we didn't bring ours.