Open Canoe Adventure

Advanced Canoe Scottish Rivers Tours – Find out more…

Intermediate Canoe Scottish rivers tour – Find out more…

Expedition Canoe Courses – Find out more…

Advanced Open Water Canoe skills – Find out more…

Intermediate Open Water Canoe Skills – Find out more…

Advanced white water canoe courses

Course description – This course is ideal for people looking to become a more dynamic and stylish paddler in the advanced water environment who already have some experience on grade 3 rapids. We aim to get you working with the environment rather than fighting it, providing you with a strong technical base of skills to go along with solid tactical approaches. Combining both to make you feel efficient, smooth and confident when you paddle. All this while you explore and run some of the best rivers Scotland has to offer.

In Brief

• Skills coaching and guiding on and up to grade 3 (4)
• 2-5 days
• Progress your white water and open water Canoe skills
• Tailored to fit your needs
• Explore and run some classic grade 2+/3 rivers of Scotland
• 1:4 max coaching ratio
• Great Value
• Price starting from £200 – £500 pp – You will need to source, your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance/personal insurance

What we will cover

• Driving the boat
• Becoming a dynamic boater looking at edge and trim
• Safe river running tactics
• Tactical use of the flow and features on the river
• Improving your confidence and independence on the river and open water
• Traditional skills suitable to the environment e.g. lining/poling/ tracking

At the end of the course, we will review your learning and help you create and action plan to carry on through to your future boating and help you get the most out of it.

Some of our favourite venues – Findhorn, Orchy, Avon, Garry, Roy, Spean, Tay, Arkaig

Course Dates – March 18th – 21st 2026

Scotland Grade 2/3 Rivers Trip 18th - 21st March 2026:

Scotland Advanced Rivers Tour Grade 3 With Ollie Sandeman 26th-30th September 2026:

Scotland Rivers Tour Grade 2/3 With Emy Mcleod 26th-30th October 2026:

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intermediate white water canoe with green wave guiding

Intermediate white water canoe courses

Course description – This course is ideal for people looking to become a more controlled and stylish paddler in the moderate water environment Who already have experience in grade 2 rapids. During the course we will work on your grade 2/2+ river running skills while helping you with those first steps into grade 3. We aim to get you working with the environment rather than fighting it, providing you with a strong technical base of skills to go along with solid tactical approaches. Combining both to make you feel efficient, smooth and confident when you paddle. All this while exploring some of Scotland’s classic rivers.

In Brief

• Skills Coaching on grade and up to grade 2/2+
• 2-5 days
• Progress your white water Canoe skills
• Tailored to fit your needs
• Exploring and running some of Scotland’s classic rivers
• 1:4 max coaching ratio
• Great Value
• Price starting from £200 – £500 pp – You will need to source your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance / personal insurance

What we will cover

• Driving the boat
• Explore and develop the use of edge and trim
• Safe river running tactics
• Tactical use of the flow and features on the river
• Improving your confidence and independence on the river
• Traditional skills suitable to the environment e.g. lining / poling/ tracking

At the end of the course, we will review your learning and help you create and action plan to carry on through to your future boating and help you get the most out of it.

Some of our favourite venues– Spey, Tay, Oich, Spean, Findhorn, Ness

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AWE(some) Canoe weekend grade 2/3 coaching 2nd & 3rd May 2026:

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Canoe dam release & summer rivers guiding & coaching days

One of the best things about Scotland as a white water paddler is you have year-round water available thanks to the Dam releases.
We can show you around all the rivers that summer in Scotland has to offer with a variety of river combinations available to choose from.

These coaching courses are designed to help you get some input to help you develop your personal skills, hone your tactics, build confidence, and most of all – have some fun in the sun with our expert coach

Rivers Available:

Garry – Grade 3

Morriston Middle Section– Grade 2/3

Awe – Grade 2/3

Tay ( Various Sections) – from grade 1-3

Spey (Various Sections) – from grade 1 – 2+

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Expedition Canoe Courses

Course description – These courses are fully customised toward people looking to start heading out on their own multiday adventures or perhaps looking to join us on one of our expeditions. We will look at giving you a strong foundational set of white water and open water paddling skills and tactics to manage your craft and equipment in a variety of conditions. During the course we will also explore a variety of traditional canoe skills such as lining, tracking, polling, portage, sailing and more!
All this while running and exploring some of Scotland’s most amazing rivers and lochs.

This Course can include the BCAB White Water Safety Award

In Brief

• Skills Coaching in grade 2 (3) and/ or open water force 3/4 +
• 2-5 days
• Progress your white water and open water Canoe skills
• Tailored to fit your needs
• Exploring and running some of Scotland’s classic rivers and lochs
• 1:6 max coaching ratio
• Great Value
• Price from £100 pp – You will need to source, your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance/personal insurance

What we will cover

• A strong set of foundational skills to transfer into the dynamic environment
• River running skills and/or open water skills
• Traditional skills such as poling, lining, tracking and sailing
• Boat outfitting and incident management
• Trip planning & preparation to help you feel more confident and ready to start running your own trips

At the end of the course, we will review your learning and help you create. and action plan to carry on through to your future boating and help you get the most out of it.

Some of our favourite venues – Spey, Tay, Ness, loch Inch, loch Laggan, loch Morlich

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White Water Safety & Expedition Skills 5th - 8th June 2026:

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Advanced Open Water Canoe skills

Course description –This course is ideal for people looking to become a more dynamic and stylish paddler in the advanced open water environment. Ideally you will have some experience in open water force 3/4 and upwards and be looking to become more efficient with your paddling. We aim to get you working with the environment rather than fighting it, providing you with a strong technical base to go along with solid tactical approaches. Combining both to make you feel efficient, smooth and confident when you paddle. All this while you explore some of the best and most beautiful lochs Scotland has to offer

In Brief

• Skills Coaching in force 4/5
• 2-5 days
• Progress your Open Water Canoe skills
• Tailored to fit your needs
• Exploring some of Scotland’s beautiful lochs
• 1:4 max coaching ratio
• Great Value
• You will need to source, your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance and personal insurance
• Price from £100 pp – You will need to source, your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance/personal insurance

What we will cover

• Driving the boat
• Becoming a dynamic boater looking at edge and trim
• Open water tactics and safety in a more dynamic, exposed environment
• Efficient use of the wind on open water
• Improving your confidence and independence on open water
• Traditional skills suitable to the environment e.g. sailing / rafting / poling / lining

At the end of the course, we will review your learning and help you create and action plan to carry on through to your future boating and help you get the most out of it.

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Intermediate Open Water Canoe Skills

Course description –This course is ideal for people looking to become a more dynamic and stylish paddler in the Intermediate open water environment. Ideally you will have some experience in open water force 2/3 and upwards and be looking to become more efficient with your paddling. We aim to get you working with the environment rather than fighting it, providing you with a strong technical base to go along with solid tactical approaches. Combining both to make you feel efficient, smooth and confident when you paddle. All this while you explore some of the best and most beautiful lochs Scotland has to offer

In Brief

• Skills Coaching in force 3/4
• 2-5 days
• Progress your Open Water Canoe skills
• Tailored to fit your needs
• Exploring some of Scotland’s beautiful lochs
• 1:4 max coaching ratio
• Great Value
• Price From £100 pp – You will need to source, your own accommodation, transport to and around Scotland and trip insurance and personal insurance

What we will cover

• Driving the boat
• Explore and develop the use of edge and trim
• open water tactics and safety in a more dynamic, exposed environment
• Efficient use of the wind in open water
• Improving your confidence and independence on open water
• Traditional skills suitable to the environment e.g. sailing / rafting / poling / lining

At the end of the course, we will review your learning and help you create, and action plan to carry on through to your future boating and help you get the most out of it.

See calendar for course dates!

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