Paddle
Florida 2012-2013...
New Waterways, New Adventures!
Paddle the Suwannee River
from Madison Blue Spring State Park to Branford. October 26-31, 2012 Capacity: 200 Distance: 65 mi. Official Outfitter:Suwannee Canoe Outpost Registration: $275/Adult; $250/Senior, College Student;
$225/Youth 8-17; Child (7 and under)/free Meals: $150/person Paddle Florida Lite: Four days or less: $60/day;
Meals: $30/day Early Registration Deadline: Oct. 12
Ramble Along the Upper Wekiwa and Down the St Johns!
River Ramble Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2012 Capacity: 100 people Distance: approx 30 mi. Registration: $200/person Meals: $100/person Early Registration Deadline:
Nov. 15
Spend two days exploring the spring-fed upper Wekiwa then paddle down to the St Johns and Blue Spring State Park on this long-weekend adventure.
Florida Keys Challenge
Long Key State Park to Bahia Honda State Park
Keys Challenge
Date: January 18-21, 2013 (MLK birthday weekend) Capacity: 100 people Distance: approx 35 miles Registration:
$275/person Meals: $125/person Official Outfitter:Florida Bay Outfitters
SWFWMD February 2012 (river TBA — Presidents Day Weekend)
Show your support for our mission to promote water conservation, wildlife preservation, restoration of springs and protection of florida's waterways. Get a Paddle Florida T-shirt from one of our great river trips. Click on the t-shirt image or "merchandise" on the left navigation column. Lots of styles to choose from. Hats and bandanas, too! FLASH: You can get a free one of these with your $50 or more donation to Paddle Florida. Your tax-deduction-eligible donation will help promote water conservation, restoration of springs and protection of Florida's waterways. Just go to our "merchandise" page, choose your shirt and send in your check for $50 or more with your order.
Check into our Paddle
Florida Lite option
if you don't have time for an entire week
on the river. You can sign up at a daily
rate for up to four days during any of
our week-long trips. See the details
pages for more information.
Watch this video from VISIT FLORIDA blogger Kevin Mims, then read what he has to say about Paddle Florida in his VISIT
FLORIDA blog.
Watch more of our
Paddle Florida videos for
a look at some of the adventures on
Florida's scenic rivers. We have some
great stories of previous trips to
whet your enthusiasm for a river trip.
More information and interactive maps
of the routes are on pages specific
to each paddling adventure.
Group
rate on our week-long trips! If your group or company would
like to make Paddle Florida a retreat with
five or more people, please click
"group retreats" on the menu
item to the left and take $50 off the full
registration price for each paddler (sorry, not
available on the Peace River, Keys, or St Johns trips).
Paddle Florida is held in cooperation
with the Florida Park Service and other
organizations dedicated to preserving
and sharing nature's Florida, and through
partnerships with both the public and private
sectors.
Check
out the nightly entertainment "'round
the campfires" each evening, planned
exclusively for Paddle Florida campers.
Join us for the camaraderie and
the thrill of paddling Florida's wild
and scenic rivers.