Clearwater Paddling

Clearwater Paddling offers the unique adventure of guided sea kayaking tours
in the most beautiful places combined with first class service.

Paddle adventures allow us to explore stunning white beaches, quiet lagoons and a watery maze of islands. These archipelagos are home to a wide range of natural history, including golden eagle, sea eagle, otters, seals, porpoise, dolphins, basking shark and the occasional orca.

With everything included in the price, you can put away your wallet, unwind and enjoy a holiday you will always remember. Soak up the experience of sea kayaking amongst stunning, wild remote islands. Enjoy wonderful freshly prepared food and good company. Relax in our lovely handpicked accommodation or enjoy the freedom of camping.
Our holiday expeditions are suitable for all, from the novice to the more experience paddler.
So come and join Clearwater Paddling and enjoy the sense of freedom and the spirit of discovery:

It's more than just a holiday.

15 years of Kayaking trips

2011 marks 15 years since we set up Clearwater Paddling, and 10 years since we ran our first Outer Hebrides tour. Back in 1996 we ran a single trip to Solund, in Norway and then five years later we moved to Barra and in that year, ran one trip based here and two trips in Norway.

In 2011 we will be running over 25 weeks of tours all around the west of Scotland, so things have certainly changed in the last 15 years. To mark the anniversary we are offing two brand new tours. ‘Island Food Weekends’ highlights the fantastic array of food, locally sourced from around the Hebrides, and adds it to the very best paddling. The second new tour is the ‘Magic of Barra Mix’, which incorporates kayaking and walking around Barra, biking and walking in Eriskay and South Uist, and a boat trip to explore the beautiful island of Mingulay.

2011 will also see us highlighting our green credentials. For starters we have reduced our brochure in size by 50%. We will also continue to make our office as paperless as possible, making as much use of the internet as possible. On our tours we will also push to use more and more of the wonderful local produce from around the islands. Sarah, our cook, is always looking at new ways to use the produce from her croft and locally caught fish and shellfish. We will also look at making more use of this on our camping trips and particularly on our new wild food tour.

Thank you for visiting our web site and we hope you enjoy it.

Current photo of the year!

Chris and son Jake, paddling with a basking shark in Castle Bay. Photo: Mark Anderson 'Perth'.