Waterborne Porthleven - Sea, River, Surf Kayaking Cornwall

 

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Waterborne kayaking trips

These trips can be tailored to your needs or alternatively you may have somewhere that wish to go or see.

Half Day Trip£45.00 per person Full Day Trip£75.00 per person

The above prices are based on a minnimum number of two paddlers and may change for trips at other locations.

Our usual routes are:


Half Day Trip

Praa Sands to Porthleven


Trewavas copper mines


Marazion/Penzance to Porthleven

Half Day TriporFull Day Trip

Half day or full day, depending on your requirements.

Helford River

Half Day TriporFull Day Trip

Half day or full day, depending on your requirements.


Launching at Gweek.

Open Canoe trip on the Helford (lunch stop)

Cornwall Kayaking Trips

Our position within Mounts bay gives us an ideal location for running trips which can be tailored to your needs.

With numerous launch and landing sites in the bay we can adjust the length of paddle you do from half and full days at a leisurely pace or maybe you prefer a more strenuous pace its up to you.

We generally prefer to run trips with return to Porthleven in mind as returning to the historic stone walls of the port help to give that great sense of achievement and security of being home. However due to weather conditions routes may have to be altered.

Trips to other coastal locations can of course be arranged if you have somewhere specific in mind.

Sights to see in Mounts Bay - from Mousehole to Porthleven include:- Newlyn harbour, Penzance harbour, St Michaels Mount, Cudden Point, Prussia Cove, Praa Sands, Rinsey Caves, Trewavas copper mines, Past the amazing aplite rock stripes before returning into harbour where you can go onto relax at any one of the fine hostelries and mull over the day’s experience.

The area around Megiliggar Rocks exposes the eastern contact of the Tregonning Granite with the Upper Devonian Mylor Slate Formation. Running out from the contact are a series of sills and dykes that extend hundreds of metres into the country rock. These sills and dykes display a range of rock types from microgranite, to aplite, to line rock and spectacular schorl-orthoclase-quartz pegmatites. The contact itself appears almost vertical and lies along a fault. This outcrop in Trequean Zawn is impossible to reach, without swimming, even at the lowest tides; with a party it is advisible to only go as far as Legereath Zawn and walk back to Tremearne, this will give the best range of available exposures.

Maybe it’s the tranquillity of the creeks that you are after for this we can take you to the Helford River. The Helford is probably one of the most beautiful rivers in Cornwall, with its sheltered valleys, oak forests and hidden creeks.

Again we can either do half or full days depending on the Tide we like to start at Gweek on a full tide and with the force of nature get carried along amongst the trees towards the sea and watch the wildlife go by. On a half-day we would get out at Helford itself or if on a full day we would go right to the mouth to St Antony. We can always go up river if it’s a flooding tide.

If you are a Daphne Du Mauirer fan then a detour up Frenchmans creek could be the order of the day.

Or maybe just a tranquil evening paddle up Gillan creek from St Antony as the magic of the evening draws in is what you fancy.

Testimonials

Read what our customers said about their experience at waterborne.

 

Hi Drew,

Just wanted to say thanks once again for a great day out. Harriet and I really enjoyed the kayaking, such a unique way to experience the beautiful coastline of South Cornwall. Mark [the guide] made sure we got the most out of the day, but how he organised the close up seal and basking shark sighting I’ll never know!!! I cannot imagine a more perfect day.

Karl Stewart.

Hi,
Thought I would drop a quick thank you for your kindness when we came down. The boys loved the kayaking, Dan says he may even do some on his travels. I was surprised he took to it so well. Andrew, as ever, was full of it.

Thanks once again
Lesley Brewer


Heya there Drew!
Thanks for the past couple of days, I have to say it has been absolutely incredible and today was especially amazing. I was just wondering if you could possibly do a short class with me on the capsizing side of things so I could get my confidence up as I feel I was nearly there today and I am wishing I had pushed myself that little bit harder to achieve it! Thanks again for a wonderful time!
Tammy


Dear Sian and Drew (and Ivy),
The trip along the coastline was definitely one (maybe the) highlight of our holiday in Cornwall. And, of course, we will tell our friends about that trip...
Best regards -- and many thanks for the fantastic trip and the pictures
Sibylle + Stefan Conrad


Hi Sian and Drew,
Thanks very much for taking me out on Sunday. It was a great adventure along the Porthleven Coast and past the reef.
Many thanks again,
Elliot Walker
Editor, Adventure Cornwall


Tell us about your Waterborne experience

If you have been on a trip, had a lesson or completed a course with us at Waterborne, we would love to hear from you. Let us know how your day went, if you enjoyed yourself and how wet you got!!! We want to offer the best kayaking in Cornwall, so all feedback is welcome.
Thanks, Sian & Drew


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Waterborne Porthleven
Sea, River, Surf Kayaking Cornwall