Guided day Boundary Waters canoe trips can be a great choice when you know you want to do the Boundary Waters, but aren’t certain of your wilderness skills. Or, you need another adult to help with paddling and other aspects of the adventure. Maybe your group is a family with smaller children or seniors that may need the extra help of an experienced guide. Whatever, the reason, a guided day canoe trip may be right for you. If you have your own group already, no problem. We provide guided canoe trips for as few as two persons.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH EQUALS RIVER POINT
At River Point Outfitting Co., we attempt to offer you a guided day trip experience that takes you off the “beaten path” to some of the most quiet and less used areas of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The area you will traverse during your adventure are accessible only by paddling and usually with some portaging. This IS a real wilderness and the silence will be deafening. You are miles away from any towns, roads, or anything “unnatural”. River Point’s strategic location where the South Kawishiwi River meets Birch Lake outside of the BWCA is as close as possible to the Boundary Waters and it is only 4 paddle miles away. Located on an amazing private peninsula it is wonderful to kick back and relax at River Point Resort for a few days. Consider comfortable Villa or Chalet lodging choice to enhance your day canoe trip adventure. This incredible location allows quick van access to some of the most remote and “off the beaten path” parts of the wonderful BWCA.
EXPERIENCE THE BWCA, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
No list of the best in secluded wilderness vacation getaways would be complete without the Midwest’s crown jewel, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness adjacent to Ely, Minnesota. Named one of the “50 Places of a Lifetime” to visit by National Geographic Traveler, this remote wilderness area stretches some 1.1 million acres across the border of northern Minnesota and Canada.
Charles Kuralt noted, “If it is absolute solitude you want, you have only to paddle far enough.”
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness offers a remote and beautifully diverse wilderness full of ecological wonders. Our guides know this amazing area intimately and will lead you through the best guided canoe trip routes that the BWCA has. You will be a quiet observer at times and an active participant at other times. The beauty that abounds will envelope you and revive your inner spirit and your exhausted mind.
GUIDED BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE TRIPS – WE CAN HELP
From River Point’s strategically located lake base just outside of Ely, Minnesota a number of superb guided Boundary Waters canoe trips and routes can be accessed. Simply indicate your interests and the time of year you want to paddle and a perfect customized guided wilderness adventure will be tailored for you, your family, or your group!
A guided day Boundary Waters canoe trip that includes sight-seeing, bird watching, photography, and wildlife viewing for white tail deer, wolves, fox, and other animals in the Boundary Waters are popular choices. Guided BWCA day canoe trips may also focus on the beauty and peacefulness of the BWCA, viewing its waterfalls, and viewing pictographs. Combined with learning more about the geology, the plants, the ecology of the wilderness, and the history can enhance your wilderness day adventure.
On your guided day canoe trip adventure your experienced guide will teach you useful canoeing and fishing tips and so much more. Your guide will help you enjoy the best the BWCA has to offer in any weather condition and any time of the canoeing season which is typically late May to early September).
You will need to paddle a canoe and do some portaging and yes, it is work. But, the physical work is worth getting to enjoy all the beauty and peacefulness of this amazing wilderness. Do plan on “sweating” a bit while you work toward crafting your relationship with the wilderness.
These newfound skills, or practicing skills already learned will definitely enhance your adventure, make it more enjoyable, raise your confidence levels, and will enrich your life for many years in the future.
GUIDED DAY BOUNDARY WATERS FISHING TRIPS
One of the primary reasons people choose to have a guide is to help them catch fish. River Point’s guides are expert fisher people and will teach you many of the details of fishing from a canoe to be successful. Guides will also share their skills on filleting the fish and cooking them over an open fire and an array of other wilderness skills. Best of all…you get to eat those fresh caught fish cooked over the open fire!
U.S. Forest Service Special Uses Outfitter Guide Permit Holder
River Point Outfitting Co. is fully authorized to operate in the Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) under the auspices of U.S. Forest Service Special Uses Outfitter Guide Permit KAW6057. River Point Outfitting Co. is a Cooperator in good standing with the USDA Forest Service in providing outdoor recreation experiences on the Superior National Forest. River Point Outfitting Co. is authorized to issue permits into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. To preserve the wilderness character, visitors to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness must follow certain BWCAW regulations. River Point Outfitting Co. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability.
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