Pakboat Users

Posts from Pakboat customers about their canoe and kayak adventures.

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Lapland Canoe Adventure

Many years ago, a group of friends bought canoes, picked a route on the map and went on an epic trip. None of us had been on a canoe trip before, and none of us knew how to paddle a canoe in whitewater, but we had a good time and I was hooked on canoe […]

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Grizzly Bear Tracks

We get some rather unusual e-mail from customers, and this one sure qualifies. I have never seen anything like it, and I am amazed that there is no damage to the canoe! Hi Alv, I am sending you a picture of the grizzly bear tracks on our Pakboat from the Thelon River trip. I want […]

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Lorillard River

Pack a Canoe for a First Descent

Canoeing the Lorillard River By Brian Johnston I am a Far North paddler. I travel with others that share my passion for exploring this vast region of Canada. As we continue to chase our dreams and follow our passions, we will continue to research, paddle, and report on original and unique water routes. This is […]

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First Descent of the Rio Coypisa, Bolivia

Rio Coypisa. Bolivia 2012 The buttress roots of rainforest giants reach right down into the scarcely-moving greenish water and a ‘vee’ ripple spreads away from the front of the canoe as we paddle gently forwards, taking care not to make any noise that would scare away the maroon and orange ball of fur that is

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Paddling the mighty Mekong in Laos

             Di and I spent February and March, 2012  paddling our 16 ft. pakboat canoe on  the Mekong river in northern Laos.  Here’s a few photos of our adventure.   By Brian Svelnis           Our goal was to paddle the Mekong river 800 kms from Ban Huay Xai to the capital city of Vientienne.  It […]

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Paddling the Saco on a River

I went paddling on Vermont’s White River in early June with a friend. Usually, we use PakCanoes on this run, but we decided that it would be fun to see how a Puffin would behave on “bumpy” river water. Since I did not have many pictures of the black polyurethane skinned Saco, I made sure […]

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New Zealand’s Whanganui River

I had read about one of the world’s greatest and most scenic kayaking rivers: the Whanganui River that flows for part of its length through the wild and remote Whanganui National Park in the north island of New Zealand. I decided to attempt to kayak this river….

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Exploring Queensland Rivers

ADVENTURES IN A PUFFIN. During a bicycling journey in 2005 from Vancouver to the Arctic Circle I spent quite some time cycling beside the Yukon River and was very envious of kayakers who paddled leisurely along with the current while I battled strong headwinds, freezing rain and sleet. We camped together

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Spirit of the Tiger

Armu River. Russian Far East. My PakCanoe is a boat that can get you just about anywhere. You can carry it dismantled in a couple of rucksack loads over mountains and through forests, then reassemble it when you get to a river’s headwaters. You can get to places where few, if any, people have traveled […]

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Lago Rogo-Aguardo Expedition, Bolivia

The plan was to get to- and cross- Lake Rogo-Aguardo, the legendary centre of the Moxos civilisation of Bolivia’s lowlands who had kept first Inca then Spanish invaders at bay. Rogo-Aguardo has always been a hard place to get to.

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