Whether you are completely new to the sport of white water kayaking or have experience kayaking rivers. We offer various bespoke white water kayaking courses for Families throughout the season here in the Arlberg, Austria.
The beauty and advantage of a bespoke Family Kayaking Course is that we can tailor the days kayaking to your families goals, needs, skill level and ages.
Course details
“Thank you very much for a very exhilarating and thoroughly enjoyable course. It was, without a shadow of a doubt the most exciting course I have been on for a very long time and, from what Steve said, it was also the best course he has ever been on too. Ute is such a brilliant instructor and so calm. We enjoyed the course so much we would like to come back next year.”
Our courses run from 2 days onwards and are more coaching based with exercises to improve your techniques and to get a better understanding of white water kayaking. It will just be your family and a fully qualified kayaking instructor from Kayak School Arlberg giving you the best opportunity as a family to enjoy and have an unforgettable time kayaking in and around the Arlberg Region of Austria.
If you are looking for a water based activity for a half day or full day for the family then please check out our Lake Sessions Verwall that we offer throughout the Summer season in St.Anton am Arlberg.
Family Beginners Courses
Our Beginners Course is the perfect introduction to the sport of kayaking. Our Family Beginners white water kayaking courses start on our exclusive lakes where we learn the basics of kayaking, gain our balance and develop our skills so that we can head to a river.
Kayaking is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. The feeling of independence and achievement is topped off by making a journey on a stunning alpine river. Our Beginners Course is the perfect introduction!
Improvers Family Class 2 Courses
Our Family Improvers Class 2 White Water Courses are the perfect way to develop and improve your technique and understanding of moderate white water.
No more charging down the river with your head down, instead you will find a new, fund and dynamic way of kayaking features and rapids that you come across along the way!
As your family have had experience in kayaking on class 2 rivers we spend the days working on your fundamental skills be it from the riverside coaching sessions, to theory on the river bank with our famous kayaking smurf or scouting lines and rapids to gain more knowledge and understanding before being guided all helps you attain that goal as a family of becoming more confident, pro-active and better class 2 kayakers.
Skills & Thrills Class 3 and upwards Family Courses
This is the perfect kayaking course for families who are paddling at Class 3 and upwards. Our bespoke Family Kayaking Course will give you confidence to run different styles of white water be it: big volume, technical, continuous rapids or just getting used to the Alpine style of river running.
Our fully qualified instructors have vast experience of coaching families of all ages and our knowledge of the local rivers and area is second to none!
We go in depth into the fundamentals of white water kayaking.
Practicalities
Instructors / Coaches
All of our coaches / instructor are fully qualified through British Canoeing. They have a wealth of experience not only here in Austria but around the world. Our knowledge of the German speaking Alps is second to none and we are positive that you will not only be blown away by the variety of rivers around Base Arlberg, but just how much your kayaking will improve with us here in the Kayak School Arlberg.
To find out more, just click on the link to Our Team
Kit to Bring
If you would like to use your own equipment for the course then please bring it with you. We will check your pfd and helmet to make sure they still going to be of use on the river, also we want you to wear river booties and not sandals. As we teach the modern dynamic way of kayaking, if your kayak is extremely old, long with no edge then we would recommend using one of our newer kayaks.
Group Composition
Our ratios for our Family Kayaking Courses is 1:4. We expect there to be at least one adult from the family on the course if the kids are young. If it is all teenagers wanting to kayak then please let us know when you contact us.
Transport
If you are staying in the local villages of St.Anton, St.Jakob, Pettneu, Schnann or Flirsch we will come and pick you up in the morning and drop you off after kayaking. For the river shuttle we use one of our cool little monkey motorbikes.
Equipment
Our equipment in the Kayak School is made by whitewater kayakers for white water kayakers!
We pride ourselves on our equipment and as we teach a modern dynamic style of kayaking we require our equipment to fulfil this objective!
We are a white water kayak school so we do not use bulky and cumbersome rafting equipment on our kayaking courses, our buoyancy aids/personal flotation device are designed and cut specifically for whitewater kayaking!
This is the ethos that runs through all of our equipment.
We have currently in our store the full range of Waka Kayaks, Spade Kayaks, various models of Zet and Lettmann kayaks. Our paddles are from Spade and AT with a choice of straight or bent shaft, please note that ALL our paddles are 30 degrees with option of right or left handed white water paddles.
Peak PS have been supplying the Kayak School with their award winning equipment since the start! The kayaking apparel fits perfectly, keeps you warm when you need to be, cool on a hot summers day and you look good. It is award winning, cutting edge and world beating whitewater kayaking equipment.
Accommodation & Food
You are spoilt for choice here in the Arlberg. The regions offers camping, bed and breakfast, holiday flats and of course hotels. If you would like help searching for your ideal place to stay, just drop us a message. Our core partners offer great prices if you are coming here to kayak.
Throughout the season you have plenty of options when it comes to restaurants. Be it a traditional Tiroler Groestl, Wiener schnitzel, steak, burger, pizza or vegetarian, there is something filling and tasty in our local restaurants.
Get in touch
To contact us about the course just fill out the form below and we will get back to you as quickly as we can.