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The Chattahoochee Nature Center's canoe trips
Imagine your worries floating away as you float serenely down the Chattahoochee River at dusk. As you unwind, you may encounter beavers, herons, kingfishers, hawks and other wildlife in the beautiful dusk hours on the river. If you are interested in complete escape and relaxation, while learning about the wildlife ecology and history of the Chattahoochee River, consider the Chattahoochee Nature Center's Guided Canoe Trips your ticket to both. Join their trained naturalist and guide for an interactive, sunset or sunrise voyage down the Chattahoochee River, which the Native Americans named the River of the Painted Rock. Learn interesting facts about the river, one of the region's most important natural resources, and the plants and animals that call it home. The naturalist can help you discover nature, experience a relaxing personal adventure and understand where the beavers lodge and where the herons swoop. To book your adventure online, click here.
Canoe trips begin in May 2, 2009 and run Saturdays and Sundays starting at 6:00 pm, and then Fridays through Sundays in June, July and August, 2009.
All trips are conditions permitting, and advance reservations are required. The center also offers special first Thursday of the month canoe trips in June. The cost of these two and a half hour trips is $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Special CNC Member pricing will be offered during the month of May at only $20 per person!
Participants must be able to swim and paddle their own canoe, and be at least 6 years and up. No prior canoeing experience is necessary.
Family Canoe Days at CNC: Learn the basics of canoeing - the parts of the boat, the correct way to enter and exit, paddling strokes, as well as basic safety procedures. Then practice what you have learned on CNC's Beaver Pond. Canoe Guides are all CPR/First Aid Certified and are experienced paddlers and naturalists. Don't worry if you are new to canoeing - CNC provides all equipment (canoe, paddles, and personal flotation device (PFDs) for participants.
This program is suitable for beginning paddlers (ages 5 and up.). $15 non-members/$10 members (price per person). Each Canoe Day can accommodate between 18 - 29 participants, so be sure to book early. Click here to book.
Upcoming Dates of Family Canoe Days:
- May 10 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm
- June 13 from 9:30 – 11:00 am
- June 28 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- July 12 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- July 25 from 9:30 – 11:00 am
- August 15 from 9:30 – 11:00 am
- August 30 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
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- National Park Service
- Trust for Public Land
- Upper Chattahoochee River Keeper
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- Captain Planet Foundation
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- No Child Left Inside Coalition
- National Wildlife Federation
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- Environmental Protection Agency - Georgia
