Helsinki by Kayak: A 3-Hour Guided Paddling Journey Through Helsinki's Majestic Archipelago

Experience the beauty of Helsinki’s archipelago on a 3-hour guided paddling journey. Explore clear waters, rocky islands, and sandy beaches. Book your reservation now!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Harbonkatu 13 - This is where we start our kayak activity! As we arrive at the Vuosaari Paddling Center, we have a chance to change our clothes, and use the toilet. Soon we will choose the right kayaks for everyone and go through the basic techniques and talk about safety. After that we set out for our kayak activity. Depending on the group and…
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
  • Complimentary snacks included
  • Kayak usage included
Additional Information

Experience Helsinki from its waterways! Join Natura Viva’s guided 3-hour kayaking journey daily, which takes you around Helsinki’s scenic archipelago, renowned for its crystal-clear water, rock-laden islands and sandy shores. Make your kayaking trip unforgettable by reserving your spot today. The tour is tailored to suit all skill levels, making it…

Location
Harbonkatu 13
Harbonkatu
Location and starting point: Vuosaari Paddling Center, Harbonkatu 13, 00980, Helsinki
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kaijis2022
Sep 13, 2024
Great experience with a professional team - Would Def recommend all to leave some time for this experience if you are in helsinki and haven't tried this yet! Amazing View along the route, and our guide just perfect in all ways. Suitable for both beginners and experienced. Five star equipments plus a nice forest for a hike afterwards. Had a drink in the paddle center cafe with the lake breeze. Will come again for sure!
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Eva_e
Aug 18, 2024
awesome tour - Guide, information, safety, landscape, atmosphere, food, size of the group, duration - just perfect. Do it! :)
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Sharon_r
Jul 23, 2024
Wonderful Day! - The kayaking trip was a fantastic experience. It was a beautiful day and Sara helped us learn the basics of kayaking and off we went. The provided lunch (sandwiches) was very good. Getting to the paddling facility from the Kamppi district of Helsinki was very easy. Take the M1 line out to Vuosaari and transfer to the 560 bus. The paddling facility is a short walk away from the bus stop.
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O4267gstiml
Jul 9, 2024
Beautiful kayaking experience - Wonderful kayak tour. Really beautiful scenery. Easy paddling and a great day out. The guide was very professional. 5 star expeience
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Oscarhp1198ak
Aug 5, 2022
Not experienced? No problem, you will have a great time. - On a recent weekday evening my family took the guided tour from Mattinkyla Beach in Espoo. We were completely inexperienced but Tiina was the perfect teacher and tour guide, teaching us the basics and many tips, taking our lack of experience into account but also challenging us. Her love of the sport really came through. We had a wonderful time and look forward to more kayaking in the local archipelagos.
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Macghillebrath
Jul 23, 2022
Enjoyable Kayaking Experience in Helsinki - Tiina was a perfect guide for our Natura Viva kayaking experience, taking three totally untrained Americans and teaching us proper kayaking techniques while exploring the islands off of Helsinki. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, would most certainly go again. Thanks, Tiina and Natura Viva team.
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Debbjo612
Sep 15, 2019
A fantastic ending to our nothern adventure! - We had an amazing time kayaking with Natura Viva the last day of our stay in Helsinki. Chris was a great guide—very friendly, discreet, polite, professional, made us feel comfortable in an instant and he explained everything we needed to know. We learned a lot, plus the Finnish nature and scenery were amazing. Great experience, totally recommended. Next time we will do the evening one! Chris, kiitos man, you rock! Moi moi!
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Jeanann
Aug 21, 2019
best excursion on our cruise!! - Getting out away from the cities, getting back to nature--- was just perfect! We had perfect sunny weather and really experienced kayak guides who made it possible for even beginners to enjoy the experience!
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Charles
Aug 10, 2019
Amazing tour - Our tour guide was amazing, born in Italy but fluent in English. We had a rather fit group so we covered much territory in our Kayak. The equipment is all excellent - individual kayaks (although you request a tandem), and their paddles were good and their life vests did not smell at all. Our tour guide provided excellent commentary. He provided us with sandwiches at our stop on an island too. The meeting place is not good for those on ships (difficult to find) and a taxi is needed (do not believe people who say you can walk there. Otherwise they drop you right back to your ship or where you may have been staying at on the way back.
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Heracles_sakalis
Aug 2, 2020
Room for improvement - Great place for kayaking but I am a bit concerned about customer service. Staff were friendly and welcoming on a previous visit but yesterday was a bit disappointing. There is a sea plane in the bay and it came out and started preparing to take off as we were returning. We stopped and waited for the aeroplane to take off and arrived on the beach seven minutes late. Their first concern was to say it was twelve minutes (it wasn't, it was seven) and that they have to charge another €20. It makes my safety feel a bit cheap when I am on the water in a kayak with a sea plane taking off. Not an ideal situation for a sports club. It is a pity because otherwise it is a great place. I hope that they will address the issue.
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