Beginner kayaking course

Here you Learn all the skills that you feel safe in your kayak on the river. You learn how too use all the equipment and how you control your kayak on the river.

Booking from 240 CHF

When and where

9.30 am at the meeting point
Arastrasse 7,Ittigen,3048,Bern

Day Plan

Kayaking course on the Aare

Day 1
Get to know
Handing out all the equipment, and learning how it works.
Teaching on the river at a practicing area.
Day 2
Kayaking on the Aare at the whitewater center.
Here we can learn all the skills needed and play some games
Only the 3 day kayaking course is then on the Simme for the third day – Whitewater Grade II. There we then paddle downstream on a river trip of 10 km to practice all what we have learned.
Finishing of the kayaking course

Beginner Whitewater kayak course

The perfect difficulty level for learning whitewater kayaking in a safe and controlled environment: Arkadventures' beginner courses take place on Whitewater Grade II. This way, you’ll learn all the necessary whitewater skills to read and enjoy the river, while having fun in the rapids.

What you learn

You will learn how to use all the equipment
You learn reading of the river, potential risks and hazards, how to use the river to your advantage, to paddle your kayak more easily.
Whitewater swimming, rescue with a throwline, and rescue of yourself and equipment.
Learn to use river features to your advantage , this makes it easier to manover your kayak on the water.
Paddling from one side of the river too the other (ferryglide), river signals to be able comunicate on the river, Stability in your kayak, using the edge of the kayak and turning the kayak where you want to go.
Forwards Paddling, that we can then move the kayak whilst sitting in an upright position and learning paddling efficiently.