Canoes Plus and Canoes Plus Adventure Experience: One Team, One Passion, Endless Excuses to Get Wet

Epping, Victoria – July 13, 2026 – If you've ever wandered into Canoes Plus looking for a paddle and somehow found yourself planning a whitewater trip or a remote packrafting expedition, there's a good reason for it. Canoes Plus and Canoes Plus Adventure Experience are closely connected, giving paddlers one place to find expert advice, quality equipment at rock-bottom prices, professional instruction, and guided adventures.

Canoes Plus has built its reputation on supplying paddlers with the right gear at the right price, backed by practical advice from people who actually spend time on rivers. Whether you're buying your first kayak, upgrading your whitewater setup, or discovering the world of packrafting, the team helps customers choose equipment that matches their experience, ambitions, and budget. Canoes Plus also consistently bring in new brands and models, including the 2026 Boat of the year - the Lettman Dude. The line-up of whitewater kayaks at Canoes Plus is second-to-none.

For anyone interested in packrafting, Canoes Plus has become a destination in its own right. From specialist packrafts and paddles to safety equipment, dry gear, inflation systems, and expedition accessories, customers can find the equipment needed to head into the backcountry with confidence. Just as importantly, they can also learn how to use it properly. Canoes Plus offer great quality gear tested in Australia, and suited to the Australian outdoors, at a great price. A hub for gear, advice, repairs, river running advice and much more - Canoes Plus is the premier destination for all things packraft.

Packrafting has emerged as one of the fastest-growing adventure sports because it combines lightweight hiking with river travel, allowing adventurers to access landscapes that are difficult or impossible to reach with traditional watercraft. The sport rewards good decision-making, sound river skills, and careful equipment selection—all areas where expert advice makes a genuine difference (American Packrafting Association, 2025; Adventure Travel Trade Association, 2024).

That's where Canoes Plus Adventure Experience comes in.

The Adventure Experience complements the retail store with practical learning through introductory packraft clinics, guided wilderness expeditions, and progressive skills development. Participants learn paddling techniques, river reading, self-rescue, safety systems, expedition planning, and how to select and use packrafting equipment efficiently before putting those skills into practice on guided trips, including the Mitchell River and Snowy River wilderness adventures.

And while packrafting may be the new kid on the river, Canoes Plus hasn't forgotten where many paddlers first fell in love with moving water.

The business continues to offer its popular "OG" whitewater kayaking clinics, covering everything from fundamental boat control and river reading through to eddy turns, ferry glides, rolling, rapid strategy, and advanced whitewater techniques. Whether you're progressing from flatwater or refining years of experience, the clinics focus on building confidence through practical coaching in real river environments.

Together, Canoes Plus and Canoes Plus Adventure Experience offer something increasingly rare—a genuine one-stop paddling hub. Buy your gear from experienced paddlers. Learn from qualified instructors. Develop your skills through structured clinics. Then put everything into practice on guided adventures.

Whether your goal is paddling your first stretch of moving water, carrying a packraft into remote wilderness, or finally nailing that elusive kayak roll, the team is ready to help.

Because the best adventures usually start with good advice...

References

Adventure Travel Trade Association. (2024). Adventure Travel Industry Snapshot.

American Packrafting Association. (2025). About Packrafting and Best Practices.

Paddle Australia. (2025). Education, Skills and Safety Resources.

International Canoe Federation. (2025). Canoe Slalom and Whitewater Education.

Outdoor Safety Institute. (2023). Risk Management Principles for Paddle Sports.