Self Guided – South Route
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On a Self guided tour you’re on your own adventure, but with plenty of support from us. You get all the paddling gear you need, we will give you a solid review of both equipment and paddling route over a coffee before setting off. Then we will come and pick you up, your friends and all the equipment when you’re finished. No backtracking. Easy and convenient.
You can choose to paddle three, four, five, six or seven days. If you need camping equipment you can rent a camping package from us. It has never been easier to find a great paddling adventure.
Southern route
A Self guided sea kayaking tour along the southern route is a fabulously beautiful journey through a varied coastal landscape. You start in a lush, green and relatively weather-protected inner archipelago environment in the fjordlands area, before the paddling takes you to the rugged and rocky outer archipelago, with charming fishing communities and horizon feel. You will meet steep rock walls, inviting sandy beaches, colonies of sea birds, spectacular sunsets and deserted islands to stay overnight. Perhaps you will also get close contact with Bohuslän’s landscape animal, the harbor seal. The southern route also gives you many alternatives, where much of the paddling takes place, or can take place, on relatively weather-protected waters. Perfect if any or a few days offer windy conditions.
Dates
You can start your Self guided tour any day between May 1 and September 30.
Booking
Click the BOOK-button and fill in the booking form. Please note that we need to check availability for your booking. Invoice and a payment request will arrive by e-mail. When payment has reached us your booking will become definite. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us.
Available dates
Click book and check available dates in the calendar! See You!
Testimonials
Thank you very much for this wonderful experience.
Testimonials
We were very well looked after by Upplevelsebolaget, from the first meeting until the very end. The staff and their organisation of our trip were great. The kayaks and gear were suitable for the expedition, the camping equipment was very good. The main nautical map provided was excellent (and essential!). On the last day, the weather deteriorated and we were like drowned rats when we landed (we were OK out on the water as we had taken our own kayaking jackets but being on land was different!!). However, we had been able to keep in contact with Joakim in the last few hours, and he arrived with hot coffee.
Testimonials
We had the most incredible time on our holiday, the whole process was so easy and well organised, and the kayaking was stunning. We want to do it all over again.
Testimonials
Dear Upplevelsebolaget team! I first need to start by thanking you all for facilitating such a great experience. The equipment, your advice and enthusiasm together with the actual trip far exceeded my expectations. I will recommend you to others and in the words of Arnold Schwazenegger - "We will be back!".
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Beautiful and varied scenery, camping on deserted islands, cooking fresh fish over an evening campfire, lovely sunshine, great wildlife and having the world to ourselves. It was a great holiday.
Testimonials
The kayaking was a pleasant way of traveling. I would look forward to do it in a group of 4-5 people. We had a lovely evening by the campfire. Even the rain could not bring us down, we just took a lovely swim.
Testimonials
I really enjoyed every minute of the trip and it lived up to the expectations. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and cannot think of any way it could have been improved. I happily recommend it to anyone and would happily book again.
Testimonials
Being out on the water was great. Seeing and visiting the coastal areas north of Gothenburg was amazing. Visiting small fishing villages and camping on deserted islands.
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Thank you so much. We had a briliant five days and would love to come back again.
Testimonials
The service we received in Sweden was far beyond what we expected, nothing was too much trouble and we were made very welcome. Obviously with any hire company we wern´t sure what would be waiting for us when we arrived but we were both impressed by the equipment provided. Proper charts in Ortlieb waterproof cases really showed how professional they were.
Time & Place
You start your Self guided tour from our kayak center at 09.00 on departure day. Before you launch we give you a thorough review of the equipment and paddling route. When you have finished your kayaking we pick you up at 15.00 last day. This means that we are back in time for you to wash your equipment and take off around 17.00.
Please note that our times are fixed. Make sure to plan your travel itinerary to fit them. Other times can be agreed on request, to an additional cost.
Previous experience
You need not be an experienced kayaker, but we recommend that you at least have some paddling experience to go on a Self guided tour. If you have never paddled before, we suggest you take a basic course or a private lesson with us before setting off. We do, also, assume that you are able to swim and that you are at least 15 years old, or paddle in the company of a responsible adult.
Price
- 3 days: 2800 SEK
- 4 days: 3100 SEK
- 5 days: 3300 SEK
- 6 days: 3500 SEK
- 7 days: 3700 SEK
Included in the price
- Single or double rotomolded sea kayak
- Paddle equipment (paddle, life vest, spray skirt, bilge pump and paddle leash)
- Map package containing recommended route, possible camp sites, restaurants, toilets and places to buy groceries
- Thorough briefing over a good coffee on paddle route and equipment before launching
- Water bag (1 x 6l. bag/person)
- Pick up and transportation back to our center on the last day of the trip
Optional extras
If you would like to travel light or lack camping equipment for your trip you can rent it from us as an optional extra. Please tell us in your booking request. Included in the camping kit are:
- Tent (2 or 3 person high quality Vaude/Marmot/MSR tent)
- Sleeping mattress (Therm-a-rest, 5 cm.)
- Camping chair (turns your sleeping mattress into a cosy chair)
- Camping stove (Trangia gas stove) including gas
- Meal kit (Light my fire meal kit)
- Spade
Tent and stove is given one per two persons. Please note that sleeping bag is not included. If you don’t have your own you can rent it separately. Please let us know!
Price for camping kit:
- 3 days: 800 SEK
- 4 days: 900 SEK
- 5 days: 1000 SEK
- 6 days: 1100 SEK
- 7 days: 1200 SEK
Thank you very much for this wonderful experience.
We were very well looked after by Upplevelsebolaget, from the first meeting until the very end. The staff and their organisation of our trip were great. The kayaks and gear were suitable for the expedition, the camping equipment was very good. The main nautical map provided was excellent (and essential!). On the last day, the weather deteriorated and we were like drowned rats when we landed (we were OK out on the water as we had taken our own kayaking jackets but being on land was different!!). However, we had been able to keep in contact with Joakim in the last few hours, and he arrived with hot coffee.
We had the most incredible time on our holiday, the whole process was so easy and well organised, and the kayaking was stunning. We want to do it all over again.
Dear Upplevelsebolaget team! I first need to start by thanking you all for facilitating such a great experience. The equipment, your advice and enthusiasm together with the actual trip far exceeded my expectations. I will recommend you to others and in the words of Arnold Schwazenegger - "We will be back!".
Beautiful and varied scenery, camping on deserted islands, cooking fresh fish over an evening campfire, lovely sunshine, great wildlife and having the world to ourselves. It was a great holiday.
The kayaking was a pleasant way of traveling. I would look forward to do it in a group of 4-5 people. We had a lovely evening by the campfire. Even the rain could not bring us down, we just took a lovely swim.
I really enjoyed every minute of the trip and it lived up to the expectations. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and cannot think of any way it could have been improved. I happily recommend it to anyone and would happily book again.
Being out on the water was great. Seeing and visiting the coastal areas north of Gothenburg was amazing. Visiting small fishing villages and camping on deserted islands.
Thank you so much. We had a briliant five days and would love to come back again.
The service we received in Sweden was far beyond what we expected, nothing was too much trouble and we were made very welcome. Obviously with any hire company we wern´t sure what would be waiting for us when we arrived but we were both impressed by the equipment provided. Proper charts in Ortlieb waterproof cases really showed how professional they were.