Our trips are offered daily during season from 9 am until 5-6 pm.
All customers are asked to be off the river by 8 pm for saftey reasons. We have a variety of trips to choose from, whether it's the first time canoeing or the 100th time. Our most popular trips are 2 hour floats either from our canoe livery to M-115 or taken up river to Harvey Bridge to our canoe livery.
Our Family Fun Trip
is excellent for families with small children and beginners. Whether
you wish to canoe, kayak, raft or tube. Enjoy the calm water with many
shallow sections as it curves its way through a wildlife sanctuary.
Try stopping at one of the many sandbars for a picnic or take a leisurely
swim. Our family trip is set on your time schedule, take as little
as 2 hours or most of the day. The most popular trip is our 2 hour
(canoe, kayak) trip or 3 hour (raft, tube) trip from our livery to
the M-115 Bridge where there is a Lions Club park with picnic areas
and
a restroom. This section is our only tube trip.
We also offer an extended version up to 4 hours, starting
farther up river at the Harvey Bridge (not recommended for families with small
children or beginners) and with a quick check in at our office, your half way
point for your pick up time. Then continuing down to the M-115 Park. This
4 hour trip must be started by 3 PM.
Nature Trip
A relaxing scenic five hour canoe trip, for those who appreciate
light paddling with plenty of in-canoe time, enjoy the views of the
ever changing landscape. This trip is not recommended for families
with small children or fist time canoeists. (Fire Lane to Livery
5 hours) Must start by 2 PM.
High Rollaway Trips
An overnight canoe trip to explore the beautiful Manistee River.
During the logging days of the 1800’s timbers harvested from this
area were rolled down the steep banks for their trip to the sawmills.
Enjoy the pleasant picnicking
and swimming areas with plenty of fishing. This trip has many primitive
camping areas above the Harvey Bridge (Iron Bridge), bellow the bridge
is limited to in canoe time for the last 2 hours of your trip. Please
call or email if you have any questions concerning this overnight
trip. (Baxter Bridge to Livery 9 hours)
ANGLERS ADVENTURE TRIP
This three-day trip is ideal for fishing in little known feeder streams
off the Manistee. Rainbows, browns and brook trout abound – a great get
a way for family and friends. Two campground sites along this part of the
river (Baxter Bridge and Indian Crossing), along with many primitive
camping areas above the Harvey Bridge (Iron Bridge), bellow the bridge
is limited to in canoe time for the last 2 hours of your trip. Please
call or email if you have any questions concerning this overnight
trip.(US
131 to Livery 12 hours).
Parking~
Avoid the long wait to be picked up, with no timetable to worry about.
We transport you to a starting point for your float back to our livery.
Fish, picnic, swim, at a pace to suit your whim. Your vehicle will be waiting
for you right where you left it.