WHY CHOOSE US?
Our Service makes Grand Experiences different from other canoe & rafting companies. We are the area's only full service outfitter:
- full outfitting shop with free parking plus our own Grand River docks
- our own shuttle bus service & vans to move people to &/or from the river & parking.
- Park where your trip finishes & we shuttle you upstream to a start point, then you can take your time paddling back to your waiting vehicle
- we reverse shuttle on Brant Conservation Area trips to save you the Park's $6/person parking fee.
- our OCKRA Certified staff provide safety & paddling tips plus you show points of interest & the best paddling routes & unlike other companies we carry your boat to/from the water
- we fully outfit with a selection of boats, paddle, PFD & maps. Plus specialty equipment i.e. kayak skirt, neoprene wet suits & gloves, very necessary for cold weather
Quality boats & selection. We offer 3 choices of high quality ultra-light, extra tough canoes. Our 16' high capacity Prospector canoe is deeper & a foot longer than regular rental canoes yet lighter. We also have extra large wide, extra stable Passage freighter canoes, great for families. We have smaller 15' regular rental canoes too.
We offer 6 types of kayaks: 12' & 13' stable straight-tracking river kayaks, 12' large open cockpit kayaks plus sit-on-top kayaks, great for nervous kayakers & fishermen And longer sea kayak with rudder systems plus two-person tandem kayaks.
We have rafts plus we're the area's only company to offer historical 12 person Voyageur Canoe trips.
- Grand Experiences is one of the few Grand River outfitters fully insured on land & water.
- area's only long time member of Paddling Ontario & Ont. Recreational Canoe & Kayak Assoc.
- Well established we started our business & have operated it since 1997, longer than anyone else in our area.
- won 8 Shining Star Awards, a National Environmental Award & Entrepreneur of the Year.