River Cruiser Kayaking

Brian Gross

It was a great day kayaking with Dan. I am in my early 60s. I have kayaked a few times over the years but still consider myself a neophyte. My wife has kayaked even less than I have, and she has not kayaked for several years. We wanted to go with someone that would make the day easy for us by taking care of all the prep, giving us some instructions and guiding us safely down the Cuyahoga River. We wanted to spend the majority of our time on the water. Dan had everything ready, he walked us through the prep and got us on the river quickly. Then we were able to spend our time enjoying the view, and listening to the history and stories that Dan shared with us along the way. We saw the beautiful river, some great birds, tons of amazing bridges, and several industrial plants along the way where loading a huge freighter and seeing the operations of the plants from the water were part of our adventure. I would highly recommend Dan and the trip. He is a quality operator and well worth the money. We will definitely look him up the next time we are in Cleveland.

Grace Kattan

My friend and I had a really positive experience with our kayak adventure for the day. This is a small outfit company run by Dan, who is a super nice, accommodating guy who knows the river well. He needs at least two parties to book around the same time to make sure that it's worth his time, but we were willing to pay the cash price to ensure that we got to go when we wanted to go. So, he's very flexible to leave when you want if you are the only party. He communicated with emails and texts very well, and now accepts Venmo thanks to our little SNAFU of losing a life jacket. We don't know how, but it must have fallen out of the back toward the end of the trip. He also is caring enough to make sure to ask that you have sunscreen and water with you as you travel. Dan met us near the ending point of the trip and drove us in his car to meet where our tandem kayak awaited us at the starting point. Our trip began somewhere in the industrial valley, where most Clevelanders have not travelled, so it was an interesting trip. It would be super cool to have a little map of the river along with the points of interest (plants that do something with tons of gravel?) along the way. Not knowing the Cuyahoga very well, we kept anticipating that we were almost to the flats (a total of 9 miles from the starting point), but the river kept curving back and forth....I feel like we were in front of Tower City three or four times. It is super neat to see downtown from this point, and it would be really neat to approach the city lights at night from a shorter distance. After two hours of pretty steady paddling, we ended the trip right in the flats, so if you time things well, you could hop out and have a nice bite to eat or have a little drink. You would just need to get back to your car or make sure that Dan knew that you were going to stay in the Flats for a little bit. I would definitely trust Dan again. It was a very nice day! I would really give 4.5 out of 5.

shark sharklover55

I went kayaking August 31, at Coe Lake. What a great way to enjoy a beautiful holiday weekend. I had four kids with me. Dan was great with giving a deal. He was eager to help us out, and did so without hesitation. The kids really enjoyed the activity. FYI, kids eight and under are free. I recommend this place and activity for fun with your family, friends, or a solo sanity break for yourself. It would also be a nice group outing for the workplace. Mary

Nishimwe Sosthene

Really amazing area! Great place to be if it is your first time kayaking. The person who helped us with our kayaks was really nice. I’m totally coming back.