Half-Day Quebec City Sea Kayaking Tour

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 25 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 2Frustrating experience due to lack of communication. If you don’t speak French, this might not be for you.

  We would have been better off just renting our own kayaks. This wasn’t a tour at all. Our guide didn’t guide us; he spent most of the time chatting with the French-speaking people. Definitely no instruction or narration. Just randomly paddled out to the middle of the river, then down river a bit, then back. We have experience kayaking, but not with foot-controlled rudders. The guide didn’t communicate well how to set up or use the rudder, we had to figure it out on our own, which put us behind the rest of the group. We basically felt left out and on our own. Maybe it was the language barrier, or maybe the guide is just bad at his job. Not sure what his name is, because he never introduced himself and barely spoke to us. Beautiful scenery for a kayak trip- super frustrating experience due to lack of help/communication/guidance.

  Maura_MAugust 2026via Viator

• 5Fun day on the river

  Guide was very helpful and it was beautiful scenery on the water. Having some experience kayaking helped.

  Karen_TJuly 2025via Viator

• 1Cancelled at the last minute

  Quatre Natures cancelled by email at the last minute, informing me my refund would take up to 10 business days! The guide was allegedly sick and there was no replacement. I had been sceptical about the trip actually happening given my initial contact with them, the small number of people that had signed up, and it being Thanksgiving too.

  dst700October 2023via Tripadvisor

• 1Serious safety concerns

  I need to lodge a serious safety complaint about this experience. Viator does not make it easy to file a complaint. If you work at Viator and are reading this, please contact me ASAP so that I can provide complete information. You should not be working with this seriously dangerous kayak “tour” provider.

  AnneLauren_WSeptember 2023via Viator

• 5Must do activity

  Amazing experience in the St Laurent river. It’s a must do activity when you’re in Quebec. The guide is very helpful, provide you a bit of history on the island, give you good tips for all your future kayak trips. The kayaks provided are very easy to use and to navigate. The St Laurent on this side of the island is very beautiful and amazing for pictures. The only issue is the way to go to the Île d’Orléans. There are no buses to go there, so it’s mandatory to have a car or someone to bring you there.

  Antoine_BAugust 2023via Viator

• 3Nice tour guide, frustrating experience

  We were excited to kayak and explore the island of orleans. We thought we were pretty experienced kayakers and didn’t think we would have any issue. This tour was marked as beginner friendly. To begin with, we were given a kayak with a malfunctioning rudder. We didn’t discover this until we were way in the water. The instructor was nice enough to bring us ashore and give us a new kayak. However, this first experience set a bad taste in our mouths. When we were given a functioning kayak the second time around, the waves were really bad and we didn’t understand how to use the rudder. Either way the tour leader was super compassionate and understanding. We felt bad that we wasted the time of the other kayakers with our issues. We think that maybe to prevent this from happening in the future, maybe two tour guides should go out. One to lead the way, and one to lag behind and make sure everything is going smoothly.

  hallie918August 2023via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Quebec City

• Its from-price is 41% below the median of the 198 experiences we list in Quebec City.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 55 of 198.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Quebec City

Quebec City is a French-speaking walled city above the St Lawrence River, with cobbled lanes, a grand hilltop château and a historic old town.

Quebec City stands on a cliff above the St Lawrence River, and its old town, a UNESCO-listed warren of stone houses, church spires and steep cobbled streets, is the only walled city north of Mexico. Samuel de Champlain founded a settlement here in 1608, and the Château Frontenac, a copper-roofed grand hotel, dominates the skyline above Dufferin Terrace.

Top-ranked sights in Quebec City: Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec), Quebec Royal Square (Place-Royale), Petit Champlain District (Quartier Petit Champlain).

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