Paddling Activities

We provide a range of Stand Up Paddleboarding experiences in and around East Lothian and Edinburgh. These are offered as fun sessions, skills courses or journey’s, and are available to all ages and abilities.

Our kayaking activities are available to all ages and abilities. They form part of our school holidays provision for children and are also available for groups, parties and British Canoe Paddle Awards.

Open canoes offer a great way to travel whether journeying canals or open water lochs. We offer sheltered water training, including British Canoe Paddle Awards, and journeys for all ages and abilities.

Raft Building is great as a standalone activity or as part of a team building event. We regularly deliver this activity to uniformed groups, corporate teams, apprentices, birthday parties and staff team challenges.

We offer a wide range of adaptive paddling solutions. These are available to members of our community who have addition requirements to enable them to take part. We are able to offer canoeing, kayaking and SUP with varied degrees of adaptation.

During school holiday periods, we offer a wide range of activities for children aged 8 to 14 years. This includes paddling activities, mountain biking, rock climbing, coasteering, bushcraft and more. Please click below to find out more about this extensive programme.

Venturing Out is an Approved Activities Provider (AAP) for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. We deliver expeditions at all levels, offering canoeing and sea kayaking in a range of environments. We also offer activities for the physical and skills elements.

Most of our activities are available as part of our Adventure Wellbeing offering. These are various projects that we deliver to support people with with mental health issues. We use the outdoors as a medium to give people focus and something to look forward to on a regular basis