Lake Dillon Mid-Day Island Kayak Tour

Don’t miss out on our award-winning Lake Dillon kayak tours, operating since 2009! All tours include state of the art tandem sea kayaks. We provide type-3 PFDs designed specifically for kayaking in comfort. Our friendly professional and always entertaining guides will ensure you have a memorable experience. 

Our Mid-day Island tour is our 2.5-hour island kayak tour but is offered in the afternoon.  The afternoon tours might involve more strenuous kayaking due to a higher chance of wind.  If you have children, please, book the morning tours!

The Mid-Day Island Tour is our award-winning 2.5-Hour Island Tour but is offered when there is a higher chance of wind. The mid-day tour is still a great option but might require more strength and ability than our morning tours. This tour can still offer all of the same wildlife sightings and experiences as the morning tours. This is still a great tour option, but not for younger children or kayakers approaching the weight limits of our tandem kayaks.

When winds are down, this tour will complete the full Island Tour route, but if winds are too high for a channel crossing, our guides will decide to shorten the route.

Single kayaks are only allowed on this tour if you can demonstrate proper experience. Odd number reservations might ride in a tandem kayak with the guide or another guest.

ALL OF OUR TOURS USE DOUBLE KAYAKS

We use tandems when we kayak Lake Dillon. The water is super cold, and tandem kayaks are much more stable than singles. We do everything we can to plan tours around the best weather and the least amount of wind, but sometimes the wind can build in the morning before 11 am. Our tours are maxed out with twelve guests per guide and with tandem kayaks that can still seem like a small group using six kayaks versus twelve. Using two-person kayaks since 2009 is the reason we average one capsize a year. The most common reason for a tip-over is families running into each other on purpose.

CERTIFIED KAYAK GUIDES

Please have no fear, all of our guides have completed extensive sea kayak training, through the American Canoe Association (ACA). Training includes rescue techniques, group management, CPR, and first aid. Our guides provide great instruction on how to kayak in tandem. Our tandems are the Necky Manitou II and we have found it is the perfect boat for this body of water.

SINGLE KAYAKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ODD NUMBER RESERVATIONS

If your family or reservation has an odd number, we can put the odd person in a single kayak, as long as our guides deem them capable of kayaking on their own. Single kayakers must be at least 14 years old and should be no taller than 6″3. They must be able to fit inside the smaller seat of the single kayak. Also, please know the heavier the person, the less stable the kayak. Families with odd numbers should book the earliest tours available. Our morning tours offer the calmest water and best weather possible. Why kayak early?

ALL TOURS LAUNCH FROM THE FRISCO BAY MARINA

There are two Dillon Reservoir Marinas. We operate out of the Frisco Bay Marina which sits on the more protected side of the reservoir. This less exposed section of Dillon Reservoir provides guests with plenty of sheltered bays and islands when kayaking Lake Dillon. Kayak tours launch throughout the day, our earliest kayak tour the Island Tour, launches at 8 am, and our last trip The Sunset Tour launches one and half hours before sunset. Guests can expect to see Bald Eagles, amazing rocky mountain views, muskrats, deer, and on occasion moose!

2.5 hours

Ages 13+

Customers will receive a full refund or credit with 48 hours notice of cancellation. Customers will also receive a full refund or credit in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. Contact us by phone to cancel or inquire about a cancellation. No-shows will be charged the full price.

Weather Policy

We will cancel due to weather. We do however leave that decision up to the guide. Usually weather will come and go within a few minutes. They say if you don't like the weather in Colorado, wait five minutes! Weather can be completely different five miles apart in this area. If you are in Breckenridge or Keystone and the weather is bad chances are just down the road Frisco is great. So please call for current weather conditions.