Kayak & Kaffi 2026 - with Paddle Trail
Join us for weekly and social kayaking trips!
You took the kayaking course. You got the wet card. You discovered how much fun it is to paddle a kayak.
But then what happens to a lot of people happened.
You never got to buy a kayak. No one suggested a paddle ride. Everyday life took over.
That's why we created Kayak & Kaffi 2026!
Kayak & Kaffi is for those who want to paddle more, but who find the threshold a little too high. Maybe you don't have your own kayak. Perhaps you are not sure where it is nice and safe to paddle. Or maybe you just want to paddle with others.
Throughout the summer, we arrange regular, social paddling trips where you just show up. We provide kayak, oar, vest and guide. You just need to bring clothes that suit the weather.
Every week we organize an evening paddling at Gillsvannet, and on weekends we explore new and beautiful paddling areas around Sørlandet.
For NOK 2 990 you get access to all Kayak & Kaffi tours throughout the summer. In fact, you can be with us for many years before it pays to buy your own kayak.
More paddling. More experiences. New paddle friends. Less handlebars.
Come with me!
What's included
- All equipment included
- Regular tours at Gillsvannet every week
- AND new tours in new places every weekend (Oggevann, Lillesand, Otra, Mandal etc)
- Pleasant community
- Flexible participation — join when it suits
- Top notch high quality equipment
Practical information
Here's how you can join:
- Tap on “Show dates”
- Choose how many people you want to buy space for
- Choose any date. It doesn't matter, when you pay, then you buy a ticket for the whole summer.
- Pay easily with Vipps or card.
- Once you have paid you will receive an email with information and link to Spond - an app we use to sign up for the various trips.
- When we set up tours in spond and you press “shall” - then you just show up and join the kayak trip 😊
Very simple and very straightforward!
Scheduled Trips:
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 5pm-7pm at Gillsvannet all summer, plus:
- 28 June - Lillesand/Blindleia
- July 5 - Oggevann
- July 12 - Otra, from Haus to Kjøita
- July 19 - Drangsvann
- July 26 - Otra, from Haus to Kjøita
- August 1 - Oggevann
- August 9 - Kristiansand city center, around Odderøya/Bragdøya
- August 15 - Drangsvann
- August 22 - Gillsvannet
- August 30 - Mandal
Tours will also be arranged in September, but the venue and date have not been chosen yet.
NB: Changes may be made due to weather, practical reasons or that Padlegleden gets large groups that will paddle kayaks on one of the days. We are such a small company that we cannot say no if there is a large company that wants to kayak for example on August 15, but then we switch to August 16 (well before).
Padlegleden
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