04 Aug 2023
23km canoe down the Elbe was very beautiful! It’s a slow moving river so requires a decent amount of paddling. Took us 3.5 hours to get the Bad and the map said it would take about 4. Took e bikes back which was fine since it’s a flat paved path.
We were only given a map and general area as to where to get off the river and was given no safety info for the canoe. You have to get off at this very small beachy area at the end of Bad with no signage. We didn’t know if this was the right spot. We even had to paddle up stream a bit because we went past it. We waited there hoping it was the right spot until about 10 minutes later the van showed up with our bikes. Again, given no direction other than which way on the path and to drop it off at the camp.
Definitely need a good sense of direction to do this activity but if you’re comfortable with that and enjoy the outdoors, it was a great experience and beautiful ride!
Took us about 5.5 hours round trip