Canoeing in Florida - River Trips on the Ocklawaha River

Canoeing in Florida is like a day in paradise with your family or group. Plenty of water makes for great fun on your river trip on the Ocklawaha River. Camp overnight or canoe for just a few hours, Ocklawaha Canoe Outpost and Resort will be there to ensure a peaceful and relaxing journey.

As your day trip begins, you and your gear are loaded into one of our vans or buses and transported about eight miles through scenic back woods to your put in point.

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We unload the canoes and put them in the water and you are sent off on one of Florida's most scenic and tranquil rivers. As you go downstream traveling with the three to five knot current, your journey will be one of quiet and relaxing solitude. On your trip you will be able to swing from a rope swing over the river or sit on your own private part of the river bank away from the noise and confusion of the city. This trip can be done in two and a half to three hours or you can spend the whole day on the river. There is an optional side trip through the Dead River and Cedar Creek that will add about one to two hours to the trip. When you return, relaxed and refreshed, to the outpost, you leave the canoe and equipment at the cove and we do all the clean up.

The most popular overnight canoe trip starts when you arrive at the Outpost. After checking in, you, your camping gear, and the canoes are transported about twenty miles to the wayside park on the Silver River. Once on the river, you leave civilization behind. You can paddle up the Silver River to the Silver Springs attraction, which takes about three hours. The trip down the river is easy paddling and takes about one hour to the convergence with the Ocklawaha. The river winds through the old Florida outback. It is wide and deep so there are no portages necessary, even in the times of seasonal high or low water. Camp can be set up anywhere there is high ground once back on the OCKLAWAHA River. When you arrive back at the Ocklawaha Canoe Outpost  landing, it's a short walk back to your vehicle to reload your  personal equipment, you may drive your vehicle to the landing for your convince.

If you do not have camping equipment, or you do not want to clean it when you return home, we can supply everything you need except your food, clothes and personal items. We supply a tent with easy instructions, two burner stove, lantern, cook kit, eating utensils, cleaning supplies, sleeping bags with liners in water tight buckets, sleeping pads, tarp, hatchet, shovel, water container, 40 quart cooler with ice, dry box for storing camping and personal items, canoe, paddles, life jackets and transportation.

For half-day and day trips, we provide canoes or kayaks, paddles, life vests, a river map, parking and transportation. You depart as scheduled and return to the Outpost by 6 PM In the summer and 5 PM winter

Silver River Day Trip  *                       10 Miles                            5-6    hours

Silver River Day Trip week days or as drivers available

The Gore's landing trip is the most popular. It offers unique possibilities for exploratory side-trips on the Dead River, Cedar Creek & tributaries. Add a minimum of 2 miles distance and 1 hour paddling time if you plan to explore.

*Children 12 or under free with a full price canoe or kayak

*Additional transport charge to Silver River
*Third person in canoe - $10.00

Overnight trips include the canoe, paddles, life vests, and river map. Transportation is additional.  For trips over 2 days, there is an additional charge per person. 

We can fully outfit your overnight trip with camping equipment for an additional charge.

All trips depart at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM year round or (1:00 PM in the spring and summer, only). Please check-in 30 minutes before scheduled departure.

  SOME CANOE RENTAL RATES DO NOT INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION PLEASE CALL FOR RENTAL RATES

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Silver River Day Trip week days only or as drivers available

PRICING FOR RIVER TRIPS

GORES LANDING TO OUTPOST Canoe/two people $40.+tx

                                                             Tandem Kayak     $40.+tx

                                                             Solo Kayak           $30.+tx

SR40 TO OUTPOST     Canoe/two people   $40.+trans.+tx                                          Tandem Kayak       $40.+trans+tx

                                          Solo Kayak             $30.+trans+tx

(day trips leave at 8am only to give you plenty of time)

SR40 TO OUTPOST OVERNIGHT  (one night on river)

(Transportation included in price)

                                          Canoe /two people   $95.+tx

                                          Tandem Kayak       $95.+tx

                                          Solo Kayak             $75.+tx

MOSS BLUFF TO OUTPOST  ( three days two nights on river)

(Transportation included in price )

                                         Canoe /two people  $135.+tx

                                         Tandem Kayak      $135.+tx

                                         Solo Kayak            $115. +tx

SILVER RIVER DAY TRIP( Week Days Only )

                                 Canoe/2 people  $40.+transport

                                  Tandem Kayak  $40.+transport

                                   Solo Kayak       $30. + transport

Additional people or additional days increase pricing per boat.

OVERNIGHT TRIPS LEAVE OUTPOST AT 8AM AND 11AM ONLY

Unless arrangments made in advance with Outpost Staff

**** prices subject to change without notice*******

Remember ....whether you spell us Ocklawaha or Oklawaha... you're in the right place!!!!