Outdoor Adventures: Sit On Kayaking

Outdoor Adventures offers sit on kayaking at a number of locations throughout Wales and Gloucestershire. It is an excellent activity and is ideal to include in your activity programme for your residential School Trip To Wales. Just contact us to discuss your perfect activity programme for your school residential in Wales.

School Activity Residentials:

Sit on kayaks are a way for you to learn traditional kayaking skills. We have moved away from the usual centre “Closed cockpit kayak” simply because we have seen that many people find it very intimidating when they capsize. In fact so much so sometime people are reluctant to get into a kayak. They are easy to manoeuvre, relatively stable and are easy to right if they do fall off. The experience of sit on kayaking not only enables you to exercise, but it is great fun, and a great way to experiencing nature.

Sit on kayaking will develop your individual physical co-ordination, communication, working with others and their level of fitness. This is a traditional adventure experience, but we feel enhanced by the use of sit on tops instead of the slightly intimidating closed cockpit kayaks.

Sit on kayaking is a low impact activity that can improve pupils aerobic fitness, strength and flexibility. Specific health benefits include:

• Improved cardiovascular fitness
  

  Outdoor Adventures: School Residential In Wales

• Increased muscle strength, particularly in the back, arms, shoulders and chest, from moving the paddle
• Increased torso and leg strength, as the strength to power a kayaks comes mainly from rotating the torso and applying pressure with your legs
• Reduced risk of wear-and-tear on joints and tissues, since paddling is a low impact activity.

Some other good reasons to paddle include:

• Kayaking can be peaceful and meditative or can be exhilarating, depending on where and how you do it. Canals are safe and tranquil for participants with little or no experience. Also slow-moving rivers can be used to develop confidence before commencing a full river trip. Sea kayaking can be more challenging for more confident groups/families, once you have developed your techniques in a sheltered harbour.
• Paddling is a great way to enjoy our waterways, kayaking will help you see places from a different perspective, spot wildlife you’d not see otherwise and enjoy places that many others don’t get to go see.
• Paddling is also an effective education tool to show the effects of erosion, the need for wild life conservation and the effects of pollution on the environment.

Team Building Activity:

Candidates are able to personally challenge themselves in a non-competitive manner. However, being in small group kayaking together they can also share excitement and achievements with others. A shared experience is a good building block for developing you teams interpersonal relationships. Kayaking sessions often serve as a common ground for social interaction and creates relationships when the candidates are partnered up with someone else on a sit on kayak. With the sit on kayaking communication between paddlers is key, and so develops listening and co-ordination skills. We have a variety of fun team initiative games for candidates to participate in while learning life skills such as: Trust, team work, communication and leadership skills

Fitness:

Basic, however if there are any issues please discuss this with us so that we can ensure the activity is fully inclusive.

Other Requirements:

Ability to swim 5 meters with a buoyancy aid

Duration:

3.5 Hours approx.

Locations Where Sit On Kayaking Is Available:

1. Conwy: North Wales Coast
2. Llanberis: Snowdonia National Park
3. Snowdon Ranger: Snowdonia National Park
4. Brecon Beacons
5. St Briavels: Forest Of Dean
6. Manorbier: Pembrokeshire
7. St Davids: Pembrokeshire

Available:

April – October

What We Provide:

• Helmets
• Buoyancy Aids
• Wet Suits
• All technical Equipment

What You Will Need To Bring:

• Swimming Gear And Towel
• Extra Pair Of Sports Shorts
• Old Trainer

Other activities available through Pro-Active Adventure include the list below. However, please be aware that what is available at different locations may vary, very slightly. Check on the page of your chosen location to see what is available there, or simply Contact Us on the details below for full information:

Office Mobile: 07866 630123, E-Mail: office@proactive-adventure.com

Archery | Blue Lake Buzz Day | Body Boarding | Bush Craft | Climbing & Abseiling | Coasteering | Coastal Trekking | Forest Trekking | Gorge Walking | Mountaineering | Orienteering | Raft Building | Sit On Canoeing | Sit On Kayaking | Team Initiative Games