Goa Kayaking in Spike's River

A good experience, safe and excellent instruction. Kayaks great to ride and a lovely local guide took us out on the river. A thoroughly enjoyable experience and met with a cold beer at the end. Only lost a point as I felt it was quite expensive compared with other trips I have done in the UK and Europe.

We had a wonderful time kayaking in Spike's river. Ketan was very helpful and answered all our questions. He was flexible with timings and arranged a tour for us at a timing that was convenient for us, as we had a flight to catch the same evening. The guide who came with us was very kind, professional and also took many photos and videos of ours! Overall, a peaceful experience and a good workout for those arms! 💪

Prakash gave us instructions and left us in the hands of Satish his guide with big heart. Apart from the beauty of the river and it’s birds we found a cow trapped in the mangrove trees and almost drowned. We, the two girls from Bulgaria and Satish decided to save the cow. It sounds easy, but was quite scary as the cow was frightened and anxious and it took us two more hours and an additional trip to find a machete and go back to cut the brunches. Funny though in the middle of all this fight was the doubt our insurance could cover injuries by cow in a river :) 4 hours later that looked like 24, we saved the cow, got back exhausted, thirsty and hungry and Prakash surprised us with “village lunch” you eat with fingers: fish, rice, chilly, few salads, drinks… And he refused to received any payment for this generous lunch, being foreign tourists would care about a local cow. “You did your good deed saving our cow, now I have to do my good deed feeding all three of you.” India at its best! Thank you. Namaste.

We loved it! Ketan and Shankar took great care to explain everything and make sure that we had a great trip on the river. All the communication and directions were perfect. The experience of seeing over a 100 Fruit bats take flight from the trees is one we'll always remember plus Shankar's knowledge of the wildlife. Make sure that you do this!

It was our first experience doing Kayaking and we loved every bit of it.. From the 1st phone call to finishing the adventure, Prakash, Ketan and Shankar took very good care of all of us. We will definitely come back to do more of it.. I can highly recommend services of Goa Kayaking.. Great Team!

Kayaking is something one should experience atleast once in their life and a MUST DO during the Goa trip.The tour operator was very welcoming aand friendly. He provided us with proper instructions along with safety measures. The instruments used were properly washed and sanitized. The activity was done on time as the operator had already done the preperation. A professional accompanied and monitored us throughout the trip. Taking back great memories with us. Looking forward to come back soon for the experience all over again. Thank you, Ketan. It wouldn't have been such a great experience without your guidance.

Great guidance by Ketan, Prakash's team and a wonderful experience overall. Totally recommend this group.

The trip was an amazing experience altogether, thanks to Mr. Ketan Alponso for his timely guidance. He is an amazing and a very experienced instructor who is a joy to go along a ride with. Will definitely recommend this trip and as of me I am definitely looking forward to going on to yet another trip.

Awesome experience!!! Ketan explained things and helped us through out the trip. Must try for everyone who visits Goa.

Loved it!! We opted for the 2.5 hour long Spike's river paddle mangroves magic kayaking trip - couples premium package in the monsoon season. It was one of our best experiences in Goa, hands down!! We were lucky to see otters, stork billed kingfishers, brahminy kites, purple heron, oysters and crabs among other life in mangroves. Even the rains were a delight during kayaking. The whole ecosystem of mangroves was mesmerizing. Mr. Ketan is a patient and knowledgeable instructor. Even the kayaks seemed to be of great quality and easy to balance. The owners of Goa kayaking were quite responsive through the whole booking process and even later. The chilled beer offered by Ketan at the end of the trip was a cherry on the cake! Overall, it was relaxing and exciting at the same time. Would recommend anyone visiting goa to definitely keep this on their itinerary.