Hi! Welcome at my kayak site. My name is Johan.
I like kayaking and making photo's.
I like to explore new places where you can kayak and share my experiences.
That's why I made this website about where you can kayak with lots of photo's.
This is a personal page about touristic kayaking. So no information about white water or sea kayaking.
You can read where to kayak in the Netherlands and you can also find information about some places in other countries where I've been.
I like to share the information I gathered over the years. It is not a coverage of all the places where you can kayak, there's still a lot to explore.
So every year I write updates and I still add new pages to the site.
I hope you will enjoy it and that it may inspire you to take your kayak to the water.
If you may find something incorrect in the described routes, or if you have any suggestions, please let me know. Then I can make corrections so other people can benefit from it.
This site is
copyright protected. If you are interested in using anything from this site, please contact me.
I don't rent out kayaks myself!
Just to be clear: I only share information about where to kayak. If there is a kayak rental, it is mentioned on the page. You have to contact the kayak-rental yourself, I'm not a middleman.
kanoweb/kanokaart.nl. A map of the Netherlands with kayak related information.
weerslag.nl. Information about the actual weather.
Information about the weather on
weeronline.nl.
Windy. Worldmap about wind and more.
TKBN Touristic kayak club of the Netherlands.
Kayak locations in Belgium (Flanders) on the site of Kajako.
Air BNB Find a place to stay overnight.
GPS Coordinates for calculation between Ddmmss and DDmmmm (decimal minutes).
New on the site:
- The page about Ezumazijll is renewed. There is a new map, new photo's and a GPS-track.
- The page about Nieuwkoopse Plassen is renewed. There are three marked routes now. I made a trip following most of the tracks. There are new photo's and ther's a new GPS-track.
August 2023
- The page about De Zaan is renewed. I made a round trip on De Zaan and through the polder Wormer. Also it's possible to navigate in the Kalverpolder to the museum area of the Zaanse Schans.
July 2023
- A few things have changed along the river Hunze, so it was time for an update. Many of the old meanders are restored and they make the area very nice for a kayak-trip. But the new nature park Tusschenwater is only partly accessible. A round trip on the canal Leiding 2 is only possible if you don't mind to carry the kayak for 1500 meters on the road. A new GPS-track leads you to and fro on the Hunze.
- A new page with a round trip passed Loppersum.
June 2023
- The page about Langedijk is renewed. I made a new map, a GPS-track and there are new photo's.
- There is a new page about a round trip from Sneek to IJlst. There are new photo's and a GPS-track.
May 2023
- The page about Appingedam has been updated. There are new photo's and I drew a new map with more details. There are new starting points, and there is a GPS-track.
October 2022
- I have paddled the route from the Viaanse Molen in Alkmaar to Egmond-Binnen again. Between Heiloo and Egmond-Binnen the dikes along the canal are under construction, and the walking-route is closed now. By kayak you can still reach the abbey. There are new photo's on the site.
- The short route on the Medemblik page has been renewed. There is a 17.6 km. route from Oudendijk to Medemblik and Opperdoes. There are new photo's, and a new GPS-track.
- The page about Kolhorn has been updated. There is a new portage-point near Kolhorn. There are new photo's, the map has been updated and there is a new GPS-track.
September 2022
- The page about the Scheene has been updated. There are new photo's and a GPS-track.
- I filled in the missing link between Leeuwarden and Dokkum. There is a new page with a round trip passing Burdaard.
August 2022
- There is a new route from Sneek along the De Potten, across the Sneekermeer, the Terzoolster Zijlroede and the Oudvaart. There is a new map, a GPS-tack (22.5 km.) and there are new photo's.
- The page about the Ilperveld has been renewed. There is a new map, a GPS-track, and there are new photo's.
June 2022
- On the page about Sneek I renewed the route to the lake Snekermeer. There are new photo's, and a GPS-track. Also the map has been updated.
- The page about Hoorn is renewed. This is a route of 18 km. passed Bobeldijk, Berkhout and Groshuizen. I made new photo's and a GPS-track. The map has been updated.
- It has been some time since I last kayaked in my home-town Julianadorp, so it was time for an update. I made new photo's and a GPS-track.
- I made a trip from the Hilversums Kanaal to the Vuntus, part of the Loosdrechtse Plassen. There are new photo's on the page, the map has been updated, and there is a GPS-track. I still must do the other route across the large lakes again and make a GPS-track of that. I'm waiting for a good day without wind...
- The page about the Utrechtse Vecht was getting way too big. So I decided to make this page only about the middle section, between Fort Uitermeer and the Kraaienestersluis. Information about the northern part you can find on the page Naarden, and about the southern part on the page Maarssen. The Vecht-page has been renewed with new photo's an updated map, and a GPS-track.
May 2022
- At the south part of the Utrechtse Vecht you can make a round trip through Maarssen. I made a new page with new photo's and a GPS-track.
April 2022
- The page about Naarden is renewed. The traffic-situation to the starting point has changed. The map has been updated, there are new photo's and there's a GPS-track now.
October 2021
- The page about Wieringen was just about the canal Amstelmeerkanaal on the south side of the former island Wieringen. I went to explore if a round trip through the polder Wieringermeer passed Slootdorp would be possible. I made new photo's, drew a new map, and there is a GPS-track.
- The page about Waarland is renewed. There are new photo's and the text is rewritten. There's also a GPS-track.
- Adjacent to the Biesbosch there is a new area named Noordwaard, where you can make a trip. I spent a day here to make a new page.
September 2021
- In Utrecht the filled in canal Catharijnesingel was dug out again and re-opened in 2020. It goes under the shopping mall Hoog Catharijne. After repairs also the Nieuwegracht is open again. I made some new photo's and a new GPS-track.
- The page about Dokkum is completely renewed. There is a new map and a detailed map of the city center. There are two routes with GPS-track. All photo's are new.
August 2021
- The page about the Valleikanaal has been renewed. There is a new starting point in Veenendaal. I drew a new map, there are new photo's and I added a GPS-track.
- The page about Rijn-Meije has been updated. There is a new map, a GPS-track and there are new photo's. Theres is a new alternative starting point near Bodegraven.
- Recently a connection has been made between the Enkele Wiericke and the Reeuwijkse Plassen. This makes a round trip passed Bodegraven and the Reeuwijkse Plassen possible. I made a new page, with a map, GPS-track and new photo's.
July 2021
- The page about the Eilandspolder is completely renewed. There are new maps, new photo's an a new GPS-track of a large route through the polder.
- I made a trip around Almere with an extra round to Almere-Haven. All photo's are new, and there is a GPS-track.
- The page about the Blauwhuisterpollen has new photo's. In Westhem new bridged are made, so no more portage points here.
June 2021
- I made a trip in the Mijzenpolder near Schermerhorn. There are new photo's, an updated map and a GPS-track.
- The page about Rijn-Meije is updated. There is a new map, a GPS-track and there are new phot's.
- The page about The Hague has been renewed. There is a new starting point. I made new photo's and a GPS-track of the city center.
May 2021
- When I found it still too cold to take my kayak out I did the walking route along the Kromme Rijn.
Bus-line 41 follows the N229 to Wijk bij Duurstede. So I took the train to Utrecht and from there the bus to Cothen.
I walked 29 km (including the detour along the Oude Krommerijn) back to the train station in Utrecht.
On Kingsday (April 27) I took my kayak to the starting point at the scouting Odijk and paddled to Rhijnauen and back. I had not been on this stretch of river before, and I must say it really is worth going there. I also explored the side-arm Hakswetering towards Zeist.
