CANOE WALKING ON THE DRAU (WITH GUIDE)

Eventful canoe tour on the Drau

 

about 75 km
Canoe new

from € 659

5

Days

DESCRIPTION:

The nature experience in Carinthia - canoeing on the Drau. Explore Carinthia's largest river and its flora and fauna from the water on this three-day canoe tour. From Villach you paddle on the leisurely flowing Drau through the beautiful, natural Rosental to Ferlach. The route continues to the nature reserve at the Völkermarkt reservoir, which is an ideal place for bird watching. This is followed by a transfer to the hotel on Lake Klopein, where you can enjoy swimming in Europe's warmest swimming lake.

SERVICES:

  • 4 nights in 3 *** hotels, family-run inns and pensions
  • Breakfast buffet or rich breakfast
  • Luggage transfer from accommodation to accommodation
  • Transfer of persons from the accommodation to the entry / exit point to the next accommodation
  • 3 midday snacks incl. Drink (1x swimming stop at the Silbersee including lunch, 1x lunch grill at the ziggurat, 1x water picnic)
  • 3 guided canoe tours
  • Rental canoe including life jacket
  • Transport of the canoes to the respective entry point
  • Adventure card Villach (including one-time entry to the Kärnten Therme)
  • Service hotline (7 days a week)

GETTING THERE:

daily, minimum number of participants: 2 people

PRICE:

Category:
3 * hotels, family-run inns and pensions

€ 659, - per person
01.05. to 30.06.2022
01.09. to 30.09.2022

€ 709, - per person
01.07. to 31.08.2022

EXTRAS:

Local tax, if due, is not included in the tour price. 

Single room surcharge: € 80
HP surcharge: € 90, -

Return transfer: Klopeiner See to Villach € 60 per person. A reservation of the places is necessary.

When the water level on the Drau is high, canoe tours are carried out on other waters.

 

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How to get there

Individual arrival in Villach and check-in at the hotel. The day is free to explore Villach. Stroll through the city center or visit the spacious Kärnten Therme in Warmbad Villach (entry with the Villach Adventure Card from 16.00 p.m. included)

Cyclists on the 5-star Drauradweg in Villach

View of the Drau in spring, © Region Villach

 

Villach - Rosegg / Mühlbach, approx. 15 km

After breakfast you will be brought to the Drau entry point, where your canoe will be waiting. The first paddling break is planned at the nearby Silbersee. There you can swim and also have a lunch snack (bookable for a surcharge, on the tour without a guide). Then you paddle on to the Rosegg power station, where the first canoe stage ends. Transfer to your next accommodation.

Canoe tour, © Franz Gerdl

Rosegg / Mühlbach - Ferlach, approx. 25 km

In the morning transfer to the next boarding point in Pulpitsch. You pass the towering cliffs on the Drauge in St. Oswald to Feistritz in the Rosental. The canoes have to be carried a short distance to pass the Feistritz power station. Afterwards the Drau is very natural and you can enjoy the flora and fauna of the bank area in peace. We recommend a lunch break at the Drauwelle Ziggurat nature reserve. Today's tour ends in front of the Ferlach power station and you will be taken to Ferlach.

Wernberg loop, © Franz Gerdl

Ferlach - Völkermarkter Stausee / Klopeinersee, approx. 25 km

Transfer to the next entry point, from where you will paddle to the large Völkermarkt reservoir today. This trip in the nature reserve of the Drau reservoir is particularly impressive - a paradise for birdwatching. You will then be taken to your hotel on Lake Klopein. Relax in the warmest swimming lake in Europe and enjoy the crystal clear water.  

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Canoe tour on the Drau, © Gerdl

Departure

Extension, individual departure or booked return transfer with our Drau cycle path bus to Villach.

the Klopeiner See is one of the warmest bathing lakes in Europe

Bathing pass at the Klopeiner See Suedkaernten, © HAIDEN

BOOKING HOTLINE

+43 (0) 4242 44 200 -37