Embark on an epic outdoor education program on a 5-day canoe trip down the Glenelg River.
Explore this ancient river that acted as tribal boundaries for the Gunditjimara and Bungandidj people for thousands of years. Spot wallabies, koalas and echidnas on the river banks and gaze at the limestone cliffs and red river gums above.
Travel with expert river guides, who will teach you correct paddling techniques, how to read a river map and proper capsizing rescue skills. You’ll be left with lifelong memories and valuable outdoor leadership skills!
why you’ll love this trip
- Paddle down the ancient Glenelg River, searching for wallabies, koalas, echidnas and platypuses.
- Learn valuable canoeing and outdoor leadership skills and gain confidence in paddling and camping.
- Explore the surrounding Lower Glenelg National Park, including the Princess Margaret Rose Caves, full of stalagmites and stalactites.
- Cook on an open fire, sharing group meals with your friends.
- Camp alongside the river as the lapping water puts you to sleep.
Begin this outdoor education program by heading to the Moleside Canoe Campground. Meet your Infuse Program Leaders and get to know other members of your group through games full of laughs and fun!
After breaking the ice amongst your peers, it's time to test your canoe skills! Learn correct paddling techniques, how to read a river map and test out your capsizing rescue skills by rescuing your buddies and playing in the waters of the Glenelg River.
Wake to your first morning on the river where the early morning mist hovers over the water. Warm up with some hot chocolate and jump in your canoe as you start your paddle from Moleside Canoe Campground to Pritchards Campground.
Your first day on the river will give you your first taste of ‘rivertime’: a sensation of being one with the water and taking in all the sounds, smells, and views of the river, whilst slowing heading downstream at the pace of your paddle strokes.
Arrive at Pritchards Campground, tie up your canoes and set up camp, before starting your first dinner cooked on the open fire!
After a quiet night camping on the river banks, it's time to pack down camp and get paddling again.
Today is another full day on the river. Spend the day on the water, filled with moments of mindfulness, riddles and jokes. Paddle up close to the river banks, where wallabies, koalas and echidnas rest. Look carefully at the water’s surface in the hope that you see the elusive platypus breaching for air.
Paddle on through to Wilson Hall Campground, where you will again tie up the canoes and camp on the river banks, falling asleep to the rhythmic sound of the lapping water.
Wake to another misty morning, where your Program Leader will have fresh damper, hot chocolate and a toasty warm fire waiting for you.
Pack down camp again and continue your river journey downstream, to a hidden secret of southwest Victoria. Stopping at Laslett Camp, tie your canoes up and head up through the bush to the Princess Margaret Rose caves. Here you will have a tour of the ancient limestone caves, full of stalagmites and stalactites.
Return to Lasletts Camp and set up camp for your final night on the Glenelg River.
Today you’ll complete the last section of your Glenelg River canoe journey on this outdoor education program.
Wake to the river one last time and load those canoes as you start paddling towards the Victorian and South Australian border. You’ll paddle into South Australia as you head towards the finish point of your canoe journey. Hopefully, your achievement will be rewarded with a northwesterly tailwind that will allow you and your friends to set up a tarp and sail back into Victoria and to the river banks of Nelson, where you will finish your river journey.
Celebrate your achievements as a group by reflecting on your river time through an Infuse Ties ceremony, cementing memories that will last a lifetime.
