It's a great experience, the mangroves are a beautiful location to kayak at. Very easy for the beginners as the water is completely still.
The staff gave us a short briefing before we begin. We opted out of taking a guide as we wanted to explore the place on our own. But I wish someone told us that the route is not in a loop and we have to turn back at some point. There are no signs and you are pretty much on your own in the mangroves. At least this was our experience during Ramadan at 6am in the morning.
You can see the marine life staying near the shores and spot birds too.
The kayaks are stable and have backrest. They also give you a bottle of water for the 2 hour trip.
I highly recommend this experience and ask them about Kayaking near Louvre as well.
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They send you off without enough water, no information about the path, where to go, or any safety instruction. We ended up taking a long path and arrived back long after sunset. The equipment isn't bad though. Be sure to take at least 1 litter of water.
We have booked a guided tour,as it was our first time kayaking.. the guides were very helpful in explaining and guiding us through the whole journey whenever required.
Peaceful and amazing experience we had here. We went for kayaking, its very cheap for 2 people when their offer is going on. Hyginic and clean boats. Polite and helpful staff. They have taken fully care of safety and hygine. Overall it was our great experience with kayaking. Must try in abu dhabi.
They started with a breifing, offered us single or double kayaks and waterproof bags for our belongings although they do have somewhere you can leave your belongs onshore. They gave us a bottle of water each and we set out.
The route was amazing. We had a guide that took care of us. The whole trip was between 1.5 -2hours and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you Sea Hawk!
It was a beautiful experience! I highly recommend it Especially in the winter My wife and I booked the 4 pm guided kayaking tour.. the weather was amazing. The tour went into the Eastern mangroves, stopped on a floating deck for pics and to enjoy the scene, then, kayaked our way back into the sunset. It was a bit windy which made it a tad challenging and a lot more fun! It cost 168 Derhams per person and our guide Joshua was helpful and friendly. I'll, definitely, do it again but most probably will try Alreem Island.
Underwhelming. After months of trying to sign-up for a full moon kayaking at the Louvre we packed up with great anticipation. A beautiful evening lay in front of us with no clouds, calm breeze and no traffic as we left Abu Dhabi.
Our first surprise of the evening was that we purchased 4 tickets for kayaking but were told on arrival that they only had tandem kayaks for families. The couple of single kayaks they had would be for singles in the group that evening. That was a let down for the kids who had been looking forward to exploring in their own kayak.
When it came time to head to the landing to get our so-called training and get into our kayaks the area that this was being done was dark and wet. One of the patrons slipped and fell hard on the concrete. Not sure why this area wouldn't be well lit? The 1 guide, who was also the person checking everyone one it at the tent and taking money did his best with little help from his fellow workers.
With everyone in their kayaks we began to head off towards the underbelly of the Louvre. I had thought that once we paddled under the rooftop of the museum that there would be a discussion about the construction of this amazing building. I was incorrect. Paddle in, get your picture and paddle out to continue around the perimeter of the building. The guide was strictly there to make sure your didn't do anything to damage the structure or get lost in the waterway I guess. There were kayakers from our group all about. The only thing keeping them in sight was the glow in the dark bags each kayak was given at the initial landing.
About an hour or so later we finished paddling around the building ending close to where we started. It was a beautiful evening to be on the water thanks to Mother Nature. The remainder did not live up to expectations. The cost, lack of individual kayaks for ticket holders, no explanation or history about the Louvre contributed to a less than aspiring experience. We checked this bucket list item off our list begrudgingly.
