Elbe River Canoe & Bike Tour: Cross-Border Adventure
4.5
14 Ratings
Děčín
Experience the beauty of canoeing on the Elbe river and then enjoy a relaxing bike ride along the Elbe Cycle Route. Suitable for beginners and children, this adventure takes you through the stunning Bohemian Switzerland National Park and ends in the charming spa town of Bad Schandau.
Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Elbe River - The river will take you through a majestic sandstone canyon through the national parks of Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland to the spa town of Bad Schandau in neighboring Germany.
What's Included
  • Transportation of the equipment
  • Bike rental including helmet and lock
  • Canoe rental with paddles, life jacket, and dry bag
  • Boat manoeuvring instructions
  • Original map
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • personal transportation back to Děčín
  • transport personal baggage
Additional Information

Experience the serenity of canoeing on the Elbe river, coupled with a leisurely bike ride back on the Elbe Cycle Route. The biking path runs alongside the river with no hills, ensuring a fun ride for kids as well. The tranquil river, devoid of any weirs, is perfect for beginners.

Beyond Děčín lies the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, home to Europe’s deepest sandstone canyon. As you paddle along, be mesmerized by the views of distinct rock structures and cliff interactions, not to mention shores teeming with herons. The trip crosses the border and brings you to Bad Schandau, a German spa town boasting classic Saxon folk architecture and a delightful café culture.

After the boating adventure, we’ll collect the boats and all necessary gear and provide you with bicycles. Post the boating trip, we’re on hand to collect the boats and all necessary equipment, and provide you with bicycles.

With arrangements for boat and bike transportation in place, all you need to do is sit back and relish a day free of any worries.

Location
Kemp Děčín
Polabí
We are situated at the campsite Děčín. After approaching the campsite please turn left and look for yellow canoes to find us.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(14 Ratings)
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J6627gxpeterw
Aug 18, 2023
Great 2 days - Thank you for the 2 great days with you. We loved it. Great equipment and helpful staff. We will come again.
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Nathaner1456jp
Aug 13, 2022
Kayaking + Climbing - I ended up visiting this place three times! twice to rent a via ferrata set and one trip kayaking from Decin to Bad schandau. The via ferrata has many routes which are different difficulties and all a great climb, the kayaking was many hours of beautful views! The staff were very friendly and the prices decent, so I would very much recommend going here if any of their services interest you :)
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Douglasclarkel
Aug 30, 2021
Relaxing Canoe trip on Elba river - Super relaxing canoe trip for 3 hours from Decin. We took the train back to Decin from Schmilka very easy. We would next time take the bike back to Decin option.
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Hr290
Aug 18, 2020
Wonderful and well organised with great equipment. - We rented a Canoe and two bikes. Everyone was really helpful and informative and catered to our requests. The journey down The Elbe in the canoe was wonderful and an easy pace, they then met us at an agreed point, dropped our bikes off and took the canoe back with them. The bikes were of a good quality and the trip was organised well. I would definitely recommend the whole experience! Thank you.
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Piotr
Oct 7, 2019
The best experience ever :) - Very helpful employees, they've helped me to plan my bike trip. The bikes they're renting are very cousy and affordable. A truly great experience! Greetings from Poland!
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Borit4
Oct 4, 2019
Great service - We have received good kanoes without reservation. Everything was perfect.good location friendly stuff.
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Icklemissspoon
May 8, 2019
EXCELLENT - We loved the canoe and cycling with Active point. All staff were very professional and helpful. The canoes and bikes were very high quality. (The owner is a very keen cyclist!) We completed the via Ferratta also with highly trained staff. The best days we had in Czech Republic were with active point. Highly recommended. They also have a lovely campsite right on the river where you can camp or stay in a lodge. Great food and beer also available on the campsite.
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Sightsee12719739876
Aug 4, 2023
Cool experience but a bit disorganized - 23km canoe down the Elbe was very beautiful! It’s a slow moving river so requires a decent amount of paddling. Took us 3.5 hours to get the Bad and the map said it would take about 4. Took e bikes back which was fine since it’s a flat paved path. We were only given a map and general area as to where to get off the river and was given no safety info for the canoe. You have to get off at this very small beachy area at the end of Bad with no signage. We didn’t know if this was the right spot. We even had to paddle up stream a bit because we went past it. We waited there hoping it was the right spot until about 10 minutes later the van showed up with our bikes. Again, given no direction other than which way on the path and to drop it off at the camp. Definitely need a good sense of direction to do this activity but if you’re comfortable with that and enjoy the outdoors, it was a great experience and beautiful ride! Took us about 5.5 hours round trip
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406wieteked
Aug 4, 2021
Nice trip, bad organization. - More than 24 hours before the trip we wanted to cancel our trip, due to thunderstorms in de weatherforecast. At the Decin office the ladies were not really helpful, they just gave us a phone number. When we asked them to call for us, because we don't master the Czech language, they said that the person at the phone speaks English. Not really customer friendly. Then at the phone they said; "Thunderstorms? No there will be no thunderstorms, you can just go, maybe a reschedule to an earlier moment the same day." So we rescheduled from 12.00 to 9.30. Then we received a confirmation mail with the old time in it. To be sure we asked the ladies at the office again. In the computer still the old time appeared and, again, they just gave us the phone number... (help your customers!). Then the day itself.... We left at 9.30, beautiful sunny wheather. The guy at the start told us it would take us 3 hours to canoe the river, we were supposed to get off of the water near cafe Richter. But he would be there at 13.00 and wave at us, so nog problem. Just before we arrived at the end point; Thunderstorms! So we were soaked wet. But the biggest problem was that it was 11.30, so it took us 1.5 hours instead of 3 hours and is was absolutely unclear where to get off the river, no flag, no sign or whatsoever. And nobody of the organisation was there. So we called the well known phone number to pick us up ... and waited (soaked wet and cold).... and waited... and waited. At 13.15 finally someone arrived with the bikes. But now it really started raining, more thunder and lightning. So we crossed the river with the ferry and with high speed cycling we went back to Decin. The weather is not the problem, the trip itself is really worth the effort, but the organization is bad, customer unfriendly.
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Jenai2015
Aug 28, 2020
Really bad service! - We booked online as you have too, read trough everything and didnt come across anything about you having to have euro’s for the ferry, which is necessary to do the trip, Otherwise you Cant get across to bike home. We didnt see the tiny lettering about this and was not verbally informed, which meant we hade to bike and extra 12km to cross a bridge. This is quite a detour when the originally bike trips is 17km. So remember money for the ferry! When returing the bikes we were not told where to put them. Carpark is quite far from the store in walking distance. The staff in the store was very rude when we asked them at the end of the Tour. Never experienced so lousy service. But! The trip it self is very recommedable! Great canoe trips and lovely bike ride!!
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