Houston Skyline Tour: Kayaking Buffalo Bayou Experience

Embark on a thrilling kayak tour of Buffalo Bayou in Houston and explore the city’s stunning skyline, iconic landmarks, and vibrant street art. Discover the hidden beauty of nature amidst the urban jungle!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Houston - This is where we start our tour. We travel down the Historic Houston Skyline and see many of it’s iconic sights including Minute Maid Park, Harris County Courthouse, UH Downtown, and the JP Morgan Chase Tower.
What's Included
  • Paddles
  • Lifejacket
  • Kayaks
Additional Information

We’re one of the two ventures positioned near Buffalo Bayou offering kayak trips, and exclusively situated on the east side of the downtown skyline. Our unique location enables us to showcase much of Buffalo Bayou’s ecology and highlight the problems troubling the river, such as shoreline erosion.
Additionally, during our excursion, you’ll get the…

Location
1019 Commerce St
Commerce Street
We meet on the right side of the building and will head down to the water from there! If you have any issues finding us please call us!
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Rosaura
May 4, 2025
Amazing - The guide Rafael was wonderful and patient. I was a first time kayaker and he taught me tips that helped without making me feel bad. He was knowledgeable and great!
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Tygrandi
May 2, 2025
This is a definitely must do activity - Rafael was an amazing Host we so enjoyed him and will definitely recommend that when you book request Mr. Rafael. Thank you
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Stan_n
Sep 29, 2024
. - Blake was a great guide and it was a fun trip. The bayou was very trashy. Not sure if it was due to a storm or if it is always trashy. Viator messed up my reservation. I specifically scheduled our trip at 1p, but was switched to 10a. So the trip and guide were great, but Viator was not.
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W3129uverins
Sep 29, 2024
Do it! - David is an AMAZING GUIDE! Knowledgeable, kind, genuine and responsible. Being on the water and seeing the city that way was so much fun!
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David
Mar 30, 2024
Fun Afternoon - Great afternoon. Blake, our guide, was excellent and shared a lot of interesting things about what we were seeing along the bayou. Definitely recommend if you like being outdoors and enjoy physical activity. It’s a workout if you are headed into the wind, but lots of fun.
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Karen
Aug 23, 2025
Nice people and scary situation. - I really want to be able to give this a higher rating. However, I just can't do that. While my kids and I did have an enjoyable time in the water kayaking. I can't say I recommend this tour operator. To be fair. It could just be a one-off and the day. However, here we're some of my struggles. We arrived 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour and didn't start till 15 minutes after the tour was scheduled to start. Now we work promised that we would still get all the time we paid for it unfortunately also to not happen. We purchased a dry bag and waterproof phone carriers plus three bottles of water and those were never given to us. We weren't really checked in either. They asked us the name which I gave but they never checked for the liability waiver. While myself and my daughter had completed it online, my 19-year-old son had not. There was clearly a guide who was in charge. I do not remember his name. There were two other guys in training that was more of a high school outing, then learning how to professionally handle customers safety and how to properly conduct a tour. The last straw was my son's Kayak apparently didn't have plugs in it and when we were halfway through the tour he noticed it and had to return back. By the time he was back he had a significant amount of water and was clearly ready well on the way to the boat sinking. Needless to say I'm disappointed. It was a lot of money and while there were some enjoyable parts overall I would not return. I wish I remember the number of our tour guide. He was the positive. He was kind checked in on on myself and my daughter and when I alerted him to the issue he caught up to my son and followed him back to the landing point. I've read all of the amazing reviews so do hope that this was a one-off. I hope they can make it necessary changes to make this the last negative review.
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Joy_k
Oct 3, 2024
Good idea but poorly executed - The guide was an hour late, I paid for a 2 hour tour and only had a 1 hour tour. The office staff were not helpful or professional. The guide didn’t know anything about the nature of the bayou or the history of Houston. We really enjoyed being on the water, it’s an interesting to IEC the city, the equipment was fine but there was nothing remarkable about the chosen route. Just rent your own kayak and go! Not worth the $
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).