How to find hiking / kayaking tours?

[sacha]

Hello,

I am planning to visit Sweden for two weeks (somewhere from Stockholm to Bohuslan).

I struggle to find kayak rentals / guided activities by just using google maps. Some of the guided tours seem to not be properly referenced on Google.

How do you look for interesting places / activities ? Do you just google it or is there some app or website you use in Sweden?

Thank you!

 

[HasseQ]

Many websites, not just one, so it takes some research.

There are many places that rent out canoes / kayaks. So just start googling after canoe rental sweden / "town" / "landscape" or similar. Most have suggestions for good routes to paddle, and might drive you to a starting point. Guided tours are rare, you can fix it yourself.

Same for castles or old mines or hikingtrails or museums and so on. Shouldn't be too easy...

 

[Kimkim]

If you just want to hike or take a canoe on a calm lake you don't need a guide. Southern Sweden has very kind nature. Just find a nice place to hike or rent a canoe and have some fun in a lake.

If you really want a guided tour, here's two links for sea kayaking on the west coast. I haven't tried those myself though.

Kajak i Grundsund, Bohuslän - Balanspunkten

Hyr kajak, gå en kajakkurs eller följ med på kajakäventyr med kunnig guide. Glid ner i din kajak och lär känna havet, klipporna, dig själv och ditt sällskap

www.balanspunkten.nu

Outdoor West Sweden, Lysekil

Hitta på något kul med barnen och hela familjen. Boka upplevelser och guidade turer med cykel, kajak, klättra, vandra etc. Aktiviteter året runt i Lysekil

www.outdoorwest.se

An online map with good hiking locations, but no guided tours that I know of, is this: https://www.naturkartan.se/en/

The typical Swedish way is to just get out there on our own

There is a wonderful canoe location where you can rent a canoe in Munkedal called Kanotcentralen. Beautiful. If you want to hike you can hike Uddevalla - Munkedal, it is beautiful old forest, but pretty easy. But there are so many nice forests in Sweden depending on what you want.
If you wanna be closer to Stockholm there is Åkers Styckebruk where you also can rent canoes.
Close to Gothenburg is Vättlefjäll, can be a bit crowded but there is also nice forest and you can rent a canoe.

Good luck!

 

[HasseQ]

Some more tips:

Our canoe routes

Canoe & Kayak Adventures and Hostel in the Heart of Sweden!

www.halleforsvandrarhem.com

Canoe rental in the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve in Sweden.

Canoe rental in Sweden - Rent of canoes in the canoeing paradise, the Malingsbo - Kloten Nature Reserve, 2,5 hours from the capital Stockholm

nordicdiscovery.se

Now you owe me a beer !

 

[lorenzr]

More links:

Kanotcentralen i Stockamöllan – Hyra kanot i vackra Skåne

Kanotcenter - Camp Immeln

Fantastiska upplevelser för såväl familjer, vänner och äventyrare.

immeln.camp

Use "kanot" and "hyra" when searching on Google.
No need to pay for a guided tour, unless you are looking for some company of people to hike with.