Kayak through calm crystalline sea along Corsica's dramatic south coast to hidden coves and remote bays
Wild swim in dreamy waters, sleep in an old lighthouse and bivvy on white sand beaches under the stars
A wild week out in the elements, washing in the sea each morning and cooking dinners on the beach as the sun goes down
Day 1
Meet your host at Ajaccio Airport and head straight to the Gulf of Ajaccio. Load up the kayaks and go through a briefing with your guides before practising your paddling around the rocks of the Castagna peninsula. The expedition gets underway with a paddle to Arena Rossa, dinner and a night on the beach for your first taste of Corsican bivvying.
Day 2
Wake up beneath your bivvy for the first time, grab an early morning swim and breakfast before paddling to Valinco Bay, exploring the coastline and reaching a little cala of sand in the heart of the rocky cathedral of Capo di Muro. Tuck into lunch and enjoy a short swim in the turquoise sea, then continue on between rock formations and small sandy coves before spending the night on the beach of Cala di Muru.
Day 3
In the swing of things now, set off for a day of paddling, alternating between the dark basalt rocky capes and turquoise bays lined with white sand. Relax for lunch in the shade of the Corsican pines in Cupabia Bay, before paddling on to the charming fishing village of Porto Pollo where you'll spend the night on one of its beautiful beaches.
Day 4
Paddling further south as the coast gets wilder, you'll cross the Gulf of Valinco enjoying an amazing paddle past cliffs and tafoni rock formations. Enjoy a relaxed lunch and swim on the gorgeous beach of Portigliolo. You'll pass some amazing granite rocks in the afternoon before reaching Campomoro for tonight's bivvy spot.
Day 5
Wake, swim, eat, paddle, repeat. Load up the kayaks and head south, stopping for a while at the picture-postcard beach of Cala di Conca. This afternoon the landscape changes radically as you approach the cliffs at Capu di Senetosa, a beautiful cape formed by thousands of years of coastal erosion. You'll spend the night in a former lighthouse on the cape with incredible views over the Mediterranean.
Day 6
Wake up in the lighthouse, enjoy breakfast with a view and stretch your legs around the cape before hitting the water again, reaching Tizzano to stop for supplies before heading to the beautiful beach of Erbaju. This part of Corsica is famous for its crystalline waters which you'll soak up this afternoon, paddling around the coves for sumptuous swim spots and finding one last wild camp spot for your final night sleeping out beneath the stars.
Day 7
Wake up for the last time in a secret Corsican cove, and dive in the sea for a final morning swim before packing up and loading the kayak for the final push. You'll paddle past an amazing series of rock formations, including the famous lion of Roccapina and its wonderful bay. Kayak on to Olmeto Tower (a Genoese ruin) and your final stop, Fornello Bay, where your adventure comes to an end. Your host will drive you from here back to Ajaccio in time for your onward flight in the evening, or drop you off in town if you are staying on longer in Corsica (as you well should!).
Elliot October 2023
Jonathan August 2023
Maria May 2023
Guy November 2023
“Excellent, well thought and and well managed trip. Stunning scenery”
Gillian September 2023
“I had the most fabulous time kayaking around Corsica’s southern coastline with much better adventures, ticking off some personal bucket list items along the way. It’s very different to pick out my favourite highlights as the whole trip was so enjoyable, sleeping on the beach with the milky way so clear overhead, rock hopping along the coast, battling 4/5ft waves as we turned around the headland on our final day was exhilarating. The group dynamics were a mixture of diverse personalities and varying abilities that contributed to and created a wonderfully supportive functioning team. Jeremy our guide for the week was a true leader, knowledgeable, experienced, capable, considerate, supportive, kind and very entertaining within the mix. I felt safe and secure at all times, even in the more scary of times. I will carry the beautiful memories I made on this trip with me forever, I feel very grateful and blessed to have had this most amazing experience, I had a blast!”
Sue July 2023
“Amazing experience - learn to re-wild again !”
Elaine September 2022
“Great experience of Corsica's beautiful coast. Well planned, plenty of tasty food, decent equipment, learning along the way. Some degree of fitness, especially for anyone who hasn't kayaked before, is important, as you will paddle lots. But it's very worthwhile, as you'll also see lots, develop your paddling and have fun. And the swimming in warm seas is fab. Be aware - no luxuries! It is what it says it is - wild camping, with only occasional beaches with a cafe/bar. If you want lots of hot showers and a comfy mattress and bar meals every night with a few beers look away, but if you want to get away from it all in beauty with a great, like-minded group, go for it! The luxury is the space and place.”
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It works out on average at 65kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.
The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.
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