This is an easy trip suited for all levels. It consists of 2 ½ hours of moderately strenuous activity, so participants should be physically capable. Transitional sea kayaks are used on this trip. Marshes are exposed to winds, which can affect the paddling conditions. The creek is tidally influenced so we are always paddling with the current.

The mild subtropical climate of Georgia supports an abundance of temperate salt marsh vegetation, a lush carpet of seemingly endless marsh grass covering 400,000 acres, or 30% of total Atlantic coast marshes. Containing a rich ‘nutrient soup’ these marshes protect millions of ribbed mussels, fiddler crabs, and the periwinkle snails, the dominant marsh animals. Low tide brings a host of other predacious animals into the marsh to feed as herons, egrets, ibis, raccoons, and others spread over the exposed marsh floor and the muddy banks of the tidal creeks in search of food. To follow the winding creeks through the marshes, surrounded by gently waving fields of spartina grass, gives the kayaker a real sense of solitude. The watery pathways meander through the quiet, almost mysterious landscape inhabited by a wide variety of native birds, animals, and plants. The marshes, some of the most productive ecosystems in the world, do not overpower the observer with awe, but rather reveals its charm in small, subtle ways.

Up the Creek Xpeditions can lead custom group trips in excess of 40 people. If you would like to consider such a trip, please contact us. The regular scheduled trips are much more intimate. Our philosophy is we do not cancel trips if someone has signed up, meaning that you could have you own private guided trip.

This is a one-way trip. A short shuttle will be provided to the starting point or from the ending site depending on the trip direction.