Verde River Institute

Our Kayak Trips

Each year, the Verde River Institute hosts more than 300 people on guided kayak trips on the Verde River @ Clarkdale stretch of the river. These trips are designed to educate and engage people from the a wide range of groups:

1. Arizona policy makers
2. Arizona educators
3. Business people from the Verde Valley, or whose organizations operate in the Verde Valley
4. Conservation and sustainability organizations, their members and staff operating in Arizona
5. Landowners and land managers with holdings along the Verde River
6. Arizona water managers—municipal, statewide, and federal
7. Personnel from state and federal agencies operating in Arizona
8. People whose jobs or affiliations are in some way related to Arizona water, Verde River resources, recreation and land management
9. Anyone with a passion for the Verde River who would like to learn more about its ecosystem, where it comes from, and where it’s going in the future (sound like you?)

If you feel you belong to one of these cohorts and would like to participate on 4-hour a guided river trip, please contact the Executive Director, Doug Von Gausig and he’ll send you more information.

We encourage participants to make a donation to the Verde River Institute to help offset our costs. These trips cost the Verde River Institute about $50 per trip, per person. Your donation will help us continue to take important people like yourself on kayak trips and help them learn to love the Verde River!

To see exactly what the trip is about, visit our Story Map page.

Here are some fun 360º photos of the trip.

Available Dates

Documents

1. Waiver Form
   
2. Trip Instructions when meeting at Lower Tapco Put-in site
   
3. Trip Instructions when meeting at Clarkdale Kayak Company
   
4. Map to Lower Tapco RAP
   
5. Map to Clarkdale Kayak Company
   
6. Map of the Verde River @ Clarkdale stretch

Donate to the Verde River Institute

To make a tax-exempt donation supporting the Verde River Institute's Verde River conservation efforts, please click the "donate" button of your choice below. Choose the Donate button without an amount in it to give a different amount. Donations of $500 or more will be recognized on our "Champions" page with your permission. The Verde River Institute is a tax-exempt charitable organization under IRS section 501(c)(3).