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Kayak Rental in Ireland?

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  • 13-04-2005 1:36pm
    #1
    Souperfreak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭


    Can you JUST rent a kayak for the day/couple of hours in Dublin? I have seen class listings, I just want to rent 2 for a day.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Is this for sea kayaking or um, inland? (if that's what its called)


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    Souperfreak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭Souperfreak


    It would be inland or river. I don't want to do rapids or anything just want to play around for a few hours on a lake or river.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Well Tiglin do courses, but I don't know of a place you can just hire a kayak. There is a watersports center on the blessington lakes but I can't find a link for it, that's on a bus route from the city centre though so it should suit.


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    larryone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭larryone


    The 65 goes out to Blessington, Takes about an hour. The lakeside centre is to the south of the town, and about a mile east of the N81. Dont know if they have a website, google might help ye...?


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    TheMasterG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭TheMasterG


    The centre has moved to a different part of the lake now, not sure where exactly but not the Blesso area anymore.


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    ^whitey^
    Registered Users Posts: 843 ✭✭✭^whitey^


    I get this question alot and there is very few places that you can just rent a kayak for a couple of hours. Shops that sell kayaks normaly have one or two demo boats you can take away for a couple of days but these are mostly new playboats.


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    cjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭cjohnson


    You can rent a kayak from Wind and Wave at Salthill/Seapoint in South Dublin, but only for a few hours. I've been looking for somewhere to rent by the day or week but no joy. Anyone have any new ideas?


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    Moonbeam
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    Do you have kayaking experience?

    Most places will bring you out but with out experience or assessments I think they are prob risking alot renting kayaks out to people.


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    NathanKingerlee
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭NathanKingerlee


    Total Experience are the Blessington based kayak and adventure guys. Their number is 086 8724894. They may do rentals.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Dunno how that got through :confused:, anyway Kayakingtours now banned from the forum.

    If they other operators can respect the rules, there's no reason why they shouldn't have.


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    jag con
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    Give Avon ri a call 045-900670 look for activities they will sort you out on the Blessington lakes


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Ok well as someone who is in no way affiliated with "Wicklow Adventure Tours", I'm going to recommend them.

    http://www.irelandholidaypark.com/tours.html


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    #14
    kayakboy
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭kayakboy


    The original post is from April 2005!!!
    Why is anyone even reading this let alone replying?


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    #15
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    They get picked up by the search engines. The reason this particular thread has resurfaced is because somebody found it through a search engine and decided to get some free advertising.


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