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This Blog is A Record Of My Personal Adventures And Wonderful Kayaking Lifestyle. It Is Also A Taster Of What You Can Expect If You're Adventurous Enough To Tag Along. Why Not Get In Touch And Join One Of Go Sea Kayaks Guided Trips On The Beautiful Mediterranean Island Of Sardinia, You Won't Regret it!

Friday 26 August 2016

Here's a wonderful blog post about one of our camping trips seen from a clients perspective!
I really love my job! :)
This really is a very special place to paddle so if you would like to experience sea kayaking why don't you get in touch and book a camping trip with us. 
It's easy to book and only €200 for a two day and two night trip and flights are very cheap at the moment too, so get in touch at www.goseakayak.com 
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We look forward to hearing from you!

Saturday 20 August 2016

Wild Camping Sardinia...

Some of the journeys we make in life are quite special and stay in your memory forever. This is one such journey, just two days of my life but they were an awesome two days and I was working too. This trip is the story of a two day two night camping trip with some fab clients. I do love my job!
 We started the journey as with many others, with a trip too the supermercato for supplies. Then we drove the short distance to La Aprerra to load and launch the kayaks. La Aprerra is a small beach in a small and beautiful bay. There are boat moorings there too so it makes the perfect launch spot for the journey we were undertaking. The weather was grey when we launched so I didn't take many pictures, I was just content to be on the water knowing that the best pictures were still to come.
The above image is taken at a small beach I know at Porto Rotondo, where we stopped for coffee and lunch.
 After lunch we launched into the beautiful blue sea,
 occasionally passing the craziness of the regimented brollies and deck chairs,
 before leaving the beaches and holiday homes far behind and finding our wilderness!
 The coast here is low lying with amazing rock sculptures, in sharp contrast to what we'll see on the morrow!
 Settling in to camp life :)
 After a much needed coffee and some melon the tents went up and we could relax and absorb our surroundings, which were pretty damn good!

 Come morning I amble out of bed and start the day with a swim and a coffee. I even got to see a full and orange moon set over the hill that I live on. Magic!
We had a lovely lazy morning before getting back in the kayaks and I was pretty excited as I knew just how amazing the days paddle was going to be!
 Did I mention the sea is very clear!?
 As we left camp we soon left the low lying landscapes behind and the scenery became a lot more grand and impressive as the limestone cliffs rose high from the waters edge, reaching for the blue skies above.
 We stayed in close to really get a feel for the height of the cliffs.
 In some places they would overhang you completely by quite a large amount! Looking up here was very special and it also provides some welcome shade from the sun.
 Limestone is known for caves but there aren't that many here? This is the best one that I've found and I can never resist going in!
 The clients had a go too :)
 Slowly Capo Ceraso comes into the distant view and I saw that we were reaching the tip of Capo Figari.
 The landscape begins to change again and become more gentle.
 As we pass the high cliffs of Capo Figari we soon spot Isola di Figarolo where we plan to camp for the night.
 This is a Corsican Gull, a bit of a speciality in this area and very beautiful too!
 We went around the island and headed out to the fish farm in the hope of seeing the Dolphins. It was all very quiet there but we were to have more luck in the evening.
 Our very lovely camp site on Isola di Figarolo. I've been meaning to camp here for a while and it really was as good as I expected. Even in peak season it was quiet in the evening with just a handful of yatchs moored offshore.
 A lovely sunset accompanied with Dolphins leaping from the water! I chose to enjoy the moment so didn't get a picture this time.
 Moonset in the morning.
 The best way to start the day, Cafetière on the go :)
 As we leave camp for the final short paddle to our pick up point I was unaware of the very special final treat that this journey was about to bless us with!
 This was the real highlight of the trip for me! Seeing the wild Mouflon on Isola di Figarolo! These were taken in the morning but we also saw them in the evening too, but to get pictures as well, Wow!
So that's another journey done and dusted and I really won't forget this one in a hurry! The clients really enjoyed it too which also makes me very happy :)

This really is a very special place to paddle so if you would like to experience sea kayaking why don't you get in touch and book a camping trip with us. 
It's easy to book and only €200 for a two day and two night trip and flights are very cheap at the moment too, so get in touch at www.goseakayak.com 
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We look forward to hearing from you!

Saturday 6 August 2016

Isola di Tavolara Circumnavigation...

Hmmm, back to Tavolara again and I couldn't help dwelling on what a fantastic sea kayakers paradise I've gone and relocated myself too! Paddling a sea kayak is fun pretty much wherever you are but the coastline around Olbia is something else and I'm particularly found of Tavolara! Be it in a sea kayak or on foot hoofing my way up to its summit. Though even the foot option involves kayaking to get there so its a double bonus for me! :)
Today I was with Chris, paddling from Carla Finanza, out too and around Tavolara. Its a long trip at just over 13 miles (20KM) so I don't take novice kayakers around the island, but Chris is experienced so we were able to go right the way around this behemoth of an island!
Leaving Cala Finanza, a nice quiet natural harbour that makes the perfect launch site.
We were up reasonably early so the light was still lovely as we headed out onto the open sea.
We took a small detour out to a wrecked fishing trawler just for the fun of it!

We stopped on the West side of Tavolara for a little rest before continuing. We weren't tired but from here there is nowhere to get out until we complete the circumnavigation. This is partly to do with the vertical cliffs but also the fact that the military own the island and only allow access to the western side.
That summit you can see is 565 metres (1854 feet) high and the island is 3 miles (5KM) long and 0.6 miles (1KM) wide! It really is an impressive piece of Limestone!
The size of the cliffs are deceptive and make the distances look shorter than they really are? In reality the far end takes a lot longer to paddle to than you think it will. You'll be paddling nearly 7 miles (11KM) before you can land again!
There is a beach on the far end of the island but its home to some military buildings that control the ariels that are used for contacting submarines.
The far end of the island is every bit as beautiful as the rest of the island and has a wonderful surprise too!
A huge limestone arch known as Ulysses Bow.
When you put a kayaker in the picture the scale becomes obvious.

Carrying on and another surprise is just around the corner.
Theres a small cave that is accessible when the sea is calm.
And I just love caves!!!
Turning onto the South coast and things become very huge making you feel very small indeed! Just look at how small Chris looks in his little kayak!
This didn't stop him from jumping out for a snorkel though :)
And apparently it was bloody amazing!
After a couple hours of paddling we made it back to the beach we first stopped on before beginning the circumnavigation. Then we had it to ourselves but now it was bustling with tourists soaking up the sunshine that arrived on the regular tourists boats.
After a quick lunch we pack up and begin the short paddle back to Cala Finanza, tired but very happy :)
This really is a very special place to paddle so if you have some experience of sea kayaking why don't you get in touch and book a trip out to Tavolara. If your not experienced don't worry, we have many trips for novice kayakers too and you could use these trips as a stepping stone to building the experience you need to paddle to Tavolara with us!
Its easy to book and only €80 for a full day trip and flights are very cheap at the moment too, so get in touch at www.goseakayak.com 
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We look forward to hearing from you!