Tarkio Kayaking Adventures, founded by the world-renowned Brennan Guth, is composed of a family of professional kayakers whose goal is to share our knowledge of whitewater by providing unparalelled kayaking opportunities. Our clients range from the aspiring beginner to the seasoned paddler wanting to improve their skills. Our unique trips and personalized instruction combined with experience and commitment bring people back year after year.

Here’s what we offer:

Clinics such as our Women’s Clinic, Kids Camp, and Beginners Clinic are excellent learning platforms. Small classes with three and five day formats, has the advantage of being able to customize the instruction format and river location that will work best for you. Techniques such as video review, on-the-water drills, one-on-one rolling sessions, and technical break down in a lake, will help you have the best learning experance possable.

All of our clinics include healthy meals and accomodations. Our clinics are held on the beautiful Clark Fork River located forty miles west of Missoula. After many rivers in the West stop flowing, the Clark Fork holds strong with warm water, excellent surf waves and fun rapids—all in the splendor of western Montana.

Instructional Raft Supported Kayak Clinics are the soul of Tarkio. They combine the best of two worlds—great kayak instruction and classic wilderness multi-day river trips. With great whitewater, spectacular scenery, riverside hotsprings, and abundant wildlife our wilderness river trips are famous on their own. Licensed Idaho outfitters provide raft support for these clinics. After a day spent honing your kayaking skills, you paddle to camp, change cloths, and relax on the rivers edge, focus on kayaking, and enjoying life on the river.

Private Instruction and group instruction are effective ways to achieve your kayaking goals. Our base in Missoula gives you access to some of the best whitewater in the country and allows us to design a personalized paddling experience. Whether you are an aspiring beginner and want the basics, or a veteran paddler looking to take it to next level, we can design a program to accommodate your every need. Contact us for more information.