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sea you in 2024

Stay tuned for more information from the Independence Seaport Museum about kayaking opportunities in 2024. Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know what is coming up!   

LEGENDARY REMAINS

Best Suited For: Intermediate Paddlers (6 Miles)

Cost: $75

Join our guides on a trip to the iconic Graffiti Pier to explore the history of Philadelphia's river wards. Pass the location of the Treaty Elm, take in the remains of Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, and let your imagination put the "Port" back in Port Richmond. This excursion is best paired with the "Selections from the Collection" exhibit.
dates coming in 2024

SHIPWRECKED!

Best Suited for Beginner Paddlers (3 Miles)

Cost: $65

How did the bottom of three giant sailboats end up shipwrecked at the water’s edge in South Philadelphia? Join our guides on a trip to the Three Sisters Shipwrecks to explore this wildly Philadelphian story of greed, corruption, curiosity, and fire during a beginner-level paddle on the Delaware River. This excursion is best paired with the "At the Water's Edge" exhibit.
dates coming in 2024

BLACKBEARD'S COVE

Best Suited For: Intermediate to Advanced Peddlers (5 Miles)

Cost: $75

Did the Queen Anne’s revenge really ravage the city of Philadelphia? Join our guides on a trip to local and legendary pirate camps to learn fact-from-fiction and explore the history of swashbuckling in the City of Brotherly Love. This excursion is best paired with the "Patriots and Pirates" exhibit.
Dates Coming in 2024

IT'S ALIVE!

Best Suited For: Advanced Peddlers (10 Miles)

Cost: $85

Did you know that 15 million people drink water from the Delaware River? Join our guides on a trip around Petty’s Island to explore the impact of the Clean Water Act, and leave empowered with easy steps you can take to improve the health of our watershed. Bring your own lunch for a picnic at Pyne Point Park. This excursion is best paired with the "River Alive!" exhibit.
dates coming in 2024

Questions?

Check out our Kayaking Excursions FAQs here.

Paddling times depend on weather conditions, tides, experience, and guided stops. Return times are estimates. Please arrive 30 minutes early. We will be leaving promptly at departure time. Paddles may be canceled for inclement weather events, such as wind, excessive heat or excessive rain, and registered attendees will be notified ideally 12-24 hours beforehand.

Kayaking excursions at Independence Seaport Museum were financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program Environmental Stewardship Fund under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation administered through the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Pennsylvania Water Trails Partnership Mini Grant Program.

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