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About The Activity
The Santa Barbara Harbor Wildlife Kayak Tour is a 2-hour guided adventure suitable for all skill levels. Paddlers explore the scenic harbor, observing marine life such as sea lions, harbor seals, dolphins, and various seabirds. The tour includes all necessary kayaking gear, basic instruction, and insights into the region's natural history and marine ecology.
Reviews
All the reviews posted for this hotel are sourced from Google on July 22, 2025.
Krista Brandt
May 18, 2025
Highly recommend! The service leading up to and the experience we had on our Channel Island kayak tour was great. Friendly service over the phone, accommodations when weather affected our travel plans and excellent crew on the island really made our experience. They worked with people of all levels in our group to make sure everyone had a great time. Pricey tour but it is definitely worth it!
Penny Brown
April 20, 2025
We did the harbour kayak tour with Andre today. It was brilliant! We loved the tour, a great mix of harbour and open sea, Andre made us feel really safe and was a fantastic guide, showed us so much wildlife. We highly recommend this tour. Thank you Andre, you made it a great morning.
Jen Jewers Bowlin
May 23, 2025
We did a kayaking tour over spring break, and would highly recommend. Clay was our guide, and he was fantastic. It ended up only being our family of 4 on the tour, and he did a great job adjusting it to what my kids were interested in. He was knowledgeable, and offered opportunities for us to challenge ourselves, as well as options when the youngest wasn’t quite comfortable with something. Communication with the company ahead of time was good, and they were great at answering questions. Our ferry was delayed as we got stopped en route with dolphins and whales swimming around us. They adjusted and we still got the full tour time. We’d definitely recommend the tour to others!
Steven Nelson
May 26, 2025
Amazing staff. Friendly, knowledgeable, and patient. We did the Kayak Adventure tour with no kayaking experience. Chuck was awesome and pretty much kept us alive. The Adventure tour is no joke for someone's first time. You will get wet and theres a good chance your falling in. We learned a lot about the island and an experience we'll remember forever. Everything you need is included. Recommend bringing good water shoes and sunglasses you won't mind losing. Gopro if you have it. If you forget anything they have a small shop with reasonable prices.
Brielle Berndtson
February 18, 2025
We tried to schedule an Adventure Sea Caves Kayak tour just a few days before the date of the trip on a holiday weekend. Tickets for the ferry were totally sold out even though tickets for the kayak tour were available. I called and left a VM to see if we could be put on a waitlist or something. Leslie called me, got us on the waitlist, and just a couple days later told us we were in! Directions are very easy to follow. Once you’re on-island, the guides are also fantastic. Felt totally safe and prepared. They provided wetsuits, splash jackets, PFDs, and helmets. I HIGHLY recommend bringing water shoes of some kind ($20 from target) to make life a little easier and a hat for between your head and the helmet. We tipped out of our kayak at the “boat wrecker” cave and Chuck didn’t even blink. Easily helped us back in and away we went. It was our favorite part of the trip! They have places to store your things safely while you’re gone and changing rooms to get back into your dry clothes. If you do the longer trip starting at 1030 AM, note that you’ll probably only have time for the one quick hike (we packed a lunch and ate on the go). We felt it was 100% worth the cost and time. Amazing memories! Would absolutely do it again and highly recommend.