2 Hours Water to Wine Kayak Trip from Cottonwood

Overview

A very unique tour in Arizona that combines the fun of a kayak trip down the Verde River with wine tasting! There IS water in the desert, and wine with this exclusive Water to Wine Tour.

City: Sedona

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $129.99

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $129.99

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Landing and facility fees

$20.00 Wine Tasting Credit Per Person (wine tastings, food or gifts)

Use of Inflatable kayaks, paddles and PFD's

Guides

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

What To Expect

Verde River

The Classic Water to Wine tour begins with approximately an hour and a half inflatable kayak trip on a scenic stretch of the Verde River with just enough chutes and riffles to add a bit of excitement without ruffling any feathers. Your river trip ends in the shade of giant Cottonwood trees at the confluence of Oak Creek and the Verde River. Here, you take the gravel path up through the vineyards to the Tuscan farmhouse at Alcantara Vineyards for your wine tasting delight

Alcantara Vineyards and Winery

The Alcantara Vineyards is a favorite on the Verde Valley Wine Trail, featuring award-winning wines and friendly sommeliers to guide you through the tasting. Each customer gets a $20 credit (included in price) to use for wine tastings, food or gifts.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (250)

ellengZ4481NS

Oct 2022

Staff were friendly to start. Shuttled to start point and it began to thunder. Some participants voiced concerns but were told by shuttle driver that rain would hold off until after we would be off the river. A severe thunderstorm with hail, strong winds and lightening came through while two couples still on the river. The others took shelter in the building where you check in for the trip. When staff finally made sure rest of group off the river and began to put up equipment being blown around, they informed those in the building they needed to leave. At this time there was still torrential rain and lightening and people had to try and run to vehicles parked 75 yards from building. This could have ended very serious for those caught on the river. Found out later that a sever thunderstorm warning had been issued at 12:30p.m. The kayak trip didn't start until 1:00 pm. I can only conclude that the staff were not trained or did not care about the potentially dangerous situation.Held off writing this review as I left a voicemail for owner of business to call me to discuss concerns. I have received no contact.

Katrina F

Oct 2022

This was our second time on this particular kayak trip so we obviously enjoy it. This trip however had a pretty major hiccup that could have been handled much differently by the tour company. Our only complaint really. We checked the website and the trip advisor site to see if pets are allowed for this trip and saw the vineyard posted it to be “pet friendly”. To be sure we tried calling and texting the kayak company with no response (call went unanswered and the text was not answered prior to our trip). We brought our small 4lb dog with us as we were familiar with the river trip as being very mild and easy where small children were welcome even. The tour company checked us in (seeing we had the dog with us) and never once mentioned dogs were not allowed. We boarded the van to the lunch site and after all instruction was completed, as we were going to get onto a kayak is when the kayak company said dogs were not allowed and had to take us back to the tour company (which in all was an hour after our original arrival time). We were able to reset a new trip without losing our money but we lost about 2 hours of our trip that could have been quickly handled upon our initial arrival rather than having the debacle unfold as it did. We just ask the tour company make sure the tour is updated with a no pet policy provision to avoid someone else having waste their time on vacation as we did prior to this trip…thank you.

Pamela_K

Oct 2022

Nice river w good flow! They use inflatable kayaks so very forgiving. They do not guide you down the river but very easy instructions.