Great experience kayaking near Zephyr Cove today with our awesome tour guides Lisa and Melissa. The plastic see through bottom of the kayaks were easy to paddle, glide over the crystal clear waters near the shorelines and very stable in the water as long as you sit in the middle and just relax. These kayaks are flatter and wider so they donāt move as fast as the regular narrow kind, but ideal for Lake Tahoe.
We were dropped off and broke up into two groups of 10, paddled for over an hour before being picked up to head back the the marina. The tour guide asked fun trivia questions and told historical stories about Lake Tahoe. Nobody in our group of newbies seem to struggle nor get anywhere close to falling into the water. We did get a little wet from the paddle splashing but dried off pretty quickly.
A friend warned us that Lake Tahoe gets windy in the afternoon, so we chose the early the 9am tour and the water was flat with no wind, making it ideal conditions. The tour guide said they hit different spots each day, to avoid choppy waters, so every trip is different.