I can not put into words how great our day was and how professional this company is. From the initial booking to the follow up text with our pictures taken by our guide of our tour, the communication was first class! I am a Quality Manager for a larger construction company, and I was very impressed with the safety, professionalism and constant interaction between our guide and ourselves to be sure we were not pushing too hard and basically enjoying our day to the fullest.
Ok, now for our day! My wife and I visited Vegas in Mid February, so being Canadian it was rather pleasant for us at 66F (19c). We met up with our guide Don and he was all set up and waiting for us. He set us up with everything we needed equipment wise and did a detailed explanation of what we will be doing, how we will be doing it and the safety protocols we will be following. He then handed us a small lunch cooler and said it was our snacks for the trip!
My wife and I are in our 60s and my wife has a "frozen shoulder" which limits the mobility in her shoulder joint so we opted for a tandem kayak. I must say I was a little concerned that I would have a bit of trouble keeping the pace basically paddling alone. Don was a truly experience guide and a great guy! He assured me that I would be fine and that we would go at our own pace.
We set out and instantly I knew we would be ok. The water was like a mirror and the Kayak (High end quality brand name) was cutting through the water like a knife! Don set a pace that was steady and comfortable. As we paddled Up stream, Don gave us a wonderful history lesson of the area and what some poor guy had to do while they were building the Hoover Dam (I won't explain and ruin the surprise). We made our way to the Emerald Cove and Don took some wonderful pictures. We then turned around and headed down stream to a nice little beach area to get a bit of a rest, enjoy the snack that was packed for us and climb up to a lookout point to take a few more beautiful pictures (This is also where people usually swim in warmer weather). Once we conformed that we were good to go, we set off on our relaxed voyage back to our launch point.
There were 2 surprising things that day. (1) was that I thought at the pace we were going at (very leisurely) that we would be well past the scheduled Tour duration, but when I checked my watch when we returned to the launch beach, we were almost to the minute on time! That is a sign of a great guide when he can keep a pace to keep schedule without you even realizing it! (2) We did the Plane / Grand Canyon Helicopter / Boat tour the previous day and thought that was amazing (although rather expensive), but when we were driving back to Vegas from our EZ Kayak Tour, we both agreed that we enjoyed this excursion more. No Stress, relaxed pace and so serine. The only thing we were disappointed in when we realized, was that we didn't get a picture together with Don, our guide.
So In conclusion, definite 5 stars! Gio and his team are excellent. Don is an amazing guide, and we would certainly do it again if given the chance. In all honesty the experience actually inspired us to look into getting our own tandem Kayak and explore the rivers of Ontario Canada on the weekends (Summer that is! LOL)