Paddling in Scotland – Forfar Loch
What’s on offer at Forfar Loch?
Paddling taster sessions, family friendly trips, learn to kayak/SUP sessions, private guided trips & group events!
We offer here guided tours, family trips and paddlesport tuition classes here, all year round. So if you see yourself trying kayaking, stand up paddle boarding or canoeing, have a look what at we have to offer:
Paddling Taster Sessions
Join us for a 1.5hrs long guided paddling tour from the Forfar Sailing Club. Gently paddling along the shoreline toward the historic town, we will enjoy views across the loch and admire the wildlife. You will have a chance to try kayaking (single or double crafts are available), paddleboarding, or canoeing.
A few facts about this trip
- Guided tour
- 1.5hrs long
- Novice friendly
- Suitable for participants age 5+
- Double and single kayaks, canoes and paddleboards are available
- A waterproof jacket, buoyancy aid, and dry bags included
- Cost £36pp, including kit hire
Family Friendly Paddling Trips
A perfect way to enjoy paddling with your family! Try kayaking, paddle boarding or canoeing. Don’t worry if you’ve never done it before, grab the kids and get on the water. These 90 minute sessions will be in small groups and allow you to give paddling a go.
A few facts about this trip
- Guided tour
- 1.5hrs long
- Novice friendly
- Suitable for participants age 5+
- Double and single kayaks, open canoes and paddleboards are available
- A waterproof jacket, buoyancy aid, and dry bags included
- Cost £36pp, including kit hire
Learn to kayak
In this 3hrs coaching session, we will share plenty of useful top tips on how to paddle on flat water, what to consider when planning a trip, what to wear, and if we have time some simple self-rescue techniques.
A few facts about this tuition
- Coaching session
- 3 hrs long
- No prior experience necessary
- Suitable for participants age 12+
- Double and single kayaks are available
- A waterproof jacket, buoyancy aid, and dry bags included
- Cost £55pp, including kit hire
Paddling in Scotland, Forfar Loch
Forfar, Angus
Come paddling with Outdoor Explore at Forfar Loch, a hidden gem of Angus.
We offer guided tours, family trips and paddlesport tuition classes here, all year round. So if you see yourself trying kayaking, stand up paddle boarding or canoeing, have a look at what we have to offer for you.
Launching from the Forfar Sailing Club we will be exploring the Forfar Loch in the paddle craft of your choice which is a brilliant way to spend the day.
As a default, our trips, taster paddling sessions and family friendly trips, are 1.5hrs long. This allows you to give it a proper go in any of the crafts you selected to paddle, admire the scenery, wildlife and sample some of the rich history hidden in these waters, and this part of Angus.
We welcome participant of all ages to join Outdoor Explore trips at Forfar Loch. Those of age 4 and less go FREE by the way! No previous experience is necessary and we welcome dogs on private trips as well.
Browse what we have on offer, or click the ‘Book now’ button below to take you directly to the nearest up-coming Paddling taster session at Forfar Loch, where during an 1.5hrs long trip you can try kayaking, paddle boarding or canoeing (or all of them).
PADDLING TYPE
Kayaking
Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP)
Canoeing
MEETING POINT ADDRESS
Meet us at Forfar Sailing Club. Consider using the public car park walk the last stretch, saving the limited parking at the club house. Watch out, Google maps send you from the west side, that’s not correct. Approach road/foot path/cycle path comes from the east, from Forfar side.
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REQUIREMENTS
Our taster paddlesport sessions and family friendly guided trips (1.5hrs long) are novice friendly and suitable for anyone age 0+
Our coaching skills and rescue sessions are novice friendly. Suitable for age 12+
DIFFICULTY
Easy
WHAT TO BRING?
Warm clothes, no jeans, suitable for the weather, including shoes you don’t mind to get wet, that’s it. We will have dry bags available so you can carry spare hats, gloves, food, camera, drink and any medications safely with you.
Explore Forfar
There is so much more to this town, the capital of Angus county by the way, than just Forfar Loch.
Forfar was proclaimed a
The loch was formed at the end of the last ice age as the melting glacier left behind a line of Lochs in the Forfar area. Forfar Loch was partially drained during the 18th century to extract shell marl, which was used as a soil fertilizer. The original loch would bee about 1.5km longer and 5m deeper.
The town has a lot of interesting links to witches. Their influences are still during the Halloween celebrations in town.
When exploring Forfar, you will find a lot amazing historic sites, easy accessible on foot and suitable for any fitness, and age, level visitors. Stop by in the town’s museum and gallery (it’s free to visit!) and collect the key from the newsagents to visit one of the most amazing monuments in town centre.
Upgrade your kayaking trip
Book on a longer trip, or arrange a private tour & add a luxury picnic!
Tayside offers superb places for longer sea kayaking adventures as well. In Angus, we also offer longer (novice friendly trips) at Backwater Reservoir. We are also offering trips from Wormit or Dundee. All these are 2.5hrs long. You can check dates and book, by clicking on the buttons below. For a little more experienced paddlers we offer full day adventures, exploring The Tay Estuary or Arbroath Cliffs and Caves from the kayak perspective. You can also Learn to sea kayak in Dundee or learn to paddleboard at Forfar Loch.
We do specialise in PRIVATE GUIDED TOURS, half-day or full-day long, and if you wish, we can add a LUXURY PICNIC onboard of our kayaks as well! Yes, take some locally sourced cheese, snacks, treats (even freshly roasted coffee, hot chocolate, or some bubbly!) on the water with you. You can bring your own, or we can arrange it prior to the trip. This will turn your trip to a truly UNFORGETTABLE KAYAKING EXPERIENCE. Click on the button below, to read more about it.
Available options for a private kayak tour in Dundee with Outdoor Explore are:
- Dundee & Broughty Ferry – half-day trip
- Breakfast Paddle Dundee – half-day trip
- Perth to Dundee – full-day trip
- Tay Estuary – full-day trip
To request a private trip, complete the form at this page.
Create your own kayak trip
Fill out the form below to request a bespoke trip for up to 12 people.
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