Massive cliffs, rugged river breaks, sunken steamboats and white sand beaches. Guiding this water for 26 years.
Join us for a one, two or three-day kayak expedition on the mighty Missouri River between Ft. Randall Dam and Vermillion, South Dakota. This spectacular free-flowing stretch of braided river is shrouded with massive cliffs and rugged river breaks full of wildlife.
The river itself is home to sunken steamboats, archaic fish species, gorgeous sandbars and white sand beaches.
We have been guiding paddlers on this magnificent river for 26 years as of 2025. We live, work, teach, play, hunt, fish, laugh and rest here. This river runs in our veins. Join us.
Trips include a single or double kayak with gear, comprehensive instruction, double-occupancy Inn or B&B lodging, and meals. A 50% deposit is required, with a minimum of six paddlers and a maximum of eight. Full-day trips are $1,200 for up to four people plus $300 per additional paddler.
The reach between Ft. Randall Dam and Vermillion is one of the last genuinely free-flowing stretches of the Missouri. Braided channels wander between towering cliffs and rugged breaks that hold deer, turkeys, eagles and shorebirds. Sandbars and white sand beaches make natural stopping points for lunch or a swim, and the riverbed still holds the wrecks of steamboats that worked this water in the nineteenth century.