Elbe River Canoe & Bike Tour: Cross-Border Adventure

Experience the beauty of canoeing on the Elbe river and then enjoy a relaxing bike ride along the Elbe Cycle Route. Suitable for beginners and children, this adventure takes you through the stunning Bohemian Switzerland National Park and ends in the charming spa town of Bad Schandau.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Elbe River - The river will take you through a majestic sandstone canyon through the national parks of Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland to the spa town of Bad Schandau in neighboring Germany.
What's Included
  • Transportation of the equipment
  • Bike rental including helmet and lock
  • Canoe rental with paddles, life jacket, and dry bag
  • Boat manoeuvring instructions
  • Original map
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • personal transportation back to Děčín
  • transport personal baggage
Additional Information

Experience the serenity of canoeing on the Elbe river, coupled with a leisurely bike ride back on the Elbe Cycle Route. The biking path runs alongside the river with no hills, ensuring a fun ride for kids as well. The tranquil river, devoid of any weirs, is perfect for beginners.
Beyond Děčín lies the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, home to Europe’s…

Location
Kemp Děčín
Polabí
We are situated at the campsite Děčín. After approaching the campsite please turn left and look for yellow canoes to find us.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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_cplamont121
Jun 21, 2025
Awesome value for money - Wow, what an experience. Price included canoe, paddles, life jackets, dry bag, bicycle, helmet, lock and delivery at nominates point. Collected canoe from the activity centre and set off downstream for a leisurely 3hour paddle covering 23km. At the agreed switch over point the team were there to collect the canoe and give us the bikes to ride back along the riverbank. A complete days activity for an absolute bargain price. English speaking team, professional and really nice. Suitable for reasonably active people but other options available such as train home, shorter distances etc.
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Go41754088790
Jun 8, 2025
Well organized excursion - Very well organized. Canoe and bicycles in great condition. Time has everything fit as described. Instruction also in German and English.
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W5453kpsamanthak
Jul 11, 2024
Thoroughly recommend this bike and kayak tour on the River Elbe - We hired bikes from the tourist information centre in Bad Schandau and cycled down to Dečin (just over 22km). The cycle path was great, really smooth and accessible. Once we got to Dečin, we waited for the ActivePoint team to arrive and they kitted us out with our kayak and appropriate gear. We then enjoyed the 22km paddle back to Bad Schandau. The views of the rock faces and surrounding hills were just beautiful and we were lucky to have a glorious sunny day too. Would thoroughly recommend this tour.
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J6627gxpeterw
Aug 18, 2023
Great 2 days - Thank you for the 2 great days with you. We loved it. Great equipment and helpful staff. We will come again.
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Tom_do9029fm
Aug 14, 2023
Unpretentious and beautiful. - Excellent experience. Very calm and easy activity, beautiful surroundings, perfect organization. Friendly staff.
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Nathaner1456jp
Aug 13, 2022
Kayaking + Climbing - I ended up visiting this place three times! twice to rent a via ferrata set and one trip kayaking from Decin to Bad schandau. The via ferrata has many routes which are different difficulties and all a great climb, the kayaking was many hours of beautful views! The staff were very friendly and the prices decent, so I would very much recommend going here if any of their services interest you :)
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Garys4696
Sep 1, 2025
Great experience. Well worth doing. but owners need to invest in equipment and training. - Great experience environmentally. Beautiful rivers, forests, and big birds. Little ones very rare. Our equipment needed upgrading. The seats of the canoe were broken and not functioning well. Our tandem bike needed some work and the guides were unable to do so. Otherwise worth the experience...
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Anne_v
Aug 25, 2025
Long canoe trip with beautiful views, but pretty long. - It was a very nice trip by canoe, but just a litte bit to long, we were getting pretty tired at the end. Our asses were painful on the bike back, not comfortabele. And we did not get any info about the way back to the camping. In Decin it is pretty complecated how to get there. Maybe you can give a plan.
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Sightsee12719739876
Aug 4, 2023
Cool experience but a bit disorganized - 23km canoe down the Elbe was very beautiful! It’s a slow moving river so requires a decent amount of paddling. Took us 3.5 hours to get the Bad and the map said it would take about 4. Took e bikes back which was fine since it’s a flat paved path. We were only given a map and general area as to where to get off the river and was given no safety info for the canoe. You have to get off at this very small beachy area at the end of Bad with no signage. We didn’t know if this was the right spot. We even had to paddle up stream a bit because we went past it. We waited there hoping it was the right spot until about 10 minutes later the van showed up with our bikes. Again, given no direction other than which way on the path and to drop it off at the camp. Definitely need a good sense of direction to do this activity but if you’re comfortable with that and enjoy the outdoors, it was a great experience and beautiful ride! Took us about 5.5 hours round trip
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Maureen_d
Jul 7, 2025
Canoe trip on the Elbe. - There was a lot of wind, which required some experience with canoeing. We are satisfied with the quality of the bikes and the service.
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From $30
up to 8 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).