Kayaking in India

Kayaking in India
Kayaking in India
Country	India
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Kayaking in India has become a popular sport.

Flat water and sea kayaking[]

Flat-water kayaking takes place in rivers,^[1]^[2] lakes^[3] and the ocean. Aside from professional flat water kayaking, there is very limited recreational kayaking. Historically, Indian tourists considered kayaking a one-time activity and not a competitive sport.

Long distance flat water kayaking can be done in Mulki, India. Participants from Bangalore, Mangalore, Udupi etc. come to participate in 30 km kayaking and camping adventure.

Whitewater kayaking[]

Whitewater kayaking is a niche sport with some hardcore following. While the Himalayan rivers are teeming with largely commercial kayakers and some weekend adventurers, in south it is largely the weekend kayakers who have been driving the sport. Bangalore, Karnataka has seen the largest spike in weekend paddlers. However, paddling in India, in general is plagued by limited availability of gear locally, police and bureaucratic interference (who view kayakers with suspicion, since it is an alien activity), and commercial rafters who feel threatened by the presence of the kayakers on the rivers where they have permits to commercially raft.

Sea Kayaking[]

Sea kayaking is new to India. Considering the vast coastline of India, extremely less number of people do sea kayaking. Kaustubh Khare hold the long distance record of kayaking west cost of India on a kayak. Few other individuals have also kayaked the coastline of Kerala, Mumbai to Goa, Karnataka and Gujarat.

There are two school who teach professional sea kayaking in India.

KayakBoy located in Mulki, Karnataka(Coastal Kayak training Level 1 - Level 4)
Quest Adventure Sports Academy(Sea kayak Level 1 - Level III)

References[]

^ Kohli, S. (2002). Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure and Pilgrimage. Indus Publishing Company. p. 278. ISBN 978-81-7387-135-1. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ Kohli, S. (2002). Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure and Pilgrimage. Indus Publishing Company. p. 284. ISBN 978-81-7387-135-1. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ Singh, S. (2010). Lonely Planet India. Country Guide Series. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-74220-347-8. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

Further reading[]

The Outdoor Journal. "India's holy river Ganga hosts international kayak competition". The Outdoor Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
Jacopo Nordera. "Whitewater Kayaking for beginners". The Outdoor Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
"Hyderabad's first kayaking workshop is a hit". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
PTI. "Kayaking and canoeing: Indians impress". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
Press Trust of India (29 September 2014). "India disappoint in canoeing and kayaking final". business-standard.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
"Students can go kayaking on IIM-C lakes". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
"SAI to set up Canoeing and Kayaking facilities in Manipur". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[1] Kohli, S. (2002). Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure and Pilgrimage. Indus Publishing Company. p. 278. ISBN 978-81-7387-135-1. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[2] Kohli, S. (2002). Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure and Pilgrimage. Indus Publishing Company. p. 284. ISBN 978-81-7387-135-1. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[3] Singh, S. (2010). Lonely Planet India. Country Guide Series. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-74220-347-8. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

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