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Costs and details of the "livery"

Antietam Creek Canoe rents canoes, tubes and kayaks right on the banks of Antietam Creek. You simply arrive, put in and off you go; no shuttles to the put-in. Your car is 30ft from the creek. Call in advance to reserve a spot. 1.301.942.1793 or cell phone 1.240.447.0444 - Or better, send an  email paddle@antietamcreek.com  for Directions and address just click right here [bus should be legal and running by April sometime.... not sure of the year]

  • ABOUT Reservations & Deposits: click for reservations page
    Long Notice Reservations [2 weeks or more] require a 50% deposit. Short notice Reservations [less than 2 weeks]  and reservations that require special preparation may require full payment in advance. When the deposit or full payment is received the reservation is put on our task list. Without a deposit we may or may not be at the Antietam Creek Site, as we teach and lead trips in the Seneca Creek and other areas on the Potomac when Antietam has no confirmed reservations.  Our PayPal arrangement is pretty painless and cost free. Checks are fine as well. refund policy is here. also fair and painless.

     

  • Tandem CANOE  RENTALS
    Antietam Creek Rentals/Trips, week ends, not guided - $35 per person..., includes gear , necessary co-op shuttles, map, brief instruction/orientation as requested and it includes taxes. (6% MD tax, 10% Wash Co. entertainment tax for yr. 2008)  Generally 2 to a canoe. A third person, small child [$10 charge] in a canoe , when safe, is allowed but not encouraged. All rentals Require a SERIOUS waiver.  Guided trips add $150-$200 per guide to the group's rental cost and averages about $60 - $70 [total] per person in the group. [scouts, church group, and member guide fees are included in the price of the trip quoted for each group in advance]
     
  • Solo Canoe and Solo Kayak Rentals, weekends, not guided $40 per paddler. Includes gear, shuttle, map, instruction/orientation as above.
     
  • Guided Trip Historic and/or Instructional  [4 - 6 hours] with an ACA Certified Instructor, Senior Guide current CPR, WFA - $70 per person.  
    [as above, discounts for BSA, GSA, Schools, groups etc. are quoted in advance]
     
  • River Program for  new [or non] boaters who want to paddle Historic Antietam Creek: 1 hour flat water instruction; plus 1 hour moving water instruction  below the bridge; Plus a 4+ hour guided instructional trip from Devils Backbone to Burnside Bridge. Shuttle and all equipment included. $90 per paddler. [if after the instruction it appears that the Trip should not be attempted we can adjust the day with continued instruction and paddling or terminate the effort with a refund of $40 per paddler ]
     
  • Flat water canoeing and kayaking above the Devil's Backbone dam and play boating or tubing next to the mill. $10 per hour $25 maximum. [note that this is not always available or possible because of commitments to guide creek trips, shuttles etc.]

  • Off site canoe / kayak rentals - we bring boats to your site [even a backyard pool] for instruction, guided trip, Evening pre "dinner party", picnic etc. $35-$60 per person plus direct expenses [i.e. gas, lunch, Guide/instructor fees]. Each transaction is quoted separately, based on time, distance, # of participants, Instructors, etc.

  • We generally do not rent unguided boats off of Antietam Creek. The exception is that we will rent a Trailer load of boats to a responsible group for a weekend - 10 boats $500 plus expenses. You pick up a loaded trailer with Gear and return same as received.  We do run Guided Trips and Classes at many off site locations on request. Potomac near Sharpsburg, Seneca Creek Area, Potomac below Great Falls, Washington D.C. Waterfront.
  • Regular co-op shuttles are included in the rental fees.
    • If you bring your own boat and are not with a rental group, shuttle fees are $25  for one paddler and one boat, $5 for each additional person boat included. For private boats that are part of a rental group shuttle fees are $5 per person, [plus $20 per seat/person if the trip is guided].

  • Guide Fee for groups, add $150-$200 per creek trip for each ACA certified guide. Guide fees are included in quotes for School, Scout and similar trips [They are discussed and requirements set prior to the trip]; as well as included in Historic and Instructional trips.
     
  • Tube rentals:
    • Creek trip - 10 tube minimum, between $20 and $30 per person depending on # of participants, requirements, shuttle, guide, support etc. Each trip is designed just for your group. Life jackets must be worn at all times on the water.

  • INSTRUCTION :
    Note: We teach for and co-ordinate with CKAPCO, Canoe Kayak and Paddle Co. [Wash. D.C. area] for all instruction on and off of Antietam Creek. Venues include MD: Antietam Creek, Potomac, Local, Seneca Creek, Violette's Lock, Reilly's Lock, Anglers Inn and Annapolis. VA: Reston Lake Audubon, Lake Fairfax, Algonkian Park, Masons Neck, Pohick Bay, Occoquan Creek. [We also travel to afar locations, camps, schools, institutional]

     

Canoe equipment includes a WAIVER, weather report, river report, map, bailer, painter, paddles and lifejackets. (note for small children, bring your own life jackets or let me know well in advance so I can have appropriate jackets available. We have a limited # of 50#-90# jackets on hand as well as plenty of duct tape to make a perfect fit)

  • Boat repairs, custom outfitting $40 per working hour hr. plus direct expenses. Exact Quotes on request. I'm really slow getting boats repaired.
     

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