SO MANY THINGS TO DO!

Activities that can be arranged for your stay include:

• guided fishing trips(check out our friends at In The Hills Fishing and Action Angler)
• guided river raft trips
• self-paced river float trips
• Schlitterbahn Water Park tickets
• Aquarena Springs Glass Bottom boat & Environmental Education Tour

Other fun activities in the area (depending on the season):

• August is Grape Stomp  and October is Wine Tour month at Dry Comal Creek Winery
• 24 wineries in the Hill Country are open for tours
• Live music at River Road Icehouse, Whitewater Amphitheater, Gruene Hall, and Tavern on the Gruene
• Canyon Lake boating
• Canyon Lake Gorge and Guadalupe River nature trails at Canyon Lake Dam
• Landa Park and Canyon Lake Golf courses
• Horseback riding on Canyon Lake north shore
• Comal Springs and Panther Canyon Nature trails in New Braunfels
• San Marcos Outlet shopping, the biggest TX outlet mall
• Aquarena Springs in San Marcos
• Trashfest, the oldest volunteer underwater clean-up in the US, is in early October
• Clayfest, the handmade pottery and clay art festival is the last full weekend in October
• Wurstfest, New Braunfels' famous sausage, beer and Oompa-band festival is the last weekend of October through the first weekend of November.

We can provide shuttle service for floating put-in / take-out spots along the river and from river-area ice houses, in case you don't want to drink & drive.

We don't rent float equipment, but there are dozens of operators along the river that do.  All you'll need to decide is how many hours you want to be on the river, whether you want a tube, raft, or kayak, and whether you want a slow, relaxing float or faster trip with more rapids.  Most river operators will be able to customize where you put in and take out to meet these choices. Here's an excellent summary of the float routes and rapids between Canyon Lake Dam and Gruene bridge:

http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/guad5.html. If you  want to read more about some of the operators, most have websites and some have coupons on their sites.  Here are some links:

1. at the horseshoe: The Shanty (tubes, not rafts) http://www.shantytubes.com/

2. at FM 306 crossing: Whitewater sports http://www.floattheguadalupe.com/index2.htm

3. at 4th crossing: Rio Raft (tubes, rafts, and kayaks) http://rioraft.com/index.php
4. at Ponderosa Crossing: Little Ponderosa (tubes & rafts) http://www.texhillcntry.com/river-road/ponderosa.html
5. at 2nd crossing, 1st crossing, and also at Gruene: Rockin'R (tubes & rafts)  http://rockinr.com/index.asp
6. at 1st crossing: Jerry's (tubes & rafts) http://www.jerrysrentals.com/