Guided Maine Canoe Trips, Bullfrog Adventures

We offer a variety of Maine canoe trips to suit all interests! Our Maine canoeing day trips can range from a challenging whitewater river trip to a paddle on one of Maine's calm lakes or ponds. Overnight canoe camping trips are also available, our Maine canoeing adventures include family canoeing as well as Boy Scout High Adventure Trips. Check out our canoe trips on these fine Maine waters! The Kennebec, Narraguagus, Penobscot, Pleasant, Piscataquis, St. Croix, St. George, Roach and East Machias Rivers as well as Wyman and Spednic Lakes, Donnell and Flood’s Ponds and also Kenduskeag Stream.

Our prices are based on a minimum of 4 people per trip and an extra charge may apply if we have less then the four people on any trip. We also have group discounts that would apply to groups of 8 or more for our guided day trips and to 7 or more for our guided overnights, please ask for details! If you see a trip that you like but the dates listed just don't fit your plans, try contacting us we will try to make it work for you!

Overnight Canoe Trips!

The upper Narraguagus is an attractive river that is as wild and untamed as any in Eastern Maine. We will be paddling canoes starting near Deer Lake in the morning of day one and ending the canoe trip in the afternoon of day 2 at the Route 193 Bridge in Deblois, Maine. This section of the Narraguagus has a total drop of 230 feet and with the exception of a three mile paddle down Beddington Lake has a good current for the entire trip. The white water on this trip is mostly class 1 and 2 (easy to novice levels). Rock Dam Rips is the only class 3 rapid on the trip, we will scout this section and decide if we will run, line or portage the rapid. This adventure is a 2-day 1-night trip and will cover approximately 25 miles of some of the nicest country in Eastern Maine. This guided Maine canoeing adventure includes all equipment, meals and shuttle. You supply just your own sleeping bag, ground pad, clothing and other personal items.

The East Machias Canoe Trip

(Spring or early summer only)

Join us for this overnight canoe trip of one of eastern Maine’s beautiful hidden gems, Rocky Lake and The East Machias River. This is a great canoe camping trip of about 20 miles and is an excellent mixture of scenic lakes, river and stream paddling. We start the trip at Rocky Lake early on day 1 and end at Hadley Lake on following afternoon. The white water on this trip is perfect for the beginner as it gets progressively harder on the second day but never exceeds class 2 levels. This is a fine late spring canoeing trip for the entire family! This guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment, meals and shuttle. You supply just your own sleeping bag, ground pad, clothing and other personal items.

With this Maine canoeing trip we will spend 2+ days and 2 nights camping, canoeing and exploring the many isolated coves and islands along the shoreline of beautiful Spednik Lake. Spednik is a large lake, which forms the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. The shores of the lake are mostly wild with few camps, roads or other signs of development. We often see moose, loons, ducks and many other forms of wildlife on this trip. You can easily extend this canoe trip by adding the following St. Croix River trip to its end for a great 5-day & 4-night adventure! This guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment, meals and shuttle. You supply just your own sleeping bag, ground pad, clothing and other personal items.

This great Maine canoe trip starts just below the dam at the outlet of Spednik Lake in the small town of Vanceboro, Maine. The dam provides a constant flow of water on the St. Croix throughout the summer even when most other rivers in Maine are too low for canoeing. The left shore of the river is New Brunswick, Canada, we will be following the international boundary for the entire trip! The St. Croix river is a great river for canoe camping and learning whitewater skills. The river has a good current for most of the trip with many easy rapids followed by sections that are an easy float. There is a short rapid called Little Falls that is usually rated at class 2 or 3 at summer water levels, we will portage the gear and then you can run the falls if you want to with an empty canoe. This section of the river has a number of nice well-maintained campsites! We often see bald eagles, moose, white tailed deer, turtles and beaver on this trip. The Bass fishing can also be very good at times. This 3 day/2 night guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment, meals and shuttle. You supply just your own sleeping bag, ground pad, clothing and other personal items. This trip can easily be extended by adding the above Spednik Lake trip to its start for a great 5 day canoe trip! Also for an additional $100 per person we could add one more day and 12 miles to the trip.

Wyman is a beautiful lake formed by the damming of the Kennebec River in the town of Bingham with one of Maine's largest hydroelectric dams. The reservoir formed by this dam is 15 miles long and about a mile wide extending up the river valley to the small village of Caratunk. We start our guided trips near the dam and paddle our way northward up the river valley with a stop at beautiful Houston Brook Falls to have lunch and go for a swim if it is a warm day. We may camp on one of the islands in the middle of the lake or possibly on the western shore at a number of wilderness type campsites. On day two after a big breakfast of pancakes with homemade maple syrup we will load up the canoes and continue northward to a stream on the western shore called Carrying Place Stream. This is the site where Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary force left the Kennebec in October of 1775 and began their portage following native trails through to the Dead River on his march and winter siege of Quebec. We can hike upstream a ways to have lunch and explore a few pretty waterfalls and ledge slides covered with mosses and ferns. We will arrive at the take out at the northern end of the lake by mid afternoon. This guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment, meals and shuttle. You supply just your own sleeping bag, ground pad, clothing and other personal items.

This Wyman Lake canoe trip is also offered as a self guided adventure! We will provide the canoes, paddles, lifejackets and shuttle to the put in along with a map with the campsites and some great places to explore. You will need your own camping equipment and food. There is a camping fee that may be collected nightly at the campsite by a representative of F.L.P. Energy Maine Hydro (the property owners and operators of the hydroelectric station) The rates in the past have been five dollars per person per night with children fourteen years old and younger free!

Canoe or kayak the choice is yours for this early spring trip. The Kenduskeag Stream can only be run during the high water conditions, which are usually found for a couple of weeks in the early spring. The very popular Kenduskeag-to-Bangor Canoe race is held on Saturday a week or two before this when the water is much higher and it follows the same route as our trip. The first 6 miles are all flat water with occasional riffles and a good current to Six Mile Falls, the only harder (class 2+) rapid on the trip. The falls can easily be portaged or if you want to try running it, we can show you the best route to go! The next 3 miles to the take out in Bangor’s Kenduskeag Park are a fun mix of quick water with a few easy rapids. This has been our first guided trip of the season for the last few years and has always been a lot of fun! This 9-mile guided Maine adventure includes all equipment, snack and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Price is only $35 per person!

There are many fun possibilities for Canoeing on the St. George River! The St. George is very near Camden and Rockland on the mid coast of Maine. We like a nice flat water trip starting at the boat launch on Seven Tree Pond. We paddle up into nearby Round Pond to explore then work our way back down river thru Seven Tree and White Oak Ponds to the take out at the Middle Road Bridge in Warren. A second nice trip on the St. George is our “Tidal Trip” which starts in the village in Warren and goes with the outgoing tide downriver to the boat launch in Thomaston. This trip is also mostly flat water but can have a few easy rips depending on the level and direction of the tidewater that day. These guided adventures include all equipment, snack and a shuttle back to your vehicle. These trips can also be done using our kayaks if you would prefer.

This is one of Steve's favorite trips! We will be paddling a section of the Piscataquis River between the towns of Blanchard and Abbott. This trip can be done with canoes or kayaks the choice is yours. The trip will begin just below the village of Blanchard at a place called Barrows Falls. The falls flow through a beautiful slate gorge with high cliffs on either side. We will portage the more difficult first part of the falls, which can have a class 4 rating at spring levels and put in at the entrance to the gorge where the rating is an easy class 2. The river for the next 8 miles is a nearly continuous mix of class 1 & 2 rapids, whitewater and fast current. The Piscataquis River is quite shallow here and is more like a large stream, it is very remote with no roads until we near the take out. This trip is a fine spring canoe trip that is best suited for the intermediate level canoeist. This guided Maine canoe trip is about 8 miles and includes all equipment, shuttle and lunch. If you would like you can usually pick a few fiddlehead ferns along the shore to take home for supper, they are a delicious springtime delicacy !

Price is $45 per person

Canoe or Kayak the choice is yours for this fun 11-mile adventure! Anyone joining us on this trip will quickly see where the “Pleasant” River gets its name. The trip starts in the town of Brownville, Maine with a number of easy class 1 rapids, rips and quick water. The first five miles are mostly shallow quick water and pass through a fantastic countryside. The next 5 miles the character of the river gradually changes to sand bars and deep slow moving current with large trees hanging out over the river. We will join the Piscataquis River and paddle down river for about a mile to the take out point. This is a good trip for the beginner to learn the techniques of handing a canoe in moving water! This guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment, lunch and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Price is $45 per person

We will be paddling canoes on this trip starting in the town of Deblois and ending the day in Cherryfield. This lower part of the Narraguagus provides the canoeist with an excellent variety of water conditions. The trip begins with flat water, which gradually picks up speed as it winds through a wooded valley. The river eventually has two easy class 2 rapids that are soon followed by Little Falls, which is also rated at class 2 but is a little more of a challenge due to its length of about 100 yards. We will stop for lunch on the ledges above the falls where we will get a chance to scout the rapid for the best route. There are three other short easy class 2 rapids in the next 2 miles below Little Falls then it is flat water the remaining 4 miles to the take out at Stillwater Dam in the town of Cherryfield, Maine. This trip is about 15 miles and will take a full day. The Narraguagus is a great river for learning whitewater canoe handling skills and also for viewing wildlife. We have in past canoeing trips seen so many bald eagles that we have lost count often viewing them 3 or 4 at a time. Includes all equipment, lunch and shuttle.

Price is $50 per person

This exciting Maine canoe trip on the Roach River starts about 20 miles north of Greenville in the small village of KoKadjo. (Population “not many” as the sign at the edge of the village proudly states) The Roach River is well known by fishermen as one of Maine’s outstanding fly fishing rivers for Brook Trout and Landlocked Salmon. The well kept secret about this river though is that it is an excellent 6 mile whitewater run of mostly class 2 rapids! The current is fast with no flat water until we reach Spencer Cove on Moosehead Lake where we will paddle about a mile to the take out. The State of Maine owns a corridor along this river on both sides protecting it from future development. This canoe trip is best suited for the intermediate level of canoeist and can be done with a canoe or kayak the choice is yours. This guided 4 hour Maine adventure includes all equipment, snack and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Price is $45 per person

This guided Maine canoe trip on the Kennebec River starts in the village of “The Forks”. We meet at about noon and wait in our canoes or kayaks for the water level to rise with the release from the dam at Harris station, which is about 12 miles up river. The water will rise about 3 feet in about 15 minutes! The current is fast with quick water, easy rips and class 1 rapids for the first 8 miles then a mile of easy paddling on beautiful Wyman Lake to the take out near our basecamp in Caratunk. This fun canoe trip is about 9 miles and takes about 3 hours to complete. This is a great trip for learning how to handle a canoe on moving water, the rapids are easy and are fine for the beginner or families with small children. We use very stable Old Town Otter and Loon kayaks as well as Old Town Discovery 169 canoes for our trips. These guided Maine canoe trips include all equipment, a snack and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Price is $40 per person

We also offer this trip as a self guided adventure for only $25 per person! We supply all equipment and shuttle by reservation only.

Canoe or kayak the choice is yours for these fine day trips on the Penobscot River just north of Old Town, Maine. The river in this area is wide with a slow current meandering among the many islands of the Penobscot Indian Nation. This is a scenic section of the river with little signs of development along its shoreline. This is a fine trip for the entire family! This 3 hour guided canoe trip includes all equipment; a snack and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Price is $40 per person

The Penobscot River in Bangor, Maine has some of the highest tides in the U.S. with a tidal range of about 16 feet! This is caused by the funnel shape of Penobscot Bay which magnifies the tide as you go up river. With this fun trip we start upriver from Bangor in the town of Eddington at the "Head of Tide". If we start the trip near high tide this is nearly all flat water (beginner level) for the 3 mile trip downriver to Bangor. If we start the trip near low tide there is a lot of quick water with 3 sections of rapids that are probably about a class 2 (intermediate level) rating. We often do this trip in the early evening arriving at the Bangor docks a little after sunset allowing us to enjoy the setting sun from the water. We take out near the Sea Dog Restaurant and Pub which is on the rivers edge and has great food and beer that is brewed on site in their microbrewery, its a great place to spend the evening! This trip normally takes an hour or two, we explore a few unique places along the way and play in the rapids if the tides are right. Check with us if your interested in this trip with either the flat water or whitewater paddling and I can check the tides to see when we can make it work. This guided trip includes all equipment and shuttle to the put in upriver. If you would like to check the times of high and low tides in Bangor click on this link: www.tidelinesonline.com

Canoe or kayak the choice is yours for these fine day trips on the Kennebec River. The river has many interesting things to check out along the way such as the large log and stone "log booms" (shown in the picture to the right) a left over from the Kennebec's early logging days. This trip starts in the town of Sidney and we explore our way downriver to Maine’s capital city of Augusta. The current is slow moving with a few waves and an occasional easy rip as we near the head of tide in Augusta. We will take out in the park by Historic Fort Western which was built in 1754 and now houses a museum that is open to the public. www.oldfortwestern.org We often see bald eagles, ducks and ospreys on this excellent family canoe trip! This guided 3 hour adventure includes all equipment, snack and shuttle back to your vehicle.

Canoe or kayak the choice is yours for this two or three hour day trip. Fields Pond in East Orrington, Maine is a nice paddle any time of the year but in the fall with the leaves changing color it is exceptionally nice! The Maine Audubon Society owns 192 acres on the shore of the pond as well as a 22-acre island, all of which is open to the public for hiking and exploring. We usually see all kinds of frogs, turtles, water bugs, ducks and other neat things to keep the young ones interested! This guided Maine canoe trip includes all equipment and a snack.

Price is $40 per person

If you’re looking for a nice family adventure in “Down East” Maine (only a half hours drive from Acadia National Park) this is it! Donnell Pond is a deep crystal clear lake that is nestled in between six mountains. The pond is dotted with many granite boulder islands and a few nice sand beaches that are waiting to be explored! We will paddle our canoes the three miles to the southern end of the pond where we will find the Schoodic Mountain Trail. We can hike the mile or so to the 1069-foot summit and enjoy the breathtaking views from its bare rock peak. We will have a lunch on the summit and then hike back to our canoes for the three-mile paddle back to our starting point. This 5 hour guided adventure includes all equipment and lunch on the summit. (or the beach if you'd rather)

Price is $50 per person

We also offer this trip as an overnight with either canoes or kayaks and is a great overnight family adventure! All equipment and meals are included in the price!