Margaret River Canoe Tour Including Australian Wild Food Lunch

My wife and I went on the Bushtucker Canoe trip with Dave as our guide, along with a group of others. Dave was an excellent guide and kept us entertained and informed at all things local about Margaret River and surrounds, including the bush tucker food we ate for lunch. Despite a headwind hitting us on the paddle up the river we were assisted by a tailwind on the way back. I can't recommend this canoe trip highly enough and if possible try and get Dave as your guide. He's the best.

Was a lot of fun and educational. Lucked out with perfect weather. Would recommend to the tour company to either move the trash bins or cover them before placing out all the food near them. Just bad optics. Guides were both very nice and friendly.

We really enjoyed our canoe trip and learning about all the local bush tucker. Emma was a really good hostess, very knowledgeable, calm and proficient. And the food was delicious! Emma also did a nice job of making sure everyone felt like they knew each other, which was a lovely touch. Our only criticism of this tour is why it started so late, knowing that the wind would pick up and make it less enjoyable. If the tour began at say, 7:30 or 8, the conditions around lunch time would be perfect for swimming. But by the time we got to the pontoon it was probably gusting to 15-20 knots. Not super pleasant. Other than that, it was a great day!

If you are in Margaret River don’t miss this tour, the scenery is beautiful, the experience unique and very well organized.

What a beautiful experience. With three adults and three children it was a scientific feat to coordinate our canoeing endeavours to locomote ourselves upriver! We had a wonderful day. Such a brilliant lunch comprising wild foods, and utterly delicious, with our guide explaining where the products came from in the wild. A memorable and pleasurable meal. I loved learning the history of the area and the heritage of the indigenous people for whom I have such respect and admiration. We swam in the river and had a restful lunchbreak in the sun. Thank you so much for one of those 'best times in my life'.

Take swim wear if you fancy a swim the river. Knowledgable guides tell you lots about local edible plants and herbs and we got to try various meats, berries and vegetables at lunch along with tasty bread. Canoeing isn’t too strenuous and you’re in a boat with others and share the work. Fun to have a race at the end too.

Enjoyable, educational, relaxing and delicious new foods to try. Adam our tour guide was capable & knowledgeable. He obviously enjoyed his work. We all had fun.

There is more information given than I expected. The river is beautiful. David is very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. It was a lovely day.

I would strongly advise skipping this trip. I would go as far as to say it was dangerous. There was a total lack of care shown to the group from the tour guide we had. It was so bad that most of the children on the tour were frightened and refused to get back in the canoes after the half way point. We were told unless we wanted to hitchhike or walk for hours we better get back in. There was another tour led by a lady who were not brought as far down the river as us (due to the weather) and seemed to have a different experience to the one we experienced by our guide (older gentleman). The wind was far too strong to be out on the water or to be brought as far down the river as we were brought. My friend and I ended up in the river pushing our canoe to try and get us to safety. The tour guide paddles past without a care in the world. I would avoid this tour.

Awesome trip up and down the river. The food was amazing, great to try some native Australian food. The kangaroo was epic. The guides were friendly and informative. Unfortunately, you can't go into the caves anymore. Great experience.