May–September (but not all crew members work the entire season).
Included in the job, you get your own room and share communal spaces.
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Preferably experience working as a guide and
interacting with guests
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First Aid certification
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Experience working as a guide
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Drivers license, at least 3 years driving experience
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Fluent in English
The positions for 2026 have been filled, we'll start hiring for 2027 around January.
Aspiring to become a guide but have no kayak certifications yet? We always send out two guides with a group, so it is possible to assist a more experienced and certified kayak guide on a guided tour. Maybe you’ve guided in a different field and wish to get a taste of what it would be like to be a kayak guide?
What this position ends up being depends a lot on you. We need to feel confident that you will be able to assist the lead guide properly before sending you along for a trip. What does that entail then? It’s a bit difficult to pinpoint and goes both for work and your spare time. For example your eagerness and aptitude to learn, how you interact with the guests, and understanding the bigger picture of what we do. But also spending time kayaking during your down time, joining when some of the crew practices rescues or go on a trip for leisure, and your overall energy.
Being an assistant guide for us is a demanding position. You spend 5 days on the water with your group, almost always a new camp each day. It’s about facilitating all logistics involved in loading/unloading kayaks, setting up and taking down camp, cooking, and getting the guests involved in all tasks.
But most of all it’s about the guests as people – making sure the group bonds and has fun together, picking up subtle clues of how each group member is feeling and treating each participant as an individual. You also need to be very observant and figure out how you can best help the more experienced guide, so that you end up a well-oiled duo.
We’re all about working as a team, and all the other tasks involved in making our operation run are just as important as guiding. As an aspiring guide, you need to be prepared to spend a lot of your time driving guests and doing “behind-the-scenes” tasks. Check out the driver/maintenance position!
