{"id":2943,"date":"2023-06-13T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/kayaking-or-canoeing\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:57:52","slug":"kayaking-or-canoeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/kayaking-or-canoeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking or canoeing ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not easy to distinguish at first glance a kayak from a canoe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Kayak\"<\/a><\/span><\/div>

The kayak (1 place)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/a><\/span><\/div>

The canoe (2\/3 places)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

A bit of history to start!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

The kayak is a boat of Inuit origin, while the canoe is the boat used by the Amerindians. Canoes or kayaks were used as a means of transport but also for hunting. The oldest models are more than 4000 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Canoeing and kayaking in the Gorges de l’Ard\u00e8che.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

At the beginning of the 20th century, boatmen sailed with their boat in the Gorges de l’Ard\u00e8che, the river serving at the time as a means of transport for goods produced in South Ard\u00e8che (wood, sand or coal).<\/p>\n

With the arrival of tourists from Northern Europe in the early 50s, a new way to discover the Gorges de l’Ard\u00e8che is developing. In addition to the traditional boats, kayaks or canoes now sail.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The traditional kayak is handled with a double paddle and the kayaker sits in the boat, conversely the canoe is handled with a single paddle and in a kneeling position. Manoeuvrable boats, traditional kayaks and canoes require a bit of experience and practice.<\/p>\n

These traditional boats have been gradually improved to reach the canoes and kayaks that sail under the Pont d’Arc today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

No more canoeing or kayaking in fiber or wood, today the best rental companies of Vallon Pont d’Arc use boats called “sit on top” and “self-draining”, easy to use for beginners and very safe.<\/p>\n

The kayaker or canoeist of the Base Nautique du Pont d’Arc are now seated in plastic boats and use double paddles to propel themselves safely on the river.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Now you know all about the difference between canoeing and kayaking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

I book my canoe trip ! <\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3186,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/3186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canoe-ardeche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}