Book Your Yurok Dugout Canoe Klamath River Tours Now for Summer

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Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James [photo by Matt Mais]

This is a press release from the Yurok Tribe:

Yurok Tribe’s Economic Development Corporation announces online booking is now available for the Redwood Yurok Canoe Tours. The new business in Klamath, California offers the rare opportunity to experience the Klamath River in a Redwood Dugout Canoe. This adventure is exclusive to Yurok Country, and is not offered anywhere else in the world.

The tour is provided by a Yurok guide narrating the history of the Dugout Redwood Canoe, what Redwoods mean to the Yurok People, and history of the Yurok People as stewards of the land. Redwood canoes were the transportation used for thousands of years traveling from village to village.

Yurok Country is elevating tourism by sharing their cultural heritage and Yurok language.

“Redwood Yurok Canoe Tours is bridging a generational gap by providing an opportunity for Tribal members to experience traditional canoes as their ancestors once did. Extending this experience to travelers from all over the world is truly amazing,” said Yurok Tribe Chairman Joseph L. James.

The tours will start at the Yurok Visitor Center in Klamath California. Guests will enjoy a two-hour tour ride down the Klamath River, learning environmental and cultural elements along the way. Guests will have an additional option of taking the unparalleled route of paddling or taking the lead as captain.

The first round of canoe tours can now be booked at, www.visityurokcountry.com.  Redwood Yurok Canoe Tours will open June of 2020. The first set of tickets available will be for June and July, the following months look to open up by April.  Three options of ticket purchasing; 2 hour guided ride, $125, paddling/captain, $150 and for Yurok Tribal members $100 for the 2-hour adventure.

About Redwood Yurok Canoe Tours

Yurok Country invites all to learn about the Yurok People, their culture, and their values. The Yurok Tribe wants to share the sense of walking on water, and feeling the thousands of years in history that are held in these canoes and Redwood trees.

Photo attached, Chairman Joseph James of the Yurok Tribe.

Redwood Yurok Canoe Tour Logo

Yurok Group on Klamath River in Redwood Yurok Canoe

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J
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J
4 years ago

Sounds wholesome, enlightening and fun!

Yay!
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Yay!
4 years ago

So awesome!!!

Dave Sky
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Dave Sky
4 years ago

I’m telling everyone!

Real
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Real
4 years ago

Very cool. They can educate people about the river’s history and it’s current challenges to maintain a healthy salmon run, like environmental degradation, sufficient water releases, and non-traditional gill netting.

reality
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reality
4 years ago
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Maybe you’ll even get to see them shoot their shotguns into the river to kill things!