Kayaking is one of many ways you can experience the natural beauty New Mexico has to offer. New Mexico is the home of five Congress-designated Wild & Scenic Rivers, including the Rio Grande, Chama, Pecos, Jemez and Red River, as well as numerous natural and man-made lakes such as Navajo Lake, Elephant Butte, Abiquiu, El Vado, Heron, Santa Cruz, Morgan, Storrie, Conchas and Eagle Nest Lake – all accessible within a few hours of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Closer to home are Lake Cochiti, Fenton Lake, Rio Grande Bosque and White Rock Canyon, which offers calm water in breath-taking scenery through Bandelier National Monument.

Kayaking offers something for everyone. Some people take to kayaking as a way to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Others kayak for cardio-vascular exercise, to access remote hiking trails, camp-sites and fishing holes, view wildlife, experience the intellectual and physical challenges of whitewater or to simply balance living and working in a busy city.