Overnight Canoe Trips

This is our most popular overnight canoe trip! The Penobscot offers something for the entire family, including canoeing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, camping, exploring, photography, and sightseeing. Your adventure starts at Roll Dam on the Penobscot River, where you’ll paddle downstream to remote wilderness campsites on the river and Lobster and Chesuncook lakes. Each site has picnic tables, a fire ring, and is located in a beautiful wilderness setting. This is also an excellent trip for wildlife viewing opportunities, like the Maine Moose, Deer, Beaver, Otter, many species of Birds, Loon, Grouse, Ducks, and Eagles are common. On this canoe trip, graced with beautiful views of Mt. Katahdin. The Maine moose frequents this watershed in search of the abundant aquatic plant growth, so sightings on the river trip are common.

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a stunning 92.5-mile stretch of unspoiled wilderness, offers the perfect serene setting for a quintessential adventure, via our guided Maine canoe trips. Established in 1966 and designated a National Wild and Scenic River in 1970, the Allagash includes lakes, rivers, and ponds, weaving through the North Maine Woods. Once a logging highway, today it draws paddlers, anglers, and nature lovers seeking Maine’s untamed beauty.

The Allagash’s landscapes teem with wildlife: watch bald eagles nest in towering pines, glimpse moose along the shores, and listen to loons calling over evening waters. From serene lakes to thrilling Class II whitewater, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway offers varied paddling, making it ideal for extended overnight canoe trips. Eighty designated campsites, each equipped with fire rings, picnic tables, and outhouses, are a perfect wilderness multi-day trip.

Anglers can enjoy prime fishing for brook trout, lake trout, and whitefish.

The recommended water flow should be above 800 cfs. You can check the USGS water flow by clicking HERE.

Escape into the wilderness with our 2-4 day overnight canoe or kayak trip – perfect for a short yet unforgettable Maine canoe or kayak adventure. Choose a 2-day, 1-night trip or longer, combining camping with our scenic West Outlet day trip. We provide gear and transportation, while you enjoy serene, on-the-water campsites, river and lake paddling, and excellent fishing for brook trout, salmon, and smallmouth bass. Ideal for families or nature lovers, this trip offers a memorable retreat in Maine’s pristine wilderness.

Experience an unforgettable Maine canoe trip on one of several regional lakes, such as Moosehead Lake, Lobster Lake, Indian Pond, and more. Moosehead is nearly 40 miles long, and there are over 80 islands surrounded by 400 miles of shoreline. Along Moosehead Lake, the lake boasts pristine, hundreds of miles of undeveloped shoreline, dotted with islands, and hidden coves for you to discover. Imagine camping in solitude under dark, star-filled skies—a perfect way to experience the magic of overnight canoe trips in Maine’s wilderness. Wildlife sightings are abundant; watch for loons, ospreys, deer, bald eagles, and Maine’s iconic moose.

Embark on an unforgettable Maine canoe adventure across stunning regional lakes like Moosehead Lake, Lobster Lake, and Indian Pond. Stretching nearly 40 miles, Moosehead Lake features over 80 islands and 400 miles of breathtaking shoreline. Its pristine, undeveloped shores are dotted with secluded coves and hidden campsites, perfect for an immersive wilderness escape. Picture yourself camping in solitude beneath a vast, star-filled sky—an ideal way to experience the magic of an overnight canoe trip. Wildlife abounds in this remote paradise, where you may spot loons, ospreys, deer, bald eagles, and Maine’s iconic moose.