Get your team out of the office and onto the water. Canoeing or paddleboarding at YOFI Paddlesports is a genuinely different kind of team day out — working together, staying coordinated (and dry), and finishing with a well-earned drink at the pub.
What’s Included
Every booking includes a safety briefing, buoyancy aids and everything you need on the water — paddles and watertight storage are all provided too. Choose canoe hire, by the hour from Ye Old Ferrie Inn at Symonds Yat West, or a longer trip that starts at Kerne Bridge and finishes at Symonds Yat for a full team day out, or hourly stand-up paddleboard (SUP) hire for a shorter session. Either way, it’s an easy activity to build into an away day or offsite, with very little logistics needed on your end. Canoes take a minimum of two people each, so larger teams can easily be split across multiple boats, and there’s no need for anyone to have paddled before — the safety briefing covers everything a first-timer needs to know. The half-day trip starts at Kerne Bridge, where you’ll leave your car for the day, and finishes at Symonds Yat — we’ll then run a shuttle to get your team back to Kerne Bridge afterwards. Hourly hire instead starts at Ye Old Ferrie Inn in Symonds Yat, so just let us know which you’re going for and we’ll confirm exactly where your team needs to meet. We’d recommend booking ahead of your planned date, particularly if you’re bringing a bigger team or booking during the busier summer months, so we can make sure there’s room for everyone.
Why It Works for Teams
We’re a British Canoeing-accredited operator with qualified coaches, so groups of any experience level are properly looked after, whether that’s a team of seasoned paddlers or one that has never picked up a paddle before. Working a canoe as a pair, or balancing as a group on paddleboards, naturally builds communication and coordination — no forced icebreakers required, just a shared challenge to figure out together, all set against the Wye Valley’s gorge scenery. We’ve been running sessions on this stretch of the River Wye since 2016, so whether you book an hour on the water or a longer guided trip, you’ll have coaches who know the river well and can keep a group of any size moving smoothly from briefing to finish. It’s a genuinely different setting for a team day than a meeting room or a bar, and it tends to get people talking who wouldn’t otherwise, which is really the whole point of the exercise.
Planning Your Day
Group sizes and timings can be tailored to your team. Grab breakfast or a coffee at YOFI Paddle Cafe before you set off, then round the day off with food and drink at Ye Old Ferrie Inn once you’re back at Symonds Yat. Get in touch for a quote for larger groups, or book directly below.
Get In Touch
Ready to book, or want to talk through options first? Contact us and we’ll help you plan your team day.
Phone: 07454 770528
Email: hey@yofipaddlesports.com