Early Booking Discount on Florida Keys & Everglades Kayaking

Book a trip by Sept. 1, 2012 and receive 10% off any of Burnham Guides' Florida Keys kayak camping trips November through April, or the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands in February.

Email for more info or call 305-240-0650 to reserve your seat paddling in paradise. Then Share or Forward this offer to friends you want to join you!

We still have room left on the following trips--Visit our Trip Calendar for more dates!

Everglades:
-3-day Flamingo Loop: Feb. 3-5, 2013
-5-day Everglades City: Feb. 22-26, 2013
-8-day 100-mile Wilderness Waterway: Feb. 10-17, 2013. space is limited

Ten Thousand Islands: 3 to 5 day trips offered throughout February, 2013

Florida Keys:
Trips begin mid-November, 2012 through April, 2013

-5th annual Key Largo to Key West, 100-mile paddle: March 17-27, 2013. Offered just once a year, so space is limited!

-Easter Week Florida Keys Paddling: April 1-5, 2013. Just 4 spots left

Mary & Bill, Burnham Guides
Paddle with the Authors of:
"The Florida Keys Paddling Atlas" & "Kayaking for Everyone"

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8-day Everglades Adventure trip report & 2013 trips

Check out our Inaugural 8-day Everglades trip:

Burnham Guides 8 Day Everglades Kayak Trip - Kayaking/Canoeing trip - Spot | SpotAdventures

And more photos on our Facebook Page.

It was so phenomenal, we're planning on running it again in 2013, so let us know if you are interested and want to know the dates as soon as they're set. Just drop us an Email, or sign up for our Newsletter.

Here are the trips we will be offering January through April 2013. There's a possibility we will add December trips if there is interest.

3, 4 and 5 day trips in the Lower Keys Backcountry
8-day Everglades Wilderness Waterway
3 and 4 day Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands
Annual 10-day Key Largo to Key West: mid-March

It's not too early to book a trip for 2013. The first person who books gets their dates and then it goes on the calendar!

Historic Pigeon Key Free Family Fun Day Jan. 14, 2012

Historic Pigeon KeyBill & Mary Burnham, authors of the “Florida Keys Paddling Atlas,” will lead a free paddling trip from Knight’s Key, under the Seven Mile Bridges, out to historic Pigeon Key for the Marathon Flagler Centennial Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. 

Bring your kayak to Knight’s Key Campground for the 9 a.m. launch. Burnham Guides will be providing some for free: Call 305-240-0650 or email mary@burnhamguides.com to reserve one. Enjoy the Family Fun Day, from 10 a.m. -4 p.m., featuring reenactments, free kayaking, demonstrations, period games, dancing, music and food. Dress 1900s-style for the 1 p.m. costume contest! The Burnhams will give a slide show and book-signing at 11 a.m.

Gift the Gift of Adventure

Give the adventurer-seeker on your list a truly unique experience on a "Paddle with the Authors" kayak camping trip in the Florida Keys or Everglades.

We make your shopping easy: We'll send a personalized gift certificate, wrapped up with a signed copy of our "Florida Keys Paddling Atlas" or "Kayaking for Everyone" included. 

Short on time? We can email the certificate right to their in-box up until Christmas Eve.

From an easy Keys overnight to our new 8-day Everglades' Wilderness Waterway, we have a trip for every skill level. Visit BurnhamGuides.com for details. Email or give us a call at 305-240-0650 to place your order. 

-2-5 day Florida Keys: mid-January through early April, 2012
-8-day Everglades' Wilderness Waterway: Feb. 16-23 

-10-day Key Largo to Key West: March 13-22

-No expiration date  

-Pricing is easy at $175 per day: Includes kayak, camping gear, all meals, and instruction.

New: Everglades Wilderness Waterway

We've added a brand new offering to Burnham Guides' fully-outfitted kayak camping trips: 8-days on the 100-mile Wilderness Waterway trail through the Everglades.

Experienced guides take paddlers through the mangrove maze of Everglades National Park on a 100-mile expedition between Flamingo and Everglades City. We'll go both inside, where camping is on chickees and ground sites, and outside, on palm tree beaches.

Dates: Feb. 16-23, 2012

Difficulty: This is a strenuous trip, for experienced paddlers able to kayak up to 15 miles per day.
 
Cost: $1400 per person includes sea kayaks, camping gear, meals, camping fees & shuttle back to start. 20% discount for bringing own sea kayak and camping gear. Limited to 6 people.

Closest Airport: Miami

Call 305-240-0650 or E-mail for more information.

Florida Paddling Trails Association: Why join?

A few days ago I realized that we had inadvertently let our Burnham Guides membership with the Florida Paddling Trails Association (FPTA) lapse. I quickly and easily renewed online and was soon enjoying the benefits once again!

As a kayak guide business we get great exposure on their website, which is visited by thousands of paddlers on a regular basis. Individual or family memberships have many benefits as well (including 10% off or our Florida Keys trips!), and help the greater Florida paddling community.

Bill and I are most familiar with the Florida Keys Overseas Paddling Trail, which we've been working with since 2003. It's now part of a network of water trails around the entire state known as the Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail. Then there are all the river trails, like the Suwannee. FPTA is the official steward of ALL paddling trails in Florida. It takes a huge network of volunteers to make this work.

So take a look at their website, consider joining and maybe even becoming a Trailkeeper in your region. Anyone who goes on our trips is encouraged to do a beach clean-up along the way, making you an automatic volunteer!

The major missions of the FPTA are:

• Develop water trails

• Protect the environment along the trails

• A resource and voice for paddlers