Sydney by Kayak

Sydney by Kayak Welcome to Sydney by Kayak, a Kayaking and Eco Tourism business based in beautiful Sydney Harbour, Australia.
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Most awarded Sunrise Kayak Tour on Sydney Harbour 🌅 🏆
Eco paddles 🌱 | Barista coffee ☕️ | Corporate trips 🚣‍♂️ | Free digital photos 📸 | Paddle past iconic eco-projects, soak up stunning views & join our mission to keep Sydney’s waters pristine! 💧🐠 We offer fun, group Kayak Adventures and Kayak Eco Tours, ranging from spectacular "Sunrise Kayak and Coffee" Tours to Eco Tours and Clean-up Paddles u

nder the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Whether you are an experienced kayaker or someone kayaking for the first time, we promise your experience with us will be a memorable one. You’ll learn correct paddling technique and have a lot of fun along the way. Our fully qualified, experienced and friendly Kayak Instructors, pride themselves on offering a complete and enjoyable experience, providing exceptional tours, great memories and photos for you to take home. All kayaking equipment is provided, including a stable, Australian-made deluxe single kayak with built-in back support and adjustable foot rests, plus a paddle and life jacket. Tours often include refreshments or a trip to a culinary destination café to enjoy a lovely coffee, brunch or lunch, mid-kayak.

08/06/2026

Happy World Oceans Day 🌏

Today I’m feeling incredibly grateful for the people dedicating their lives to protecting our oceans 💦

This reel is filled with some of the amazing humans I’ve had the privilege of meeting through Sydney By Kayak. Scientists, conservationists, volunteers and even Olympians who are helping create positive change for our waterways every single day 🫶🏻

From the Living Seawalls Project and mangrove restoration, to marine biodiversity research, harbour clean ups and conservation education, these people remind me that protecting our oceans starts simply with caring enough to get involved 🌱

Every piece of rubbish collected, every species recorded, every mangrove planted and every person inspired makes a difference.

Today I’m celebrating our oceans, but I’m also celebrating the incredible people working behind the scenes to protect them 🐠

Happy World Environment Day 🌏💚Every kayak tour makes a difference.Through our clean-up paddles and eco kayak tours on Sy...
04/06/2026

Happy World Environment Day 🌏💚

Every kayak tour makes a difference.

Through our clean-up paddles and eco kayak tours on Sydney Harbour, we’ve helped remove over 41,000kg of rubbish, supported marine conservation projects, and inspired thousands of paddlers to take action for our waterways.

This photo features some of the beautiful mangroves we’ve planted in Sydney Harbour over the past five years. From tiny seedlings to thriving habitat, they’re now creating homes for fish and crabs, helping stabilise our shoreline, and capturing carbon along the way. 🌱

Here’s to protecting the places we love, one paddle at a time. 🚣‍♀️💚

04/06/2026

We often get asked how stable our champagne and high tea grazing boards are on our Sydney Harbour kayak tours 🥂🍓

The answer is simple, they’re professionally fitted to our kayaks using custom mounts designed for stability on the water 💦

A lot of work goes on behind the scenes so that all you have to do is paddle, sip, graze and enjoy the incredible views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opera House and city skyline from your kayak ✨

Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion, planning a date, or simply looking for a unique Sydney experience, we’ve taken care of the details so you can relax and enjoy your time on Sydney Harbour 🫶🏻

02/06/2026

Yesterday, Ben and I had the privilege of paddling with the wonderful team from through one of our favourite places on Sydney Harbour, Berrys Bay 💦

This wasn’t just any corporate paddle. The experience was generously won by Acciona at the SIMS Gala Dinner, meaning every dollar raised is helping to support important marine research and conservation projects right here in Sydney Harbour 🌱

Berrys Bay holds a special place in our hearts. It’s where we planted some of our very first mangroves, where we’ve been involved in habitat restoration projects, and where we’ve had the privilege of watching both the Sawmillers and SailGP Living Seawalls come to life. We’ve spent countless mornings exploring these waters and sharing the stories of Sydney Harbour with paddlers from all over the world.

Together, we collected 9.2kg of rubbish, explored the bay, shared stories about the incredible transformation taking place along the foreshore, and learned more about the important work Acciona is doing to help shape this remarkable waterfront precinct.

One of the things we love most about these experiences is that learning always goes both ways. While we shared stories of the harbour’s history, ecology and conservation projects, the Acciona team shared insights into the vision, engineering and environmental thinking behind the project. We left inspired, hopeful and grateful.

Thank you to the entire Acciona team for spending the morning with us, and for supporting the important work of SIMS ✨

28/05/2026

For over 13 years, Sydney Harbour has been more than our workplace. It has been part of our family.

From sunrise paddles and harbour cleanups to mangrove planting, Living Seawalls and biodiversity projects, we have always believed tourism can do more than just show people beautiful places. It can help protect them, too 🌱

As we head toward World Oceans Day this June, we feel incredibly grateful to have spent so many years connecting people to the magic of Sydney Harbour and most importantly our home bay, Lavender Bay, inspiring the next generation of ocean lovers, including our own little ones 🩵

Thank you to everyone who has paddled, planted, cleaned up and grown alongside us 🫶🏻

Corporate team building, the Sydney By Kayak way 🫶🏻Our Corporate Clean-up Paddles in Lavender Bay are designed to bring ...
26/05/2026

Corporate team building, the Sydney By Kayak way 🫶🏻

Our Corporate Clean-up Paddles in Lavender Bay are designed to bring teams together through fresh air, connection and hands-on conservation on Sydney Harbour ♻️

Since 2018, we’ve proudly contributed to projects including Living Seawalls, Seabins, mangrove planting, seahorse hotels and plastic recycling, all while creating meaningful experiences for teams wanting something more than the usual team building activity.

To celebrate World Oceans Day this June, we are now taking bookings for 9:30am and 12:30pm Corporate Clean-up Paddles throughout the month 💦

Paddle alongside our passionate guiding team, hear inspiring local stories, enjoy iconic harbour views and take home beautiful team photos 👌🏼

🌱 $129 per person
🌱 Groups between 12 and 26 people
🌱 $15 from every seat contributed directly to conservation
🌱 Ecotourism Australia Certified
🌱 Gold NSW Tourism Award winners for Ecotourism and Take 3 for the Sea Litter Prevention ✨

Connection looks different when you leave the office behind.

How many people are on your team? 💁🏼‍♀️

21/05/2026

Five years ago, I went into labour with Isla in the very early hours of the morning… and I didn’t tell Ben 😅

Why? Because we had a sunrise tour to run, a National Geographic journalist joining us that morning, and it has always been important to us that every paddler has the best possible experience on Sydney Harbour with us.

When Ben woke at 4am, I put on my very best Disney face and told him to enjoy his morning while I quietly timed contractions 🤭

He ran the sunrise tour while I got our three year old ready for daycare and organised coffee cups, emails and the following day’s tours because I knew I was heading to hospital.

By the time Ben returned home, I calmly told him,
“I think we’re having a baby today.”

That pretty much sums up the last 13 years of our lives 🤭

And it didn’t stop there 😂

While I was in the bath at the hospital having contractions later that evening, we received a weather notification that a storm was rolling in. So between contractions, we were calling customers trying to reschedule the next morning’s tours.

Because that’s our level of commitment to our customers ✨

Sydney By Kayak really was our first baby. It has grown alongside our family and our children have never known life without it. They’ve grown up with parents wearing wet clothes, sandy feet, life jackets accidentally worn to school drop offs, early mornings on the harbour, and constantly narrating the weather like a professional weather anchor 🤭

They wave to Daddy across Lavender Bay while he’s out guiding tours. They know the sound of ferry horns better than nursery rhymes. They’ve watched us pour absolutely everything we have into creating experiences and protecting this little corner of Sydney we love so much.

Running a family business while raising two children is honestly complete chaos some days. Exhausting, messy, magical chaos 🥰

Happy 5th birthday to our beautiful baby girl, Isla 💕

You were born into adventure, coffee cups, kayaks and sunrise tours… and we wouldn’t have it any other way xx

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Railway Avenue, Lavender Bay
Sydney, NSW
2060

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
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Thursday 10am - 4pm
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