Our Most Popular River Expeditions
Quapaw Canoe Company provides high quality guided canoe adventures on the wild and wonderful Lower Mississippi River, over one thousand miles of free-flowing watery wonderland. We cover any section of the river from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. But most of our activity takes place in the most wild 500 miles between Memphis, TN, Vicksburg, MS, and St. Francisville, LA, where the river swells to its full, mature magnificence — here the big muddy river swirls through giant sandbar islands, in and out of vast wetlands, and along endless bottomland hardwood forests thriving with birds, fish and mammals. The big river creates one of the most important biotas in the world. Music and art overflows the juke joints and museums of Memphis, Vicksburg, and Clarksdale, MS (our home base where we fashion our unique hand-crafted 29′ cypress strip voyageur canoes). Jump on board and join us for an exploration of the wildest freshwater wetlands in the heart and soul of North America! Our mission is to share the great beauty, and raw, wild power of the big river!
What to Expect on the Mighty Mississippi
River trips flow along with a mixture of paddling (usually not more than 1-2 hours at a stretch), exploring islands, birding, beach combing, animal tracking, napping, swimming, and whatever else is of interest to you & your friends or family! Our goal is to share the profound experience of immersion in the wild beauty of the Lower Mississippi River. We arrive as visitors, and respect the landscape and the river as such, the home of the richest biota in the heart of our country, including superlative birds, fish, crustaceans, and amphibians. Micro-biotas on the Mississippi include deep water, shallow water, forests, wetlands, sandbars, and meadows.
