Sea kayaking in the
Calanques of the Island of Beauty

For navigation:

• Anti-UV lycra (long sleeves preferred)
• Swimming costume and shorts to avoid chafing
• Water shoes with rigid soles (or trainers)
• Windbreaker, sun hat or cap, sun cream, sunglasses with cord.
• Flask or water pouch of at least 1L

For bivouac:

• Low-volume sleeping bag comfort 10°
  and possibly an outer bag for humidity on June and September stays;
• Self-inflating mat, avoid bulky mats;
• Self-inflating pillow;
• Headlamp or equivalent;
• Cooking kit

Hermetic box Tupperware type of 0.6 to 0.8 litres;

1 fork, 1 knife and 1 teaspoon;

Cup Ecocup type.

Clothing:

• 1 fleece or ultralight down jacket
  for cool evenings and morning draughts
• 1 or 2 dry outfits (t-shirt, shorts and underwear)
• 1 pair of trousers

Hygiene:

• 1 biodegradable soap, shampoo and toothpaste
• 1 microfibre towel, and a 2nd which you can leave at the Cors'Aventure base
• 1 roll of biodegradable toilet paper

Optionally: camera, mask and snorkel, card game or compact game, as well as cash for beach bars.

First aid kit:

• Personal medication if you are subject to particular conditions (treatment, allergies…);
• To prevent and treat blisters: Compeed-type dressings;
• To relieve ankle and knee problems: elastic bandage;
• To clean small wounds: antiseptic, gauze, dressings, etc.;
• Sun protection for skin and lips.
• To relieve intestinal problems particularly due to dietary changes (micropure capsules, ergyphilus – probiotics – smecta or Imodium/Tiorfan).
• To relieve headaches and muscle pain (mineral salts, salt tablets, electrolytes).
• To relieve insect bites.
• To relieve seasickness.

Also ask your doctor and pharmacist for advice. Also remember that you will need to carry your first aid kit, so only bring the minimum necessary.

We also have a luggage storage facility where we can keep items you do not take on the stay. Therefore bring a bag for this purpose, on which your name and the name of the stay will be noted.

Continental breakfast, then cold meal at noon and hot meal in the evening. Meals are prepared collectively. Fresh fruit and vegetables, local products and varied menus are planned throughout the itinerant stay.

You will be accompanied by one of our state-certified professionals. True modern adventurers, your guide will be able to make you experience adventure through their passions: kayak, sea, fauna, flora, geology… and of course Corsican heritage.

We are on the West coast which is regularly exposed to winds. As the sea is calm in the morning, most of the navigation will take place at that time, before the thermal breeze of the afternoon animates the Mediterranean.

Programmes are given as a guide. Unforeseen events are always possible and situations beyond our control may modify the course of events (sea conditions, weather, group level, health of participants…). The safety of the group remaining our priority, our guides may be led to modify the itinerary.