Our legendary Hunsrück trainings: Land river trekking, Multiday Packrafting training or expedition preparation. Find your adventure here with a backpack and a packraft in the seclusion of the Hunsrück region. Trips and trainings with everything that makes Packrafting unique.

Our Multiday Packrafting trainings in the Hunsrück region are intense adventures and are always a combination of training and land river tour. It is for those, who want to experience a pure land water trekking tour or just wanting to test themselves and their material on a self supported Multiday Packrafting tour.

In every training a real outdoor experience is waiting for you. Whether in the 2-day variant Basic with intense workshops and one tour day. Or when in spring the torrents of the Hunsrück between the Moselle and the Nahe valley are accessible, on this 4-day Hunsrück-Tour of which we will be on tour for 3 days with boat and backpack, self supported in nature. We will move from water onto land, through rustic scenery and experience the fascination of an autonomous land water tour with packrafts.

During these trainings you are part of days full of outdoor life, challenge and cozy campfire evenings with workshops on combined land water trips and learning of outdoor skills:

  • Packrafting on torrents through unpopulated landscapes and trekking on traditional paths in the Hunsrück, which houses the fledgling national parc Hunsrück Hochwald
  • Workshops and training blocks for all major topics on independent Packrafting trips: Paddling technique, packing systems, equipment, food and water and much more (see services and prices)
  • On the go in small groups per guide - always accompanied by experienced packraft guides from our team
  • An intense outdoor experience with quaint accommodation near the river, campfire and four days of outdoor living. Training of outdoor skills
  • Team experience: coping with obstacles
  • A workshop day with a short packraft trekking trip on site, paddle training in running waters, equipment testing, pack system workshop, tips and tricks to the equipment, and pleasant campfire evening and outdoor dinner
  • Transfers and the two on-tour overnight stays included (additional costs for one night at the camp site depending on your choice of stay (tent, caravan, hut))

The Hunsrück Tour on our Land Water Blog

Johannes writes humorously about his impressions as a guide at "Hunsrück - Welcome to the South".
Sebastian writes in contrast a report about a very special, because unusually wintry Hunsrück tour in spring 2022 in "Hunsrück icecold".

Training dates spring 2024

Buchungsstand HR-Tour1-2024, March 21 - 24, 2024: Reserve spot

Buchungsstand HR-Tour2-2024, March 28 - 31, 2024: Reserve spot

Buchungsstand HR-Tour3-2024, April 11 - 14, 2024: Reserve spot

Our two-day Multiday-Basic variant: After the Hunsrück tours, in the warmer spring, we offer the Multiday-Basic course from April 20-21. More information

Individual Dates

For groups of at least 8 people, we offer individual dates on request during March, April, October and November.

The Hunsrück trainings as part of our program

The training in the Hunsrück are an exciting adventure in itself, a preparation option for our Packrafting expeditions as well as a possible preliminary course to our Packrafting expedition course in Norway.

Do you want a smoother start?
Experience Packrafting on a day in the Nahe valley on our day courses Packrafting adventure days Nahe (In German).

The FAQ to our Hunsrück-Tour

Read our Hunsrück FAQ here. For further questions please contact us personally.

Impressions of the trainings

Further information

Services and Prices

Services

  • Workshop day (Day 1) with introductory packrafting tour, packrafting compact course, packing system workshop, outdoor dining and equipment workshop
  • Three-day self-sufficient packrafting trip (day 2-4) and outdoor living, each day alternating between packraft and trekking trails
  • Two overnight stays in nature with campfire (plus the overnight stay at Camp Nahemühle to be paid by yourself, depending on the type of accommodation (tent/camper/etc.))
  • All transfers between arrival and departure
  • Snack on arrival and shared evening snack by the fire on the first day
  • Professional organization, logistics and course guidance by experienced packraft guides
  • Limited to small group size per guide for a personalized experience
  • Course documents: Detailed packing list with information on equipment and personal course preparation as well as information on travel and course schedule
  • During the tour and especially during the campfire evenings, we are happy to go into further outdoor topics such as fire, bivouac, nutrition and flora, equipment etc. at the request of the participants

Picture Service

During the course the guides will take high quality pictures on land and water which will be provided to all participants after the course in high resolution and free of charge.

Prices

Participation: 459€ per person

Rental fee for equipment: Packraft with accessories: 140€, Dry suit: 60€

The rental costs for packraft equipment are somewhat higher for multiday trainings, as this type of traning places above-average demands on the rental equipment and requires more time-consuming preparation and post-processing of the equipment.

You own, suitable packrafting equipment can be used, then the rental fee is waived accordingly.

Included in the rental fee

  • A rugged, professional single person packraft with spray deck as well as an easy to stow double paddle
  • Waterproof dry suits with dry socks and soft closures around the wrist and neck. You can wear your normal trekking outfit underneath - it will stay dry
  • Waterproof pack sack and tension straps
  • Life vest

Reservation

We handle international or non-German-speaking bookings personally to guarantee a smooth booking process. Please contact us through the form below if you wish to book a participation with arrival from outside Germany or if you are a non-German-speaker. We will be glad to have you on board.

All our courses, trainings and expeditions are open to non-German-speakers. We are proud to host international crowds and guide people of all languages through waves and trails. Our guides are fluent in English, some of them in Spanish and our backoffice is fluent in English and partly in Dutch.

In case you have landed here as a German speaker we would like to let you know that the German page has specific reservation forms for every training and expedition.

This is a generic form which you will find, for your convience, below every English training or expedition. So please name here both the training/expedition name and date you would like to participate.

Number of participants and equipment rental

The contact details of the person making the request will be included below. We only need the names of the other people taking part.
If different equipment is to be booked for different participants, please provide information in the comments field below before submitting the booking.
If you are not renting all of your equipment from us, we ask that you name your own packrafting and whitewater safety equipment here, including the brand and model, if known.

Contact information

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Further information

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From time to time our availability is limited due to adventures, so a personal response will be delayed. The current status of our personal availability can be found here: Contact and current availability.