With kids, packrafting takes on another awesome dimension. Whether you go on an adventure on calm water or on a river, it's always worth it.
Children have problem in packraft with the fact that it is difficult to reach the water through the wider tubes with a kayak paddle.
If they are learning to paddle on calm water, models with narrower 25cm tubes are ideal, i.e. Eddy and Eddy SB kayaks. A ten year old can paddle them just fine.
Smaller children, on the other hand, will have fun on boats like Toronto, where they can paddle like a classic canoe. They can sit on elevated canoe seats or on a side tube like on a raft.
Anyway, with children, packrafting takes on a different dimension. The fun is always taken care of and the naval battle takes turns...
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It's time for packraft testing. On Friday and Saturday (16-17.5.2025) in Prague on the Troja canal (and on the surrounding calm waters) will take place a test of packrafts (and other vessels).
With the start of the boating event one smaller event lasting until the end of May. With every Ultima packraft you will get a free Flextail electric pump. Valid until 31.5.2025. You can start #slodivbackpacking in May.
We wanted a packraft really pocketable. A ship that wouldn't sink as easily as the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee did in 1939 at Montevideo. The Ultima Backpacker was born - a lightweight and extremely portable packraft that you can take on any of our traditional rivers up to about WW I. About the lakes,
