Our adventures are journeys of learning and exploration. On them you learn not just the facts but the stories behind the facts, the anecdotes that flavor any conversation. Groups are small. While we break up a journey with comfortable hotels, our emphasis is upon experiencing the region like the people who live there. Thus, we sleep in village houses or camp in rainforests or on beaches. It is the only truly authentic way to understand the world and its culures.

Led by river explorer Steve Van Beek (see main website), each journey offers unique experiences with plenty of time to hang and relax. Paddle through pristine regions of breath-taking beauty and experience traditional cultures first-hand. Food is basic but ample. Trips are designed for novice boaters. We provide all safety equipment but require that you be able to swim.

Don Ross, editor of Travel Trade Reporter said this about our trips in the May 25, 2006 edition of the Bangkok Post: “Kayak tours [that] are an immersion in local culture, to take in the stunning scenery of a remote region, rather the adrenaline surge we might associate with a kayak tumbling through white water rapids.”

Perhaps more revealing are client comments. Read them and decide if this is for you.

Click on a trip in the accompanying schedule and be taken to an illustrated itinerary. For more information and prices, contact stonewater.est2005@gmail.com noting your country of departure. While we offer journeys according to a set schedule, we can arrange a trip for groups on the dates that best suit them. We can also design an itinerary especially tailored to your requirements.

Below is the 2013-2014 schedule.  In addition to those listed, we’ve developed three exciting new trips but will schedule them only when we receive enough inquiries. Here they are in brief:

1. The Xekhong. Flowing southwest from the Vietnamese border in southern Laos, this river has not been previously run so we’re pioneers…and, perhaps, its final observers since five dams are planned for it. Thus, this will be a research trip. The 11-day trip would run late January.
2. 4,000 Islands + Bolaven Plateau, 8 days. Four days in the 4,000 Islands and four days of ziplining, abseiling, and sleeping in treehouses in a gorgeous valley by the Bolevan Plateau. Not for the faint of heart. No dates are set but if your group is interested, please let us know.
3. Xe Bang Fai. A five-day trip in which we would explore a four-km. deep cave along the Vietnamese border.

By the way, you can schedule the "Down a Winding River to a Mekong Gem" and the four-day and five-day "4,000 Islands" trips for any time of year, for three or more persons.