Deserted islands – kayaking in the Stockholm archipelago

Good food, fine wines, tent, your comfiest sleeping bag and several changes of clothing – everything will fit into your stable sea kayak as you head towards the outstanding Swedish archipelago.

Canoe over water to places the larger boats never venture and find your very own tranquil paradise on some deserted island.

The many Swedish archipelagos all have their own special characteristics. Norrbotten archipelago in the extreme north is very extensive and suitable for an extra long canoe excursion. Further south you will find Höga Kusten (the High Coast) with its high, rocky, dramatic archipelago.Stockholm archipelago comprises over 24,000 islands, skerries and islets, some inhabited – others deserted.

You can start your canoeing in the heart of Stockholm City and set out on a several week long canoeing holiday. If you grow tired of sleeping in a tent and cooking food on a gas stove, there is a rich offering of top-class restaurants, charming hotels and value-for-money youth hostels and boarding houses spread throughout the archipelago.

Another unique island world for kayaking can be found on the west coast, to the north and south of Gothenburg, with its more barren and wild rocky islands that have a pink shimmer and where there are excellent opportunities for canoeing close to seal colonies basking in the sun. The St Anna and Västervik archipelagos on the east coast, along with the vast, elongated Lake Mälaren, are also well-known canoeing waters.

photography by Malcolm Hanes

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