Crystal Kayak Glow Tour

Discover the San Marcos River at night in a glowing crystal kayak. Choose your LED light color and explore the aquatic underworld with expert guides.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • San Marcos River - The San Marcos River bursts forth from the Edwards Aquifer through 200 spring openings at the bottom of Spring Lake in the heart of San Marcos, Texas. The river provides a refreshing playground for swimming, canoeing, and tubing.
What's Included
  • All equipment is provided: Kayaks, paddles, life jackets, etc.
Additional Information

Experience the beautiful San Marcos River at night using translucent kayaks equipped with special underwater LED lights. The crystal kayaks are like a magnifying glass into the amazing aquatic underworld beneath you, and the LED lights offer seven different colors and settings for you to choose from. All equipment is provided for your tour, including life jackets, paddles, and translucent light-up kayaks. You can also bring your own beverage of choice (21+ and no styrofoam or glass bottles).

The tours are led by experienced and knowledgeable guides who will teach you about the unique wildlife, scenery, and history of the San Marcos River while giving helpful instruction and guidance throughout the tour, making this a perfect activity for beginners, experts, and everyone in between. Crystal kayak glow tours with are an unforgettable and unique activity that offers a surreal paddling experience under the stars!

  • PASSENGERS MAY NOT EXCEED 250LBS EACH AND THE OVERALL WEIGHT OF THE KAYAK MAY NOT EXCEED 425LBS.
Location
170 Charles Austin Dr
Charles Austin Drive
Park in the parking lot and walk over towards the circular drive near Lions Club tube rental. Look for the blue PaddleSMTX van!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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513elvas
Sep 3, 2024
Crystal Clear Kayak kind of night!! - Best solo kayak trip ever! I enjoyed the lights, the clear kayaks and seen through the water. Will do again in a heartbeat.
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236moh
Sep 2, 2024
Awesome! - Kat our guide was amazing! Very patient and kind with everyone! Definitely one for the books a definite must do again experience!
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Dkmen6
Sep 2, 2024
Lots of fun! - We had so much fun on this experience! Our guide, KyeNoah, shared interesting facts and made sure everyone was safe and having fun. Thank you!
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363stanciul
Aug 20, 2024
Great experience! - Shawn was amazing at touring us and made the experience so fun!! Definitely a must try glow kayaking experience if you are ever around the area
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Dipanst
Aug 19, 2024
Amazing glow in the dark kayak - The glow in the dark kayaking was a magical experience and our tour guide, Ben was excellent!! Overall very cool would definitely recommend!
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Crystalhi2969hu
Aug 18, 2024
So fun! - We had a ball! Our guide was amazing! Such a fun experience. The river upstream even had a fun little obstacle. Would totally do again.
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357shawnac
Aug 18, 2024
Glow in the Dark Kayak Reviewed - Our guide was Ben and he was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly! He told us about the history of San Marcos, about the plants along the river, and helped us take photos! It was a great time and i would highly recommend it!!
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Destination701784
Aug 15, 2024
Great Evening! - We did the 8:15 tour and got to see the sunset. The river was calm, the wildlife was beautiful, and Kaino was very friendly and knowledgeable
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Teamtangerines
Aug 13, 2024
Glow kayaking on the San Marcos river - Martin was a really good tour guide on our glow kayak adventure on the San Marcos river! Martin shared his knowledge and love of the San Marcos river with us which made the tour not only fun by interesting too. We got on the water while it was still bright outside which was nice because we got to see what the river looked like at dusk and dark, so it felt like the best of both worlds!
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878corinag
Aug 18, 2024
Awkward, bad energy - I arrived early and was last to get on the kayak because they were short one, they put me in an awkward position with the other people there, this man was talking about giving a refund and everything and obviously I was pissed cuz I planned this for me and my friends and I can understand why the other family would be pissed too, so one of the couple just said they would take the refund and all the other family then had a problem with me so I’m floating down this lake feeling like a lame because your staff wasn’t prepared.
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1 Adult
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