Cape Fear River Rentals

Cape Fear River magic awaits you!

“Fair Dinkum” this rental location is perfect for family’s and novice kayakers, paddling along arguably North Carolina’s best known river, taking in the some local history and passing through a healthy eco-system. 

We’ll launch from River Road and make our way towards some Islands to explore including Shark Tooth Island.  You’ll hear about some of the rich history of the area and hopefully stumble across jumping fish and a range of local birds and if we get lucky a Turtle popping it’s head up.

For family fun or a leisurely holiday paddle this location doesn’t disappoint, some great photo opportunities and life long memories will be made, book now for daily rentals so you don’t miss out.

What our Customers Say

Casey Gilligan

Such a fun day! Mike was super fun to talk to and very knowledgeable about the wildlife and area.

Brooke Cox

Amazing time! Very great time with Mike and Cam! They were very helpful and informative! Found lots of teeth! Thank you for a great time! 😁

Jeannette Garcia

We always seek to do something different on our vacation – this was fun; we found lots of teeth and the kayaking was not difficult at all! Thank you Mike 💕

Melissa Chausse

My husband and I booked the Masonboro tour with Michael after really loving the Shark Tooth Island tour. We were first time kayakers and he made us feel comfortable and the shark island tour was a lot of fun. We came home with 34+ teeth. We then asked him if we could book a longer paddle tour with him and he suggested the Masonboro tour. This took us through a

Chris Blackburn

Aussie Yaks is amazing. They rented kayaks to us for a trip to Shark Tooth Island in Wilmington, NC and they went out of their way to make the experience great. They gave us so much advice on where to see wildlife and what to look for. They were so friendly, especially to our 3 year old. They went out of their way to support anything we needed help with.

Rental Includes

Kayak
Paddle
Life Vest

Launch Location

100 River Park Road Rd, Wilmington, NC 28412, United States
Past the bathrooms at the rear of the parking lot by the water

FRequently asked Questions

Mike or one of his team will provide a 5-7 minute safety and skill demonstration. This will guide you through some minimum water safety instructions and a brief paddle demonstration. If you don’t arrive 15-20 minutes prior to your booking you will waive this demonstration as we are on strict time schedules.

We provide your kayak, paddle and life vest, we’ll also provide instruction and direction. We do however encourage people dress appropriately with light weight clothing avoiding dark colours and water shoes are a good option. It’s essential you bring water (Aussie Mike often has bottled water for sale) for hydration. It is Mandatory that someone in your party brings a phone in case of emergency (dry bags available for rent upon request). Tides will not effect this area.

Our advice would be early morning or late afternoon to avoid North Carolina’s harsh sun. Extreme weather conditions can be a common occurrence so preparing yourself is important. Having the correct light clothing and plenty of water for hydration is highly recommended.

Yes is the short answer. All of Aussie Yaks tours are designed for leisure, family friendly fun. Lets not forget you are not in a lake so their is a current to contend with along with wind chop depending on conditions but Aussie Yaks doesn’t take risk’s so if the conditions aren’t safe you’ll be offered rescheduling and if that isn’t possible full refund available.

Due to extreme weather conditions rescheduling and cancellations unfortunately do occur. Firstly we’ll try to reschedule but let me reassure you that if you don’t paddle you’ll get a 100% refund. If we start and complete 50% this will be considered non refundable however you you will always have the option to reschedule before

No age requirements at all. We recommend children under 12 years of age paddle in a tandem kayak with an adult.


We highly recommend bringing some appropriate footwear, water shoes, old runners something to protect yourself from oysters, rocks, anything sharp.

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