Self-Guided Lazy River Tubing Descent - Near Ottawa & Gatineau
Get ready for a full-day of summer fun with this ultimate lazy river adventure. With shuttle service included from our base camp and campground, go on a 15 km long lazy river tubing experience down a sand bottom river (no rapids). You will have 5 hours to complete this 3.5 hour lazy river descent in our awesome turbo tube. Enjoy a swim, take in the sun, and just have a blast with friends and family. Stop at a white sand beach along the way for a break and snacks. Afterwards, you will float right back at our base camp where your car will be waiting for you. This is Ottawa's ultimate lazy river experience!
What's Included:
- 15 km lazy river descent (no rapids) on an individual tube with space for personal items. This journey takes roughly 3.5 hours to compete with a stop at a white sand beach along the way for a snack and wrope swing. We give you 5 hours to complete the journey. You can even bring your own cooler for your drinks (we have cooler tubes).
- Shuttle service for you and your equipment up river to our river descent location.
- All of the equipment: tube, paddle, life jacket, dry bags, glasses straps, and cell phone cases.
- Safety breafing beforehand to make sure you have the best experience.
- A full map of the river to help you enjoy the river to its max.
- Access to our facilities (washrooms, showers, free outdoor games, communal area, bar, restaurant, store, etc.).
Shuttle departures are available 4 times daily:
- 9:30 a.m.
- 11:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m.
- 1:00 p.m.
It is guest's responsability to arrive on time for their shuttle departures. If you miss your booked departure, you will be taken in the following departure time according to availability. Refunds for the shuttle serive are not available for those who miss their shuttle departure time.
Turn It Into a Full-Day Experience
Want to make a full day of it? Add even more adventure to your river descent with our optional packages:
- Lunch package — enjoy a BBQ meal after your adventure with hambergers, hot dogs, veggies and dip, chips, and 1 non-alcoholic drink.
- Axe throwing — add some friendly competition to your day with 1 hour of axe throwing at our range.
Additional fees apply for the lunch package and axe throwing.
Pricing & Must Know For This Tour:
The price includes shuttle service and your equipment. The price is per person. We will send by email a full list of recommended items to bring for the tour. We do have coolers and cooler tubes for rent to bring your drinks down river. In extreme weather conditions (heavy rain, thunderstorm, heavy wind, heat wave, etc.), Aventure Outaouais & Camping Pont Blanc may cancel the activity and offer full refunds or allow guests to re-book their adventure. The minimum age to participate is 3 years old. All children 15 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Young children can sit in the same tube as their parents if they wish. The maximum weight per participant for the tubes is 315 lbs. There is a special price for children under the age of 12 at $50 per child (plus taxes). For guests 12 and over, it's $75 per person (plus taxes).
If the tour is sold out on a select date of your choice or shuttle time, please contact us by email or by phone to see if we can find a way to add you and your group to the tour.
Equipment for your activity, life jackets for everyone on the water, a safety briefing before you set off, and shuttle transport where the activity needs it.
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- Swimwear and a towel
- Water shoes or sandals that stay on your feet
- Sunscreen and a hat
- Drinking water
- A dry change of clothes for afterwards
- A waterproof pouch if you're bringing your phone
Leave valuables at your site. Everything on the river gets wet.
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Self-Guided Lazy River Tubing Descent - Near Ottawa & Gatineau

Make a weekend of it
Why drive home the same day?
Thirty-two sites sit a few minutes' walk from where your activity finishes: glamping tents with real beds, classic campsites, serviced RV pads and park-and-stay vanlife sites.
Book your site and your activity together and the whole thing becomes a weekend instead of an afternoon.