Canoeing on the Spree - Discovery Tour

The scenic Spree can best be explored by canoe. This way, you can wonderfully combine nature experience with active leisure fun.You start your paddling tour at Albatros Outdoor in Beeskow, where you can rent a canoe. Your Spree adventure towards the Leißnitz Ferry can begin. Before you stretches a picturesque river landscape with a diverse flora and fauna, providing habitat for numerous species that can be observed undisturbed here. You turn back at Leißnitz. If you wish to take a break here, you will find an ideal place at the Leißnitz Ferry Place, the only hand-operated ferry around, to refresh yourself and stretch your muscles.Now you paddle back along the same route towards Beeskow. Once you spot the distinctive brick chimneys in front of you, the district town is already within reach. The tour can also be extended to the Boootshaus, where you can not only enjoy a charming view of the Spree but also replenish and have some drinks. At the end of an active day on the water, you return the canoe to Albatros Outdoor.You will return with many impressive images and will remember the natural beauty of the Spree. This is best achieved by finishing the eventful canoe trip at Spreepark Beeskow and cooling off a bit at the bathing area.Did you know? In Leißnitz, you can find Brandenburgs only hand-operated cable ferry. It was built in the shipyard in Eisenhüttenstadt in 1971 and operated over the Oder-Spree Canal in Eisenhüttenstadt until 1996. Since 1999, the ferry connects the two villages of Leißnitz and Ranzig, which are separated by the Spree.Distance: 16 km / 4 hours (section of the Märkische Umfahrt)Start: TrebatschDestination: BeeskowArrival: RE1 to Fürstenwalde, then continue with bus line 430 to Beeskow or RB 36 from Königs Wusterhausen to Beeskow, transfer by the canoe rental serviceCanoe Rental: Albatros Outdoor, Nature and Active TravelLeisure:Spreepark BeeskowWater Profile: very close to nature, no locks or portages, sheltered from wind. Also recommended for inexperienced paddlers, as you will always paddle with the current.Map Material: Watersports Map Spree-Dahme Waters, Landesvermessung BB, 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3-749-040490, 6.00 eurosWaterways Atlas Märkische and Berliner Waters, Kompass-Verlag, 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3-85026-283-5, 16.95 eurosLiteratureBrochure Discovery Tours