If you want to explore the eight-mile-long Big River tidal estuary, Catch a Canoe & Bicycles Too outfit has a kayak or canoe for you. Check out their original redwood outriggers, you will feel like a pioneer searching for new lands. Big River is Northern California's largest undeveloped estuary. It has no roads or houses, only dense forests, secluded beaches, marshes filled with life, cool streams, plenty of wildlife and abandoned historic logging sites.

This unique shop works from the Stanford Inn by the Sea and rents or sells not only kayaks and canoes but also bikes, if a trip inland is what you want. Explore the popular Big River Trail or more challenging Manley Gulch. Visit the Russian Gulch waterfall, the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse or the Van Damme fern canyon on one of the comfortable hybrids that can handle even the most rugged trails. Helmets are required and provided.

b>Address: Catch a Canoe & Bicycles Too, 10051 S Big River Rd, Mendocino, CA 95460, Phone: 707-937-0273, Facebook

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