Paddle Wild Lochs and Rivers

Your Open Explorer Journey is designed to reconnect you with real adventure in an ethical, inclusive, and sustainable way. Each journey is carefully crafted to challenge, inspire, and support you as you explore the beauty, energy, and diversity of wild places. Throughout your experience, our experienced mentors and guides will work alongside you to help develop your skills, confidence, and capacity.

With Paddle Wild, you will have the opportunity to discover more about who you are—and who you can become—through immersive experiences in nature. From the remote mountains and vast lochs to flowing rivers, rugged coastlines, sandy beaches, and dynamic ocean waves, every environment offers a new perspective and a new challenge.

Whether paddling on inland waters, exploring coastal environments, or experiencing the thrill of waves and surf, each journey is designed to be inclusive, empowering, and deeply rewarding. These wild places—across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland—provide the perfect setting to connect with nature, with others, and with yourself.

All proceeds from Equal Adventure Open Expeditions are reinvested into the charity, supporting the delivery of meaningful and life-changing adventure experiences for disabled people.

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Mike

Mike is an experienced outdoor instructor and paddle sport specialist, with a lifetime of leading and guiding across rivers, mountains, and remote environments worldwide, bringing a wealth of real-world knowledge and adventure to every session.

Suresh Paul

Founder of Equal Adventure and experienced educator, Suresh brings decades of expertise in inclusive adventure, combining innovative design, research, and hands-on leadership to create accessible outdoor experiences for all.

Chris Heaney

As a paddlesport coach and outdoor educator. Chris is known for delivering engaging, real-world learning both in formal education and adventure sport coaching settings. With a strong background paddling on inland waters from Utah to the Zanskar, and coastal waters ranging from North Africa to Greenland. He brings experience, energy, empathy and authenticity to every session and prioritises your needs to ensure you get the most out of every session.

James Dyer

James is an award-winning leadership coach with nearly 30 years of experience leading teams in remote and challenging environments. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a recognised professional with the Institute of Outdoor Learning, he brings valuable real-world insight to his coaching, helping individuals and organisations grow with confidence and purpose.

Andy Hall

Andy brings decades of experience across climbing, kayaking, skiing, and outdoor education. After 20 years as a head teacher at an outdoor cenatre in North Wales, he now splits his time between ski teaching in Italy and guiding across Scotland’s mountains, coasts, and rivers. His adventures have taken him from Arctic river expeditions to Nepal and Patagonia, but his heart remains in the Cairngorms, where he continues to explore and share his passion for the outdoors.