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Moments
Canoeing the Colorado
Paddling down a desert river is an unusual and unforgettable experience. Both
outfitters listed here provide boats, paddles, life jackets, maps, and shuttles to
put-in and take-out points, but usually no guide.
Western Arizona Canoe and
Kayak Outfitter
(
&
888/881-5038
or 928/715-6414; www.azwacko.com) offers
self-guided kayak or canoe trips through the beautiful and rugged Topock Gorge,
where you can see ancient petroglyphs and possibly bighorn sheep. Trips take 5
to 6 hours, and the cost is $48 per person.
Jerkwater Canoe & Kayak Company
(
&
800/421-7803
or 928/768-7753; www.jerkwatercanoe.com) offers a similar
Topock Gorge excursion and also arranges other canoe and kayak trips of varying
lengths. Jerkwater's Topock Gorge self-guided 5- to 6-hour trip is $46 per person
in a canoe or $58 per person in a kayak.
out on the
Dixie Belle
(
&
928/453-6776
or 928/855-0888), a small replica paddle-
wheel riverboat, or the even smaller
Kontiki.
Cruises range from $15 to $25 for adults
and $8 to $15 for children 4 to 12. The
Kontiki
goes to Copper Canyon, the narrow
cliff-ringed cove that is the destination for college-age partiers each year during spring
break.
GETTING OUTSIDE
GOLF
London Bridge Golf Club,
2400 Clubhouse Dr. (
&
928/855-2719;
www.
londonbridgegc.com), with two 18-hole courses, is the area's premier course. High-sea-
son greens fees (with cart) top out at $75 on the Olde London course and $60 on the
Nassau course. The
Havasu Island Golf Course,
1040 McCulloch Blvd. (
&
928/855-
5585
), is a 4,012-yard, par-61 executive course with lots of water hazards. Greens fees
are $24 to $29 if you walk and $32 to $39 if you ride. The 9-hole
Bridgewater Links,
1477 Queens Bay Rd. (
&
928/855-4777;
www.londonbridgeresort.com), at the Lon-
don Bridge Resort, is the most accessible and easiest of the area courses. Greens fees for
9 holes are $9 to $18 if you walk and $15 to $24 if you ride.
Golfers won't want to miss the
Emerald Canyon Golf Course
, 7351 Riverside Dr.,
Parker (
&
928/667-3366;
www.emeraldcanyongolf.com), about 30 miles south of Lake
Havasu City. This municipal course is the most spectacular in the region and plays
through rugged canyons and past red-rock cliffs, from which there are views of the
Colorado River. One hole even has you hitting your ball off a cliff to a green 200 feet
below! Greens fees are $35 to $55 in the cooler months, and tee-time reservations can be
made a week in advance (farther out if you pay $10 per player). Also in Parker is the golf
course at the
Havasu Springs Resort,
2581 Ariz. 95 (
&
928/667-3361
), which some
people claim is the hardest little 9-hole, par-3 course in the state. It's atop a rocky out-
cropping with steep drop-offs all around. If you aren't staying here, greens fees are only
$12 for 9 holes and $18 for 18 holes.
WATERSPORTS
While the London Bridge is what made Lake Havasu City, these days
watersports on 45-mile-long Lake Havasu are the area's real draw.
London Bridge Beach
is the best in-town beach and is located in a county park, off
West McCulloch Boulevard, behind the Island Inn. This park has a sandy beach, lots of
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