For thousands of years, people have been traveling upon the great rivers of the Mississippi Watershed by canoe. The canoe is the ideal form of travel if you wish to glide silently past a nesting pair of bald eagles or watch a coyote hunt along the river bank. It is a pristine form of travel, promoting physical fitness and organic living. Your body, mind and soul become interconnected with the flowing water and all that surrounds you. BMA invites you to experience "river time" and travel upon it just as the ancients did.
Big Muddy Adventures is an insured river guiding and outfitting company. We offer custom guided trips including St. Louis area day trips, full moon floats, and multi day canoe camping trips. BMA features Bell expedition canoes, and "Clipper Voyageur" canoes, 26 feet long. It is always safety first, and our record is spotless so bring yourself, your friends, the family, the whole Boy/Girl Scout Troop or classroom.
 Our range of service extends from Confluence to Confluence, from our headquarters at the meeting of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, upstream on the the Missouri River to Jefferson City and downstream on the Mississippi to the Ohio River. We cover the Lower Missouri River, the Lower Illinois River and the Middle Mississippi River.
COMING SOON. Descriptions of some of our favorite routes such as:
Maple Island to Duck Island Day Trip (Confluence)
St. Charles to Columbia Bottoms (Missouri R)
Mosenthein Island to St. Louis Riverfront
St. Louis to St. Genevieve (Mississippi R)
St. Genevieve to Cape Girardieu (Mississippi R)
Herman to Washington (Missouri R)
We also offer trips on tributaries such as the Cuivre, Meramec, Bourbeuse, Coldwater Creek, Piasa Creek and many others. If you want to explore "Where the Big River Gets Lost", contact the Quapaw Canoe Company for extraordinary guided trips in the great wilderness that is the Lower Mississippi River, from Cairo, IL to the Gulf of Mexico.
Big Muddy Adventures provides all river equipment,
"River Equipment" including canoes, paddles and U.S. Coast Guard approved type III life jackets. All expeditions are outfitted with first-aid kits, rescue ropes, cellular communication (river to shore), and VHF marine communication (the type used by tugboats, U.S. Coast Guard, and all other river traffic private or commercial).
For trips in which a Food option is used, Big Muddy Adventures provides all refreshments and food, as well as cookware & eating utensils. Water and soft beverages are included.
Our fees are simple. We start with a basic rate per person per day which includes guiding and river equipment. We have an additional cost for food if you choose to have us provide, cook and serve. We have high quality tents, sleeping bags, river clothing and camping equipment for rent if you need and so desire. We provide shuttles to and from our put in and take out for an additional fee. |
