Door County Sunset Kayak Tour: When to Book and What to Bring
The sunset trip is the one most guests rebook the next year. We’ve been running it out of the same Jacksonport shop for 23 summers, and the booking pattern tells you exactly who it’s for: couples on a Door County weekend, grandparent-grandkid pairs, the occasional solo paddler who wants two quiet hours on flat water. Here’s the part the booking page doesn’t tell you, and the part you’ll thank yourself for knowing. What the trip actually is Two-hour guided paddle, sit-on-top kayaks, beginner-friendly, launching late afternoon from Schauer Park boat ramp on the Lake Michigan side of the peninsula. Most groups are 4 to 8 people. We push off about 90 minutes before sunset, paddle a quiet shoreline north of the cave run, watch the sun drop into the bluff line behind us, and head back as the lake goes…