Kayak Camping Willow Beach to Hoover Dam 

That's a great section of river, easy and fun. I did the same, willow beach upstream to the dam, then back. Stayed at white rock also and had three sets of glowing eyes on us at night up the canyon, epic! Great video!

That's amazing. Thank you for sharing this !!! Two weeks ago my wife and I did a guided kayak tour from Willow Beach to the Emerald Cove. We've never been in a kayak before, but loved it so much that I directly bought an inflatable tandem kayak after I went home. So this week we did our first tour with it. We also started at Willow Beach and made it up to the Springs and back again on that day. But, man the wind was killing us on the way back, what a workout. lol. Now I am looking for more info from people like you who made it all the way to the Hoover Dam. It's 4 more miles from the point we made it to (and 4 miles back) which doesn't sound like much, but at the springs we were already so tired that I guess these 8 miles would feel like 100 miles. lol. Not sure if this is even possible without camping overnight. Good job on making it all the way up to the Hoover Dam and thanks again for making this awesome video :-)

Awesome video! Yes we live in Boulder very close to Willow and kayak there often, it never gets old, beautiful there. The gate you mentioned is a National parks gate so if you have your National parks pass you can get in free. Also if you go before 7 it’s not manned. Definitely sketchy when the wind picks up. Also Sunday and Monday no motorized boats allowed upriver from Willow

A vid had just popped up in my feed that was just posted a few days ago from Willow Beach. I couldn't believe the river was completely calm and the folks were the only ones out there (I guess because it was about to get extremely hot). When I was there it was for an organized group trip using the shuttle and the trip got cancelled because of high winds.

Emerald Cave, I believe.

Thank you for your video. I have a question why would someone opt to camp using a kayak with limited space other than a small canoe which should be more stable and allow more space and easier to paddle? I’m looking to get into this, so I’m just gathering info. Thank you again.

I really want to do this soon

Couple of things. The launch at the dam is a bit problematic as the shuttle services are on a very tight time frame and you have to really rush to get on the water…carrying boats and gear a hundred yards or so down a switchback path to a slippery, rocky launch. We barely had time to throw our gear in the boats and launch, all the while being berated by our shuttle driver. Thankfully there is a sandbar about 1/4 mile downriver where you can stop and re-load gear the right way. The other thing is the huge potential change in water level of the river overnight, which can dramatically affect camping. We were told ahead of time about this and, on the first night, shlepped our camping gear a hundred yards inland and up from the water…only to have the river lapping at our campsite during the night. You will need to tie your boats to a tree or something so they don’t float away. We did the same thing on our second night and the water did not rise at all…you just never know. With all that said, we had a great time and look forward to doing it again.

What was your total trip? Start to finish? I'm assuming this was a section of your overall trip.

What time of year were you there?