PLEASE READ THE REVIEWS AT THE BOTTOM. The reviews at the top are misleading. If you are looking up this place on Yelp, I would highly recommend that you turn around and go somewhere else if you value your life. This establishment is run by a shady couple who are racist and just want your money. A group of us went to kayak with this company because we found a good deal on groupon. A woman by the name of Hannah (Finnish accent) who we contacted by phone told us to meet her on the side of the highway and that she would take us to the kayaking site. After we got to the site we had to unload the kayaks from the trucks by ourselves and carry it to the river. Her husband, Will, showed up with the remaining kayaks 45 minutes later. They didn't know any of our names. They didn't have us fill out any personal information or emergency contact numbers in the event of an emergency. They handed us life jackets and told us that we didn't have to wear them if we didn't want to. Before we started kayaking, Will decided to lecture us on his Christian beliefs and how Hinduism & Buddhism were wrong. He kept insisting that the christian in our group should educate the hindus in our group about christianity. He then kept continuing this tirade about Jews, Evolution, 7 headed dragon ? We didn't receive any information regarding what to do in an emergency or how the water was in the river or what to expect. He just kept saying to stick to the florida side on the left. When we started kayaking, we found out that there was a strong current which lead our boat capsizing in the middle of the river. We were stuck in the middle of river perdido with no cell phone reception and hanging on to a tree stump for our dear lives hoping help would arrive. After 30 minutes, a couple who were hiking on the Alabama side of the river (Chelsea and Billy) risked their lives and their 2 dogs to help us ashore. When we called Will and told him what happened, he told us to get back on the kayak and to keep going despite the strong current. Whenever we called him he didn't know who we were or our names because he was bringing many people to kayak. These people have no idea how to run a kayak company and they really don't care about you. For all the troubles we went through he said he would give us a discount for our next trip and gave us sprite as consolation. NO THANK YOU. They use the low price on groupon to lure beginner level kayakers. BEWARE. read more

Truly an absurd (and, by the end, surreal) experience. I called the day before, was asked a quick barrage of questions (Kayaks, canoes, or tubes? What time? You know where it's at?), and found myself wondering why the person answering the phone had not asked for my name or phone number. It turns out that these details are trivial to a man with so much on his mind. Cut to the next day. My girlfriend and I are excited (we'd been looking forward to this for a month) as we hurriedly assemble our waterproofed supplies, sunscreen, bathing suits, etc. We make it to Fran's Country Grill (that is the address found above; the official address is a P.O. Box) at 12 P.M. sharp and... nothing. 20 minutes pass, so I give the number another call. "Oh, yep, I'll be there in 10 minutes." Still no inquiry regarding my name or phone number, which still had me scratching my head. I was still scratching my head 35 minutes later (don't overscratch those heads, kids), when we finally see a truck with the company name pull up. By this time we were both pretty steamed, and had been almost ready to cut our losses and spend our day off doing something else. If only he had taken 5 minutes longer, the rest of this... event could have been avoided. We have a bewildering 10 minute talk with a man who did not seem to introduce himself (and who did not ask my name), but who would later turn out to be named Will. This part is kind of a blur, but he apologizes for being late (he had, apparently, been left waiting by another group... understandable, though a phone call would have been nice), gives us directions to a parking area near the Perdido River, and tells us that he will meet us there in ten minutes. 25 minutes later (it is now nearing 1:30 P.M.), he shows up with a canoe, and this part is kind of a blur too. Let me explain: he seems like a personable fellow, but he talks. And talks. He told us about this particular landing, and then about the landing a mile down the river, about the nature trail leading there, and then about the local government agency which was cleaning things up, and then about how there is a place that we can reserve for up to 25 people at the landing down the river, and how we can make these reservations online, all the while occasionally veering back to the issue at hand: the river, how long the trip will take, etc. Imagine all of this delivered very rapidly, with 5 discrete ideas touched upon each minute. Dizzying and time consuming. I think that about 15 minutes passed. We finally get into the car, and something a bit traumatic happened. Will, upon getting a captive audience, becomes part bible scholar and part conspiracy theorist. Ignoring all social cues, he started in on a rich, savory stew of the following topics: the dead sea scrolls; how Jews influenced Google to replace "Yahweh" with "The Name" (these two topics took up much of our time); how the Jews prefer Elohim to YHWH, the former referring to many gods (Ra was one example), which Christians think refers to the trinity (but apparently doesn't); something about how Muslims consider Christians infidels for believing in a trinity, and how Jews consider both groups infidels... I'm going to stop here. I want to emphasize that I showed no interest whatsoever in any of these topics, except that I thought it was interesting that Google had indexed the dead sea scrolls. All he got from me otherwise were a variety of guttural sounds along the lines of "hm." Moving forward (my apologies, gentle reader, but I want you to be prepared): the Mayan calendar, 2012, and how it's going to be a catastrophe. This was all said with a gleam of zealotry that was not present in any of his previous intimations, as I believe that he was genuinely trying to keep us from harm. That did not stop this part from making me feel slightly used and trod upon. Apparently my girlfriend and I were just as "in the dark" as the last couple, as we did not know about the following: that the planets will line up in 2012, and that it will do "all sorts of stuff" to the tides; that not only the planets will lines up, but the SUN will line up, causing who knows what calamity; that astronomers are either ignoring or covering these phenomena up (look up 2012 on wikipedia... there's nothing to cover up, of course); interspersed with these grave admonitions was something about the Antikythera mechanism, an archaeological find that... I'm going to stop again, just because I'm tired, and you must be too. Suffice it to say that we didn't get in the water until about 2:15, and that all we could talk about was Will. We both felt uneasy, slightly disturbed, and more than a little upset. It's no fun to be held captive to social niceties (which I have since discarded, being on the internet) in a moving car with a stranger. We didn't know what, exactly, to be offended about, as his hour of speaking seemed to have no central thesis or upshot. We left the experience feeling drained. The river was nice. read more

Wife and I went this past Sunday. We are not experienced kayakers, but we didn't have any issues. If anything, it seemed like the ride downriver was too fast! We were amazed that three hours went by so quick. Beautiful river, very quiet. It rained three times, but we had prepared and brought along light rain coats. This is a husband and wife operation. Expect to help unload boats and gear. Very polite people. My wife and I plan to go back again. read more

This is my second time to go down the river with this company! They are VERY accommodating and helpful! I lost my RayBan sunglasses and they even helped me find them the next day! I don't agree with the bad review on this at all. If you like floating rivers, this is by far the best place around to do it and a great price! Would definitely recommend them! read more

Please DO NOT use this "Company"!! They do not have a business license, no insurance, and no site!! This was the worst trip I've ever been on as we lost almost all of our belongings suffered several injuries and were lied to. We weren't met at the coordinated place, we were not provided transportation, we were not given any safety measures. We had to ask for life jackets.. in short.. I hope they get closed down soon! read more

Very nice river! Done bobs and all the others in milton and this is by far the best. The couple is very nice but they need some help. We had a 10am appt and didn't get in the river until 11:30. Plus the Groupon and their website say to meet at Frans but that's not true. It's off 196. Again, very nice couple but just disorganized. I will definitely go again. Loved it! read more

This was one of the worst days of my life, not only was the owner very disorganized, he had too many bookings, no help, and only wanted our money. We never did get the kayaks we made reservations for 4 weeks ahead of time, but ended up having to just tube down the river and then we didn't have enough tubes. As if this wasn't bad enough we had to stand around in the July heat for around 3 1/2 hours. We asked for a refund and he handed us a $5.00 bill, even though we paid for kayak rental and never got one. That's when I knew customer service was not important to him. read more

It is important to know this is a Mom and Pop business. Two people are working to make this work. You will meet the owner on the side of the road where you and your party will pay and receive the equipment needed for your trip. Hannah will lead your driver to a parking spot where you and your party will eventually arrive after a four to five hour trip down the river depending on how often you stop for swimming, eating, rope swings or resting. We would definitely use PNA again. read more

8 of us drove from Mobile with our Groupon deal in hand. When we arrived in Molino, I was expecting our destination to be at an actual address. Instead, after riding past a group of people with kayaks on the side of the road, we kept going - our GPS lead us to a dead end dirt road at some RR tracks. Turns out, that the group of people at the side of the road was in fact PNA. When I spoke to the man the week before, he gave me directions and did not indicate that we would be meeting on the side of the highway. Needless to say, there were no facilities to use before our trip. The owner was pulling up with more kayaks and one of the kayaks slid out and almost hit my dads vehicle. The kayak trip itself was still enjoyable passing some really beautiful areas and also some private beaches with beer cans at bottom of river. When we arrived at the place where my dad had followed the man to drop his car off (20 - 30 minute round trip in car and about 3-4 hours in kayaks down the river) there were 2 portable toilets, but no where really to change into dry clothes before our trip back home to Mobile. Every one in our group still had a good time with no incidents, but I don't think I'll be returning. read more

I truly hope that this review gets to any person that would consider this trip. Don't do it! The trip was on Groupon for a reduced price but before purchasing I called Perdido Natural Adventures to get more details. I explained to "Will" that we were senior citizens, had never did this type of adventure before and it was a surprise for my husband. He assured me all of that was no problem and definitely bring our two dogs as they would love it. Also he told me not to bother purchasing through Groupon as he would do us a favor and give us the Groupon price himself. What a deal. I'm now very excited. The above review states every single thing that happened to us next so I won't repeat it. But believe me when I say it was exact. Now for the worst part. Will helped us get on the kayak, my husband, our two dogs, and myself, along with a bag of snacks and water. Even that was an experience. Before we were even away from the dock one dog jumped in the water. After much to-do we were able to get him back on the kayak. Everything went along quite smoothly until we started looking for our END spot on the river. Even though Will had driven us to this very remote spot (and believe me during that ride I realized that I may have made a major mistake) everything was truly different from the river side. My husband and I disagreed on the landmarks and when we tried to pull in to the bank we were told by picnickers there that we needed to go downstream further. We proceeded and in about 30 minutes were up against a bridge of fallen trees across the river with a very small opening on one side. Thank God we still had phone service. I called Will and told him we were in trouble and he had to come and get us. He told me we would have to make it around the trees and get to the next landing which belonged to another company but be sure not to stop on their property as they did not like him. Instead pull over a short distance beyond that but be very sure not to go past the cement bridge as that was very dangerous. Now I was starting to panic and realized at this point that I had made a terrible blunder and had not did enough research. After a huge struggle we made it through the tree mess and proceeded looking for the next landing which never came because before that we came to the cement bridge. Not knowing there were two cement bridges and Will obviously not knowing about this first one which was a train bridge we headed for a path in the woods along the shore. There were no banks, just a straight down ledge. We reached for tree branches to pull ourselves in and in the process of trying to get up on the bank I fell in the river. Thank God again that I had on my life jacket even though Will said we really didn't need to wear. The water was over my head. Again with great difficulty we were able to get the dogs to shore first and then my husband. We pulled the kayak on shore and were at this point grateful to be alive. I called Will to now come and get us to which he replied he had no idea where we were. Well, we are at the cement bridge that you told us not to go by. He finally realized he didn't know about the cement train bridge and told us we would have to follow the path until we came to someone or something that could tell him where we were. At this time the sun is starting to set and the mosquitoes are huge and I am truly thinking we could roam in these woods all night. Thankfully, within a short distance we reached a clearing and then a house. A very nice women was outside and contacted Will to tell him how to reach us. Now for the final details. When I fell in the river I lost my glasses, my Nikon camera was in my life jacket pocket which is ruined. Our great savings of $28.00 ended up costing us $940.00. It was an adventure for sure but a very dangerous one. This is not a professionally run operation and no safety provisions are provided. Just don't do it. read more

My boyfriend and I, along with our dog Sid kayaked the river in early December 2013. We were very inexperienced and had a great time, the river was relatively private at that time of year. The husband and wife team who run Perdido Natural Adventures are very knowledgeable and genuine good people. They try very hard to accomodate and went out of their way to give us rides and give us fire wood for camping. We camped out overnight. It should be noted that you can only camp out on the Alabama side of the Perdido River, NOT the Florida side, which is the side you park on. Also, you may not park overnight. Therefore, you must park your car elsewhere, you will be given a ride back to the river (for $10 extra), you load the kayak with your belongings secured with rope, and you must kayak upstream about 50 ft across to the opposite side. This was the only difficulty we experienced and it was because we overloaded the kayak with our things, 2 of us, and a dog on the front. We made it nonetheless and had a truly magical time camping on the beautiful riverbank! It was like renting a private beach for the night (in December) and the weather was still great. You call or arrange a set time and Perdido Natural Adventures will pick you up the next day. Would do again! read more

Well, where do I begin? After calling around this guy had the best deal on a canoe trip. After reading Ian's review I thought twice about it but then said to myself "It's only one review." Big mistake. A group of 20 of us met at Fran's at the scheduled time. The bus was already there and we were able to get loaded and on our way pretty much on time. Some of us planned on camping that night so Will allowed us to canoe our stuff over to the sandbar across the river at Fillingim's Landing. While we were in the process of this he mentioned that he had to go get another group on the river and that he would be right back. So he took off with our personal items still on the bus (wallets, cell phones). He took off about 9:30 or so. At 10:20 I called him to ask where he was at. "I'll be back in 10 minutes," he said. Another hour goes by and we call again, "I need to fill up the bus." After several more calls, he FINALLY shows back up around 12 or 12:30. FWIW, the bus only had 1/4 tank when he arrived, so the whole filling up the bus story doesn't pan out. We finally get to the river a little before 1:00, 4 hours after our agreed upon time. When we get there we realize that he didn't bring as many canoes as we had agreed upon either (agreed at 10, he brought 8). We tripled up on some of the canoes, no big deal. i just didn't like the fact that we had been lied to. The river itself was great, but that doesn't factor into his horrible business practices. He also says that you can camp on any sandbar you want to which is false according to an FWC officer we talked to. I will never use this business again, there are other places you can go and pay a little more money for much better service. read more

**********BEWARE***********PLEASE READ AND SHARE!!!!!! I made the reservation almost two weeks in advance. The morning of our appointment time, we went to the Fran's Grill that was to be the meeting place. We were there early and 15 min before we were to be met, I called to confirm. The owner stated that he was running late after I had to remind him of the reservation. We were told to go to another spot that was to be the start of our CANOEING trip. After waiting almost an hr, the owner called to say that he was on his way. We were left waiting beside a bridge on the side of the rd with our party of 15 including young children. As we waited, more and more people showed up to meet with the owner also. After another hour, he finally showed up without any equipment. There was no shuttle. There was no other help with him. The drivers of the personal vehicles were told to follow him to another place to leave our vehicles. When we got there, there were too many people to carry back at one time in his small suv that was filled with junk. He left us and went to the "warehouse" to get the CANOES and kayaks. When he came back after 30 mins, he took three people with him, and one of the guys had to stand on the back of the trailer holding the canoe and ride back to the bridge like that. It was close to five miles down the road. We waited there another 30 mins until he came back to get us. My brother and my daughter's fiance' had to ride standing on the trailer with the rack back to the place. The owner drove really fast and up to 60 mph back to the bridge. I asked several times where the canoes were because he had kayaks on the trailer with only one canoe. He kept telling me that he had what we needed. When we got back to the bridge, there was only the one canoe. He assured us that the kayaks were more stable in the water than the canoe and that we would be fine in them. Another couple took the canoe without any discussion with the rest of us. My brother and his 4 yr old got on a small kayak, my daughter's fiance' on a small kayak, my 11 yr old daughter and 9 yr old nephew on a double kayak, my daughter and 3 yr old grandson on a small kayak, my 13 yr old nephew on a small kayak, and my mom and I were going to have a three person kayak with the cooler and bag with snacks and supplies. The owner assured us that we would be fine like that. Before my mom and I could even get into the water, my daughter and grandson capsized alittle ways downstream. The owner had already left at the point and half of our party were already making there way downstream. My brother and his youngest turned over trying to get to my daughter to help her get my grandson. Once we had them back on the bank and I retrieved their kayak, paddle and shoes that were floating away, we tried to regroup. I got in the small kayak that my oldest daughter had with the cooler and back while she and my grandson got onto the biggest kayak with my mom. We started out again trying to get back up with the rest of our group. Shortly downstream we came to a place in the river where a railroad trestle ran across. The current was swift and there was alot of driftwood pile up under half of the trestle. Lots of big logs and lots of smaller branches. I got started later trying to get everyone else situated and by the time I got the the trestle, my middle nephew and youngest daughter upon coming to the trestle were pulled to the driftwood pile, lost a paddle, and my youngest daughter got scared and jumped out of the kayak. My mom and oldest daughter plus my brother headed that way in their kayaks to try to help them. My youngest daughter was clinging to part of the trestle trying to keep from being pulled under the driftwood pile by the current. As my mom and oldest daughter got over to them, the current pulled them to the driftwood pile and their kayak capsized. My youngest grandson with his life jacket on, went under the water and didn't come back up. My mom managed to feel around desperately until she felt his clothes and pulled him up. I beached my kayak on a sandbar on the other side of the river and swam over to help them. My youngest daughter managed to swim to the sandbar and by this time, my daughter's fiance' had beached his kayak and headed over to help. My brother in his kayak with his youngest was trying to help his middle son as well and trying to help my mom and daughter while trying to keep himself from turning over. The water was over our heads and the current was strong. My mom was pinned between the kayak and the driftwood pile with my grandson. We managed to get the kayak turned back over and get my grandson on it. He and my youngest nephew were scared to death and shaking. We made it over to the sandbar on the other side and tried to get our bearings. We had no other option than to try to make it to the first park. read more

went down river today with my son and his family. (3 grand boys) ages 11 and 13. We had a great time on the river. it's a beautiful river with very nice sandbars to rest on. We choose to kayak because Kayaks don't tip very easy. A great time was had by all. Now getting to the river took a little patients. Mr. Will and his wife are very nice and they try to make it as easy as they can but it is a little time consuming . We would go back again. read more

We went with another couple this summer. Great folks. Very accommodating. Had a great time.

been going down the river for years, this is as good as it gets. it sounds like that older couple werent thinking straight, never been down the river before...bringing dogs...falling in. sorry but its sad but true...if you dont love nature and being it in you have no business doing this. read more

Went with a group of women between the ages of 25-55+. The older women were supposed to get kayaks, the younger women were floating down on intertubes. Our group called several weeks in advance to get details and make arrangements. We were told by the owner (the man), that he would pick us up from a restaurant after breakfast. Upon calling during breakfast we were then instructed to meet him on the side of the road approximately 5-10 minutes away. When we arrived there were a lot of others waiting for kayaks etc. We waited about 20 minutes to pay and were told we needed to go to the state park about 5-10 minutes away. We were given instructions and loaded up again. After 40 minutes the owner showed up and gave us four intertubes, but had NO kayaks with him. He said he would return with them. He sent his wife an hour later with one kayak and two sides of a paddle that were both female (meaning they did not go together). We were ready at 9:45 a.m. and this was now noon. She gave us two more intertubes and two flimsy, flat rafts (there is no way I could float on and only weight 120 lbs) and two cooler tubes that were useless as my 20 lbs of ice melted before we even started floating. At one point he literally gave away a tube we had set aside to another group. The trip was almost five hours start to finish and while we made the very best of it....I would NEVER use this company again. They wasted our time and money. He did not help bring the tubes from the water. He did not offer to reimburse for the difference of the cost in kayaks and floats. He did try to give us a return trip, but there is NO way I would trust his word at this point. USE ANOTHER COMPANY! read more

**BEWARE** For some reason Yelp will not show negative reviews-- hence why I have to unfortunately give this "business" five stars. READ THE 14 "NOT RECOMMENDED REVIEWS" AT THE BOTTOM!!! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!! My mom used Groupon to find this deal. She reserved the trip at least 2wks in advance. We were told by the owner, as well as the website stating that we were to meet at Fran's Country Grill in Molino, to be shuttled on a bus to the river to be launched in our CANOES at 9am on Saturday. We get to Fran's and call him, and he claims to have had a flat and to meet him on the side of the road a few miles away. Once we get to the launch site, which is way down an embankment off the side of a remote road, we meet another couple who is supposed to be kayaking also. After standing in the sun for over 2hrs, with other groups showing up during that time, the owner finally shows up and begins telling us about his Finnish wife, his religion, ranting about other random things, and doesn't stop for at least 10mins. He tells us that everyone who drove will have to take the cars to another site, while everyone else sits and waits even longer. Mind you, he is in his personal SUV. He takes the drivers and doesn't come back from his "3min trip getting the CANOES and kayaks" for at least 30mins. The trailer for the boats only holds about 6-8 canoes/kayaks. He then takes more people back to get more canoes and kayaks, which takes another 30mins or so. Mind you, we have children ranging from 3yrs to 14yrs, who are growing very restless standing around in nasty mud. After coming back with only 1 canoe and several kayaks, he tells us that the children will be fine alone in the kayaks, that they are the most stable. One couple in our group takes their 5yr old on the canoe. I get on a medium-sized kayak with my 3yr old son, as well as everyone else in our group being stuck with their kids being in canoes by themselves. He again assures us that the kids will be fine, all the rain from the previous week will not affect us, and that the only thing to watch out for is some logs under a bridge. As soon as I take off with my son, we almost immediately flip. Luckily I'm able to grab him and have to let go of the kayak to save ourselves. We barely make it to the wooded bank because of the current being so strong. After walking back to the launch site, the owner puts us on a 3-seater kayak, with me in the front, my son in the middle, and my grandma in the back. We take off again, with really no other choice because everyone in our group, including Isaac (with our keys), is down the river. As we near the bridge with all the logs and only one opening, my sister and cousin, who are both 11, capsize and are at the point of almost being pulled under the logs because of the current. Everyone tries to group up at the logs to help them get back on their kayak. As our kayak BUMPS against the logs, our boat capsizes and I'm not able to grab my son, as he was behind me. HE HAD HIS LIFEJACKET ON. As soon as me and my grandma are above water, we begin searching for him because the current pulled him under. Luckily she was able to grab onto his lifejacket and pull him up from under the logs before he got pulled under even further. We make it back to the bank, and my mom calls the owner to let him know what happened and that he needs to come get us right now, because my little cousin (4yr old), and my son, WHO IS THANKFULLY ALIVE, are terrified to get back into the water. He tells us that there is absolutely nothing he can do, and that our only option is to get back in the kayaks and go to the first pickup point, which is about an hour downstream. Since there was no way for us to get back upstream and to the other side of the river to the launch site without risking ours and our children's lives, we get back onto the kayaks and luckily make it to the first pickup point at a state park with only others capsizing another time or two. He told my mom that he would be there to pick us up, but was nowhere to be found. She called again, and he pulled up within about 10mins. He had only his personal SUV, which was loaded with a bunch of junk and had a igloo doghouse on top. He makes us wait, very traumatized at this point, while he takes our drivers back to our cars so they can come get us. After hearing our horror story, the only thing he can muster up is "I completely understand." The "man" even had the nerve to say that we should have had our lifejackets on-- WE DID!! The current was so absolutely strong that it pulled you under! If he is supposed to be a professional businessman, he should keep up with the river's level, current, obstructions, and tell people when and if it is safe to do the trip. He offered no sympathy, just a free trip-- only after my uncle chewed him COMPLETELY out because he could not shut up talking about his personal life, giving us no attention. He had no compassion, sympathy, or customer service skills. read more