Celebrate the longest days of the year at Algonquin: paddle at sunrise, swim from Hondoo Island, end the night around the fire.
In late June the light barely leaves Kawawaymog Lake. The sun is up before most alarms and the sky still glows long after dinner. Fire & Freshwater is built around that light: a weekend on Hondoo Island, at the edge of Algonquin Park, just after the summer solstice. Paddle out at dawn and cook breakfast on the shore. Swim off the dock. Breathe. Sauna, then the lake. On Saturday night a bonfire and live music carry the longest day as far as it will go. It's the same weekend Finland and Sweden head to the lake for midsummer: sauna, swims and fire.
Saturday starts at 5 am. Coffee in hand, you slip into a canoe while the lake is still and the mist is lifting. Loons call across the water. Your guide picks a shore and cooks breakfast over the fire while the sun climbs. Back on the island by mid-morning, the rest of the day is yours until breathwork.
Breathe with Jeyda Deyna each day, on the dock or the deck. On Saturday afternoon , paddle in a a 26-foot voyageur canoe to our wood-fired floating sauna. Relax and loosen up and unwind. Jump in the clean freshwater. Repeat. Swim off Hondoo's dock whenever you like, or join a guided swim on Sunday morning.
Hondoo Island sits on Kawawaymog Lake at the edge of Algonquin Park, a short pontoon ride from Algonquin Access Point #1. The cottage has lake views from every room, three queen bedrooms and a twin room (it can be made up as a queen), solar power, a stone fireplace, a big deck and a swimming dock. Some guests stay in our Floathouse, a floating cabin with a queen bed and two singles. At night you'll hear the water on the rocks and the loons calling.
Two nights on Hondoo Island, all meals from Friday lunch to Sunday brunch, pontoon transfers from Access Point #1, guided canoe, kayak and SUP, the sunrise canoe and cookout breakfast, daily breathwork with Jeyda Deyna, the floating sauna, a Saturday bonfire with live music, and the services of our guides.
Paddle into the sunrise. Swim from the island. Nourish, unwind and unplug.
Be ready to be active at a walking pace for up to 2 hours at a time. Guides teach paddling as you go, and swims are always optional.
Three home-cooked meals a day: dinner on the deck, breakfast cooked over the fire at sunrise, brunch before you head home.
Heat in the wood-fired floating sauna, then the lake. Daily breathwork sessions with Coach Jeyda Deyna.
$1,095 + HST per person. 3 days / 2 nights, all-inclusive. Small group of up to 8 guests: come on your own, with a friend or as a couple.
Three days on Hondoo Island built around the long light of midsummer: a sunrise canoe, daily breathwork with Jeyda Deyna, the floating sauna, lake swims and a Saturday bonfire with live music.
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