Groups
For your agency, your school, your organization, or for your team workers: Rest assured that we will do what it takes to answer your needs!
Corporative
The more the merrier! !
The expertise and knowledge of the region we gained over the past 11 years allow us to offer you an original and diversified program: multi-activities, adventure challenges, discovering the region's natural resources, open air activities such as sea kayaking, running the Gouffre river in a recreational kayak, hiking and biking.
You need advice to help plan your activity?
Contact us, and together we'll design a program to suit to your tastes and specific needs. We will first start by evaluating them, then we can come up with appropriate and versatile solutions.
Our most popular activities for corporate groups
Sea kayaking
1/2 day sea kayaking tour at Cap-à-l'Aigle
From the Port de Refuge de Cap-à-l'Aigle marina, by way of Pointe le Heu, discover rocky and panoramic sections of the Charlevoix coast: Cap à la Baleine and the Malbaie lagoon.
Snowshoe
Snowshoe trek - Les Grands-Jardins - 5 to 8 km
Discover the spectacular and accessible landscapes of a section of Grands-Jardins national Park. On the menu: a territory to be explored and a nature to be discovered.
Snowshoe
Headlight Snowshoe - La Frontale - 4 km
Explore Baie-Saint-Paul's bucolic and diversified countryside and the mouth of the Gouffre river on snowshoes, in company of an interpretive guide at night
Rivers
Rivière du Gouffre descent - La Balade - 20 km
A stroll in the Charlevoix wilderness. Relax, live the present, take a deep breath, have a good look at all this wilderness, feel its power and let the river currents guide your trip.
Snowshoe
Snowshoe Treck - L'Accalmie - 4km
Explore Baie-Saint-Paul's bucolic and diversified countryside and the mouth of the Gouffre river on snowshoes, in company of an interpretive guide
Rivers
Stand-Up-Paddle SUP initiation
Discover the new activity in Baie-Saint-Paul, the Stand Up Paddle!
Sea kayaking
Winter kayak excursion at Cap-à-l'Aigle
Dare to push the kayak experience to a new high during the season where ice still floats down the River. You can have a front row seat for the grandiose spectacle of nature's quiet strength.
You also need lodging for your group?
To complete your stay in the Charlevoix region, may we suggest the following accommodations.: hotels, inns, B&B's, tourist residences, campsites and chalets are included. Please take note that the following are FREE Web references, based only on our personal experience with these partners.
Schools and camps
Katabatik, Aventure dans Charlevoix is all about Learning by Moving!!
On the menu for students, teachers and summer camp councillors: introduction to kayaking, recreational kayak discovery trip on rivière du Gouffre, kayak-camping, nature interpretation excursions, hikes, discovery games, introduction to kayaking in a swimming pool... the options are multiple.
Needless to say all this is encompassed by our desire to share our knowledge of Charlevoix's natural resources and navigation, to teach the basics of safety, to familiarize people with the phenomenon of tides, and to share our passion for adventure guiding.
Specific goals:
- Discover the natural environments of the St. Lawrence River estuary or the Gouffre river;
- Identify the fauna and the flora that was sighted;
- Observe and understand the physical phenomenon of tides;
- Foster a sense of belonging;
- Develop self-confidence, resourcefulness, coordination and concentration;
- Meet the need for adventure, challenge and discovery.
Our most popular activities for school groups and summer camps:
Rivers
Descent of Rivière du Gouffre - La Familiale - 12 km
A must for families. The Gouffre river is still a wild salmon river, ideal for recreational kayaking. Several routes dotted with easy whitewaters are offered to beginners, families, groups including school groups, as well as more experienced adepts.
Sea kayaking
1/2 day sea kayaking tour at Baie-Saint-Paul
Snowshoe
Snowshoe Treck - L'Accalmie - 4km
Explore Baie-Saint-Paul's bucolic and diversified countryside and the mouth of the Gouffre river on snowshoes, in company of an interpretive guide
Rivers
Descent of the Gouffre river - guided trip - 6 km
A 6 km guided river descent including basic kayak training, interpretation and discovery of the landscapes along the Gouffre river and the bay in Baie-Saint-Paul.
Rivers
Stand-Up-Paddle SUP initiation
Discover the new activity in Baie-Saint-Paul, the Stand Up Paddle!
Important values
We firmly believe that open air activities allow young people to develop important values such as commitment, confidence when faced with a challenge, team work, surpassing oneself, as well as ecological and environmental values.
A few logistical details
Our activities are animated, guided and interpreted. The offer includes consulting advice in the planning and organization of your activity.
Requirements: our activities are elaborated for the various school clienteles and those registered in day camps. They apply to beginners, thus no paddling experience is required. However, we ask that participants be healthy and feel comfortable in the water.
Take time to study our offer and don't hesitate to contact us. Rest assured that we will do all that is necessary to meet your needs!
Travel agents
France - Belgium - England - United States - Mexico- Spain - Italy - China - ...
Katabatik suggests you discover the Charlevoix region through ecotourism activities. Thanks to the variety of our landscapes and the wealth of our natural and cultural patrimony, Katabatik can organize a vast range of activities that allow you to discover Charlevoix's wide open spaces.
Allying authenticity and sports experience, our packages offer a program of varied activities: sea kayak, running the Gouffre river in a recreational kayak, hikes, biking, canyoning, paragliding, tasting regional products, ... there are so many ways we can satisfy your desire to discover the Charlevoix region.
Sea kayaking
1/2 day sea kayaking tour at Cap-à-l'Aigle
From the Port de Refuge de Cap-à-l'Aigle marina, by way of Pointe le Heu, discover rocky and panoramic sections of the Charlevoix coast: Cap à la Baleine and the Malbaie lagoon.
Snowshoe
Snowshoe trek - Les Grands-Jardins - 5 to 8 km
Discover the spectacular and accessible landscapes of a section of Grands-Jardins national Park. On the menu: a territory to be explored and a nature to be discovered.
Snowshoe
Headlight Snowshoe - La Frontale - 4 km
Explore Baie-Saint-Paul's bucolic and diversified countryside and the mouth of the Gouffre river on snowshoes, in company of an interpretive guide at night
Sea kayaking
1 day sea kayaking tour | Gros Cap à l'Aigle and Marine Park
From the Port de Refuge de Cap-à-l'Aigle marina, by way of rivière à la Loutre, discover one of the most remote sections of the Charlevoix coast: le Gros cap à l'Aigle and enjoy a memorable outdoor meal there, on the Bas de l'Anse beaches.
Snowshoe
Snowshoe Treck - L'Accalmie - 4km
Explore Baie-Saint-Paul's bucolic and diversified countryside and the mouth of the Gouffre river on snowshoes, in company of an interpretive guide
Sea kayaking
1 day sea kayaking & hiking tour | Baie-des-Rochers
From the Baie-des-Rochers wharf, paddle one of the most remote sections of the coast and the Marine Park, discovering the bay itself, its Island, l'Anse de Sable and la Coulée des Mâts. An area teeming with aquatic birds and some marine mammals.
Team building
For companies eager to improve their staff's commitment.
A Team Building session by a team of professionals from the region.
We propose Team Building activities set up and organized to specifically to answer the needs of organizations and companies. These activities will be held amidst the various and breathtaking Charlevoix landscapes and the region's rich natural and cultural patrimony will be used as a theme.
Blending the discovery of the outdoors with sports and creative experiences, motivation activities are offered to working groups consisting of 20 to 100 people. They enable participants to develop and practise such critical values as commitment and confidence when faced with a challenge.
Specific Team Building goals
- Improve the team's confidence when facing challenges.
- Improve the capacity of adaptation to change.
- Develop pro-active reflexes when outside one's comfort zone.
- Involve each of the members in the team's success.
- Encourage team members to take on greater responsibilities and create stronger bonds between themselves.
Choice of Motivation activities for winter groups
- Snowshoe or cross-country skiing geo-historical rally
- Winter Kayak excursion on the St. Lawrence
- Outdoors group creative work
Choice of Motivation activities for summer groups
- Les porteurs d'eau - running the Gouffre river
- Geo-historic Rally in the trails of the Boisé du quai at Baie-Saint-Paul
- Kayak excursion on the St. Lawrence
- Giant rope pull and archery
A few logistical details
All our Team Building activities are animated, guided and interpreted. The offer includes consulting advice to help plan your Team Building activity in Charlevoix.
Suggestions of hotel and innkeeper partners will help complete your stay with us. A de-briefing and an activity report will help you make use of the contents of your stay upon your return.
Requirements.
Our activities are elaborated for beginners. No paddling experience is required. However, we ask that participants be healthy and feel comfortable in the water