📜 A detailed guide for a 62-kilometer canoeing and kayaking route on the Otava River in the Czech Republic.
🗺️ Navigate 30 weirs, find 13 campsites, and discover 23 refreshment stops along the way.
Why Go
🛶 Experience a scenic 62 km river journey from Sušice to Písek
🏕️ Discover numerous campsites perfect for overnight stays
🍻 Enjoy refreshment stops and microbreweries along the river
🏰 Explore historical castles and chateaus near the banks
Route Summary
📏 Length: 62 km
🌊 Weirs: 30 (21 passable)
⛺ Campsites: 13
🍔 Refreshments/Restaurants: 23
⚠️ Maximum Difficulty: ZWC (Flowing water)
Points of Interest (by river kilometer)
- km -0.3: Vodácké tábořiště Sušice (Canoe Campsite), left bank
- km 0.0: Sušice - Railway bridge, River entry point (left bank), Půjčovna Dronte rental (left bank)
- km 0.2: Jez Malá Chmelná (Chmelenský) - Passable weir
- km 1.8: Tábořiště Dobršín (Campsite) and Půjčovna Dronte rental, left bank
- km 4.1: Občerstvení (Refreshments), right bank
- km 4.7: Čepice - Road bridge, village, Občerstvení minipivovar Šafář (microbrewery) on the left bank
- km 5.3: Kemp Čepice (Campsite), left bank
- km 7.0: Žichovice - Hrad Rabí (Rabí Castle) 600m from the left bank, Road bridge
- km 7.3: Jez Podrabský mlýn - Passable weir, Žichovice
- km 7.4: Zámek Žichovice (Chateau), 700m from the right bank
- km 8.0: Občerstvení pod jezem (Refreshments below the weir), left bank, Žichovice
- km 12.0: Stupeň - Low passable weir, Velké Hydčice
- km 12.6: Velké Hydčice - Footbridge, village (200m right bank), Restaurace Pohoda (200m right bank)
- km 12.9: Tábořiště Velké Hydčice (Campsite), River entry point, and Půjčovna Dronte rental, right bank
- km 14.4: Jez Prácheň - Passable weir
- km 14.7: Zřícenina hradu Prácheň (Castle ruins), 200m from the right bank
- km 16.3: Jez Rosenauer - Passable but dangerous weir, Horažďovice
- km 16.6: Kemp Rosenauerův mlýn (Campsite) and Půjčovna Dronte rental (200m away), right bank, Horažďovice
- km 17.1: Horažďovice - Railway bridge, footbridge, road bridge, town, river entry point (left bank), Jez Mrskoš (Not passable, dangerous weir)
- km 18.2: Jez Jarov - Passable weir
- km 18.6: Jez Svaté pole - Passable but dangerous weir
- km 18.8: Stupeň (Low passable weir), Kaple sv. Anny (Chapel) 500m from the right bank
- km 21.2: Kozlov - Jez Kozlov (Not passable weir), Restaurace Kozlov (right bank)
- km 21.8: Střelské Hoštice - Kemp Hoštice (Campsite, right bank), Jez Střelské Hoštice (Not passable weir), village (200m left bank), Půjčovna Dronte rental (right bank)
- km 22.0: Stupeň - Low passable but dangerous weir, Střelské Hoštice
- km 24.2: Jez Horní Poříčí - Passable but dangerous weir, Občerstvení U jezu (Refreshments, left bank)
- km 25.2: Jez Dolní Poříčí - Not passable weir
- km 28.0: Katovice - Village, Jez Katovice (Not passable weir)
- km 28.1: Kemp Otavský Ráj (Campsite), River entry point, Půjčovna Dronte rental, left bank, Katovice
- km 32.7: Slalomová trať Strakonice (Slalom course), Jez Hráz/přepad (Not passable, dangerous weir)
- km 33.4: Strakonice - Footbridge, Kemp Podskalí (Campsite, right bank), Hospůdka Ostrov na Podskalí (Pub, left bank)
- km 34.4: Strakonice - Hrad Strakonice (Castle) 100m from the right bank, town, Jez Pětikolský jez (Not passable, dangerous weir)
- km 34.7: Přítok Volyňka (Volyňka river tributary), from the right
- km 35.4: Jez Na Křemelce - Passable but dangerous weir, Strakonice
- km 38.2: Jez Slaník - Passable weir
- km 38.3: Vodácký kemp Slaník (Canoe Campsite) and Půjčovna Dronte rental, left bank
- km 43.6: Štěkeň - Jez Štěkeň (Passable but dangerous weir), Sport kemp Štěkeň (200m left bank), Zámek Štěkeň (Chateau, 500m left bank), village (800m left bank), River entry point and Půjčovna Dronte rental (left bank)
- km 43.8: Kemp Štěkeň (Campsite), left bank
- km 45.4: Jez Přeborovice - Not passable weir, Čejetice
- km 45.9: Sportovně rekreační areál Čejetice (Sports and recreation area) and River entry point, right bank
- km 48.0: Jez Pangl - Passable weir, Občerstvení Pangl (Refreshments, left bank)
- km 48.8: Jez Jirkal - Not passable weir
- km 49.8: Kestřanská peřej (Rapids), difficulty WW1 (Easy), Památník bitvy u Sudoměře (Battle Memorial) 1.4 km from the right bank
- km 54.0: Jez Zátavský mlýn - Passable weir
- km 55.9: Přítok Blanice (Blanice river tributary), from the right
- km 56.0: Kemp Na Soutoku (Campsite) and Půjčovna Dronte rental, right bank
- km 62.0: Písek - Jez Václavský (Passable weir), River entry point (left bank), Půjčovna Dronte rental (left bank), footbridge
- km 62.7: Písek - Footbridge, town