About Adventure Vacations
Adventure Vacations is a Madeline Island-based outfitter offering guided sea kayak tours, powerboat sightseeing excursions, and watercraft rentals in the Apostle Islands. Operating from La Pointe on Madeline Island — the only inhabited island in the Apostle Islands chain — they provide a unique launch point that puts paddlers and boaters closer to the outer islands than any mainland operator can.
Their guided kayak tours bring beginners and experienced paddlers along the dramatic sandstone cliffs and sea caves of Madeline Island's shoreline, with all equipment and instruction included. Powerboat tours visit historic lighthouses, shipwreck sites, and remote island beaches across the National Lakeshore, departing twice daily. They also rent stand-up paddleboards and operate a beach shop stocked with outdoor gear, souvenirs, and island essentials.
The Madeline Island location is the key advantage — while most outfitters launch from the Bayfield mainland and must cross open water to reach the islands, Adventure Vacations is already there. This means more time exploring and less time in transit, plus access to the quieter east-facing shorelines that mainland-based tours rarely visit. Their beach shop doubles as a convenient base for day-trippers arriving on the Madeline Island Ferry.
