Kayaking on Lake Tahoe

I visited Lake Tahoe for the first time in February and it is one of the most beautiful places I have been to. The water is sparkling clear and gorgeous with the snow-capped mountains in the background.

You can look one direction and it resembles the Caribbean, another and it looks like Alaska.

Lake Tahoe straddles the border between Nevada and California and is the second-deepest lake in the United States at 1,645 feet. Only Crater Lake is deeper.

I stayed on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in Incline Village and found a Polar Paddle kayak tour with Clearly Tahoe.

The water temperature was cold, but we had a lovely, sunny, calm day with temperatures in the 50s. We launched our kayaks from the beach at Sand Harbor, part of the state park system, and worth a visit whether you are kayaking or not.

Our tour lasted about two hours as we kayaked north along the shoreline among the amazing boulders and back.

There was only one other woman on my tour, and we had the lake pretty much to ourselves, which was amazing!

Our guide got out of his kayak and took photos of us from atop the boulders. Super cool!

I definitely recommend getting out on the water and experiencing the clear turquoise waters of Lake Tahoe for yourself. And check out more things to do in Lake Tahoe: Snowshoeing, East Shore Trail, and hiking Monkey Rock.

Where is the best place you have kayaked? More kayaking adventures: Lake Powell and San Diego.