NEW IN 2025!

We begin by traveling to the Maine Local Living School where we will harvest and carve our own poles for upstream canoe travel.  While on the homestead we will harvest and preserve food, use the solar dehydrator, and process acorns into flour for our expedition to the cultural heart of the Penobscot Nation.  Departing the homestead, we begin our travel with rocky, shallow, technical upstream paddling and poling. Our journey follows an ancient canoe route used by Wabanaki tribes to connect the Penobscot and Kennebec River watersheds. We face challenging navigation through the thin headwaters of two rivers, and encounter abundant wild foods, giant turtles, friction fire, and the same difficult portages that have been done for thousands of years. As one river meets another, we find our way to the Penobscot River where we will join Penobscot tribal members on Sugar Island. The next several days are filled with learning about tribal history and world views, contemporary issues facing the Penobscot Nation, and what it means to be Penobscot in 2025. With deeper understanding and even more questions, we depart once more: downstream this time, following the largest river in Maine to the salty sea.

This unique adventure links together secret swimming holes, hidden campsites, and mountain views by a network of bike trails and dirt roads. Bike travel means hair blowing in the summer breeze, seeing the beauty of the landscape flow by, and the rewarding feeling of arriving at the top of the hill. For the first half of the week our bikes become our homes, fitted with frame bags, front loaders, fork and saddle bags, 29” wheels, and 12-speed cassettes. Then we switch to canoes, where the current carries us downstream and the reward of every day is a swim in the river.   The journey takes us from the base of Mt. Monadnock across New Hampshire to Wontastaquiet, the “Mountain at the Place of the Lost River.” Along the way we will go rock climbing, descend into an abandoned mine, scramble through a rocky gorge, and bike on miles of wooded trails.

NEW IN 2025! 

Have you been waiting for the opportunity to set out on your own expedition? This summer, it's our turn!

This special edition of Kroka's famous Introduction to Adventure offers an unmatched opportunity for exploration in the lakes, rivers and ponds that are abundant surrounding Kroka Village. If you've never snorkeled in a whitewater rapid, carved a wooden boat to float downstream, or swung from a tree into the clear, cold water, this session was made for you. We begin the week at Kroka Village. The week begins at base camp doing useful work around Kroka’s village and the farm, playing in the woods and learning wilderness skills. Each day we will visit a different swimming hole to cool off and experience the power of the water. By midweek we embark on a three-day river expedition during which we settle into the backcountry rhythm of campfire meals, stories, and songs. Days will be filled with swimming, fishing, exploration and imaginative play.