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2025 Registration

2025 Delaware River Sojourn "30 Years of Sojourn Time" Registration

Sojourn Dates: June 14th - 20th, 2025

The Delaware River Sojourn is a non-profit event and is planned and priced as a package. It typically costs more to put on the Sojourn than what we take in, and contributions of time, goods, and services from our many sponsors and supporters allow us to keep participant costs as low as possible. The Sojourn Committee is ever appreciative of the donations, grants, and in-kind services that it receives. The cost for Adults is $100 and for Youth is $70 per day. Please note that fields marked with an * are required.

Please review our Cancellation Policy and Privacy Policy.  By continuing to register, you agree to these policies. Please under no circumstances request a chargeback of any fees paid to the Sojourn at any time, this impacts our ability to offer this event as a not for profit activity. If you are due a refund, please allow time for us to process the transaction.

***Prior to the event, please fill out an online ACA Waiver:

All the information for the Delaware River Sojourn can be found on our web site on the Overview and Day Plan pages.  Check back for updated information on these pages prior to the Sojourn.  Please join our FaceBook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/69097023016 or follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DelawareRiverSojourn 

Purchase tickets for the number of days that you would like to attend. If planning to do the entire Sojourn, select the Thru Tripper option for all 7 days. Use your mouse to scroll up or down through the selections.                  

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Privacy Policy

 

Effective as of January 1, 2022

The Delaware River Sojourn is committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the delawareriversojourn.com website and any other web properties which are operated by the Delaware River Sojourn and governs data collection and usage by the Delaware River Sojourn.  By using the Site, you consent to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree to the practices in this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site.  Each time you use this Site, the current version of the Privacy Policy will govern your use.  Accordingly, when you use this Site, you should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the top) and review any changes since the last version.

Collection of your personal data

The Delaware River Sojourn may collect and store personally identifiable information disclosed by you, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.  The Delaware River Sojourn may also collect and store anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, or interests.  Other information that may be gathered from you and stored by the Delaware River Sojourn include, but is not limited to, community discussions, chats, correspondence through the Site, and correspondence sent to us.

The Delaware River Sojourn also automatically collects and stores information about your computer hardware and software.  This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.  This information is used by the Delaware River Sojourn solely to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site.

This Privacy Policy only applies to information that is collected through the Delaware River Sojourn site; it does not apply to any information that may be collected by other Site users, such as through email communications between you and another user.  If you disclose your information to other Site users, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of your personal information.  The Delaware River Sojourn does not guarantee the privacy or security of the personal information you provide to others.  We therefore encourage you to evaluate the privacy and security policies of the other Site user before sharing your information.  You should also review the privacy statements of websites that have links within the Delaware River Sojourn Site which you choose to navigate to from the Delaware River Sojourn Site so that you understand how those websites collect, use and share your information.  The Delaware River Sojourn is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Site.

How we collect data

We collect data when you:

  • Register for the Delaware River Sojourn
  • Use the Chat function on the Web Site
  • Voluntarily complete a survey or provide feedback
  • Contact us through our contact form on this web site
  • Sign-up to become an Delaware River Sojourn Supporter

Use of your personal data

The principal purpose of the collection your personal data is to offer you a safe, optimum, efficient and personalized experience. To this end, you agree and accept that Delaware River Sojourn may use your personal data to:

  • operate and improve the Site,  
  • process your registration,
  • provide our services,
  • inform you of other products or services available from Delaware River Sojourn and its marketing partners
  • comply with legal and regulatory obligations,
  • deliver any information you request,
  • deliver any information that you disclose to third parties through the Site, and
  • contact you to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Delaware River Sojourn may share your personal information with service providers under contract with the Delaware River Sojourn to help with our business operations. Such service providers will be required to maintain the privacy of your information in a manner at least as restrictive as this Privacy Policy. 

The Delaware River Sojourn may share data with third parties assisting the Delaware River Sojourn in providing you service(s). Sub-processors are listed below and are given access to data reasonably necessary to provide the service(s) and will be subject to confidentiality obligations in their service agreements.

List of sub-processors:

  • Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition
  • National Canoe Safety Patrol
  • Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee
  • Northeast Wilderness Experience
  • Food Service Providers
  • National Park Service - Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
  • Ecwid - Online Store
  • Printful - Online Store Order fulfilment

The Delaware River Sojourn may share data with third party payment processes who process your credit card and other payment information for the Delaware River Sojourn, but are otherwise not permitted to store, retain or use such information.

The Delaware River Sojourn will not sell your personal information to third parties.  If you do not wish to receive communications from the Delaware River Sojourn, simply send us an email indicating your preference at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Delaware River Sojourn may keep track of the pages our users visit within the Site, in order to determine what Delaware River Sojourn services are the most popular. 

The Delaware River Sojourn will disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served on the Delaware River Sojourn or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Delaware River Sojourn; (c) enforce our policies; (d) respond to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others; (e) protect the personal safety of users of the Delaware River Sojourn or the public; or (f) to report suspected illegal activity.  All such information will be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

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This Site does not use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience.  A cookie is a piece of text that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server.  Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.  Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies.  Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and you can remove cookies from your browser.

Security of your personal information

The Delaware River Sojourn will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.  Individuals who have been granted access to personal information are aware of their responsibilities to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of that information.  As effective as modern security practices are, no physical or electronic security system is impenetrable.  We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will always remain private.  The Delaware River Sojourn retains your personal information to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, enforce our General Terms of Use, and take other actions as permitted by law.

Contact information

The Delaware River Sojourn welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that the Delaware River Sojourn has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact the Delaware River Sojourn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

Changes to this policy

The Delaware River Sojourn reserves the right to modify or amend this Policy at any time by posting the amended Policy on this Site.  All amended terms take effect upon posting.  Each time you use the Site, the current version of the Policy will govern your use. Accordingly, when you use the Site, you should check the date of this Policy (which appears at the top) and review any changes since the last version.

Cancellation Policy

Delaware River Sojourn Cancellation Policy

There will be a $25.00 fee on all cancellations between the time registration opens and 30 days prior to the start of the Delaware River Sojourn.

Cancellations between 30 days until 10 days before the start of the Delaware River Sojourn are subject to a $25.00 per person per day cancellation fee.

Cancellations made less than 10 days before the start of the Delaware River Sojourn are non-refundable.

If you need to cancel due to a serious verifiable medical condition or other unforeseen circumstances, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will do our best to help.  In some cases, with cancellations that are less than 10 days before the start of the Delaware River Sojourn, the Delaware River Sojourn reserves the right to issue a credit toward a future trip instead of providing a refund.

These fees are necessary to cover registration expenses due to cancellations.  If you have any questions, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  By registering, you agree to this cancellation policy.

Thank You!

Thank you for registering for the 2024 Delaware River Sojourn!

We have received your registration, and it is in process.

In the meantime, visit our store to order a Sojourn T-Shirt! Our store is located here https://delawareriversojourn.com/index.php/store or simply click on the STORE link in our website menu.

We look forward to seeing you on the river in June!

Stay up to Date!

Complete information for the Delaware River Sojourn can be found on the Overview and Day Plan pages as it becomes available. Complete Day Plans will be available in May.

Please check back for updated information on these pages before the Sojourn. 

If you have any questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or text 646-236-3400.

 

ACA Waivers (please complete them online before the Sojourn):


Please Note!

Please review our Cancellation Policy and Privacy Policy.  By continuing to register, you agree to these policies. Please under no circumstances request a chargeback of any fees paid to the Sojourn at any time. This impacts our ability to offer this event as a not-for-profit activity. If you are due a refund, please allow time for us to process the transaction.

Kelley Nelson

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Kelley Nelson, 48, passed away after a battle with cancer on September 29.  Kelley, his wife Barbara, and their two children, Sophia and Gabe, have been regular Sojourn thru-trippers since ~2016.  They also were members of NCSP.

Kelley was a kind, generous and all-around great man.  He and Barbara paddled their tandem canoe during the entire Sojourn this year.  He was already sick, but many did not know at the time.

Here is a link to his obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/kelley-nelson-obituary?id=53228407.  The family has generously asked that donations in Kelley’s name be made to the Sojourn.

Please keep the entire Nelson family, and all who are close with them, in your thoughts during this incredibly sad time.

If you would like to make a donation in memory of Kelley, please use the button or link below.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=KGPWDRVKS3R36

Donations Received In Memory of Kelley Nelson
Adelphi Research Adelphi Group
Miriam Addabbo
Tara Berringer
Troy Bystrom & Dejay Branch
June Marie Costa
Barbara Dziedzic
Janie Fish
Allison Gallo
Mary Ann Gdula
Sue Goddard
Beth Honadle
Debra Jakubowski
Tara Jakubowski
Kim Latham
Margaret Maloney
Lorraine Martinez
Denise Mitchell
Michelle Mormul
Stephen Nelson
Jeff Nelson
Jane Newsom
John O'Neill
Barbara Otsuka
Katharine Schmidt
Elizabeth Singleton
Harold Thomas
Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition
Jacquelyn Wagner
Janice Walters
Kathy Walters
Mark Zakutansky

Steering Committee

The Delaware River Sojourn - and 2025 Pennsylvania River of the Year celebratory events - are being organized and supported by a partnership of individual volunteers, agencies, and organizations that include the following:

American Canoe Association

Appalachian Mountain Club

Aquashicola Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy

Brodhead Watershed Association

Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed

Delaware Canal State Park

Delaware Highlands Conservancy

Delaware River Basin Commission

Delaware River Greenway Partnership

Friends of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Friends of the Upper Delaware River

Konrad's Kitchen and Grill

Mercer County Parks

Monroe County Conservation District

Musconetcong Watershed Association

National Canoe Safety Patrol

National Park Service, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Park Service, Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry

Northampton County Conservation District

Northampton County Parks and Recreation

Northeast Wilderness Experience

Penn State Extension: Lehigh & Northampton Counties

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Provides Funding Support for the PA Sojourns Program

Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers

Pike County Conservation District

Pike County Planning & Mapping

Sierra Club - Pennsylvania Chapter

Smithfield Township

Upper Delaware Council

Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Northeast Region

Warren County & Explore Warren County

Washington Crossing Historic Park



The Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee is being chaired by:

  • Mark Zakutansky, Appalachian Mountain Club & Delaware River Greenway Partnership

On behalf of the entire Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee, thank you for your interest in one of the longest running PA River Sojourns!
Mark Zakutansky, Chair

To contact the steering committee with questions regarding the Sojourn, please email through our contact page.

News & Links

Sojourn Videos & Photos!

2016 Delaware River Sojourn Photos by Andy Smith, professional photpgrapher and regular sojourner

Facebook Live Video by Mark Zakutansky of Sojourners paddling Foul Rift on Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Photos of the Delaware River Sojourn: June 20-21, 2016 courtesy of Driftstone on the Delaware (If you would like to use/share these photos, please use the following credit: Photo(s) courtesy of Driftstone on the Delaware, www.driftstone.com.)

Delaware River Sojourn 2015 by Sojourn Participant Ed Eaves

YouTube video of Sojourners paddling Foul Rift on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - Video courtesy of Mike Hinkel

Check out these great YouTube videos about the Sojourn! Footage by Troy Bystrom and Dejay Branch and edited by Pocono Film.


Items of Interest from Our Friends and Partners:


Interested in natural mosquito repellent options? Check out this article shared by a regular sojourn participant.


Connect with us on social media! Like the Delaware River Sojourn Facebook page, get the latest updates on Twitter, network with us on LinkedIn, and join the Delaware River Sojourn Facebook Group.

First-Time Paddler

Please Note: the First Time Paddler's Discount is not being offered in 2025. Please stay tuned for additional updates.

 


Paddling

Paddling on the Delaware River

River conditions can vary depending on the section of the river that you are paddling and water height. As you paddle a section of the river, conditions may change from flat water to Class I to Class II rapids. Skill levels from beginner to experienced all enjoy paddling on the Delaware River. Your typical sojourner ranges in age from 5 to 80 years and may travel from all over the country to participate in the Sojourn.

The National Canoe Safety Patrol works along with the Sojourn to enhance participants' paddling skills and to ensure that all paddlers are safe while on the water.

There are a number of different types boats that people paddle on the Sojourn as shown below. The Sojourn registration fee includes rental of a kayak, paddle, and life jacket. Our livery, Northeast Wilderness Experience (NEWE), provides the equipment and uses kayaks manufactured by Emotion. Two different lengths (10' or 12') of single kayaks are offered; which length is best for you is determined by your body type. Along with the boat, a paddle and life jacket are provided. Sojourn participants must wear a life jacket at all times while on the water. Skirts are not included or required for the Sojourn. Helmets, skirts, and other safety equipment are recommended, but are optional, unless otherwise noted in the day plans.

NEWE also offers tandem, sit-on-top kayaks for Sojourners who may want to paddle as a couple or would like to paddle with a child together on a boat. In general, these boats have less back support than a sit-in kayak.

If river levels are higher or faster than normal, rafts will be offered to Sojourners who may not be comfortable paddling a kayak at those higher water levels. Please be advised that under certain high water conditions, the Sojourn reserves the right to launch only rafts. Additionally, the Sojourn reserves the right to cancel the trip if the river conditions are considered unsafe. These decisions are made by the Sojourn, in consultation with the safety team and based on real-time information from the USGS and National Weather Service.

All boats including rental boats, personal boats, and safety boats are transported to and from put-in and take-out locations by the Sojourn as required. All Sojourn boats are tagged with color coded tags for quick identification by our livery. If you are joining the Sojourn as a day tripper, please make sure you arrive at the time specified on the day plan in order to get your boat on the trailer to go to the put-in, if required.

Below are some of the common boats that are paddled on the Sojourn. Everything from whitewater kayaks, flatwater kayaks, canoes, and sea kayaks are used on the Delaware River. We typically do not recommend the use of aluminum canoes on the river, as many of the sections paddled can be rocky and can damage them. If you have any questions about a specific boat, please email or call us.

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