We travel with a kayak so we were fortunate we didn't have to rent one. However, there are lots of rules and extra things you have to carry with you to do this trip. Like - extra life jacket, paddle, waste system and a fire pan. You can rent from the outfitters in town if necessary. We initially wanted to do the point to point trip, but the water level wasn't cooperating so we did a boomerang trip. We kayaked upstream into the canyon, spent the night and came out the next day. It was incredible! We had the canyon to ourselves and loved every minute. If you can manage to do this, definitely do!!