outdoor · Mount Kalaga rivers and Leonida coastal inlets
Kayaking is a brand-new GTA traversal option, confirmed by a Mount Kalaga National Park screenshot showing a protagonist paddling a single-seat kayak down a clear, tree-lined river. It's the most physical-traversal-focused activity yet shown for GTA 6 — closer to Red Dead's canoes than to the speedboats that have defined GTA water gameplay since Vice City. The inclusion implies that Rockstar has built proper paddle mechanics, current simulation, and river geography deep enough to make kayaking worth doing for its own sake. Mount Kalaga's rivers, the marshes of Leonida's interior, and the protected coves of the Leonida Keys are the obvious candidate locations. We may also see kayaking double as a stealth-approach option for certain heist or hunting setups. Mechanically, expect a stamina meter, a faster sprint paddle, and the ability to disembark on any reachable shore. Kayaks are the slowest watercraft in the game by definition, but they unlock waterways no speedboat can navigate — narrow river forks, mangrove tunnels, and shallow coastal flats. Kayaking also pulls double duty as world-storytelling. Mount Kalaga's rivers are the kind of geography GTA has never properly rendered — narrow, slow-current waterways that simply aren't drivable in any conventional GTA vehicle. By giving players a kayak, Rockstar opens up exploration of an environment that would otherwise be inaccessible, and it's a quietly significant design statement about how much of Leonida is meant to feel genuinely off-grid. Expect hidden collectibles, environmental story-beats, and possibly fishing-hunting tie-ins along the more remote waterways. For Rockstar, it's also a chance to slow GTA's traversal pace down to a register the franchise has never really inhabited — a stark contrast to the high-speed chase set-pieces that have defined Vice City marketing.
