Kayaking The Great Bear Rainforest
Kayaking the Great Bear Rainforest offers an immersive way to experience its rich and diverse ecosystem.
The rainforest is home to a wide variety of wildlife including ravens, bald eagles, sandhill cranes, wolves, deer, and black bears and grizzly bears. The sea is home to salmon, orcas (killer whales), humpback whales, seals, sea lions, dolphins and porpoises. We view a wide variety of wildlife as we kayak but many of the land animals are shy and elusive and sometimes we just see their telltale tracks in the sand or hear a howl at night. If we are lucky we may catch a glimpse of a wolf or grizzly bear foraging on the shore.
We travel through the traditional territories of both the Kitasoo Xai’xais and Heiltsuk First Nations. This has been their home for thousands of years and during our travels we encounter evidence of past and present use. At low tide we may come across stone fish traps and when walking through the rainforest culturally modified trees may be seen.
We offer the following kayak tours in the Great Bear Rainforest:
Expedition Kayaking
10 days / 9 nights
Stretching for 400 kilometres along British Columbia’s central coast, the Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world. This beautifully rugged coast offers the adventurous traveller with diverse kayaking routes, abundant wildlife, and a rich First Nations culture.
