Great bear rainforest, west coast, british columbia. The day begins with breakfast onboard a chartered jet. Campbell river grizzly tours located on vancouver island, bc, canada experience grizzly bears in the wild in bute inlet on the orford river. If youre looking for the ultimate alaska bear experience, this is it. With an estimated 7,000 12,000 black bears living in the region, a guided tour is a smart way to see these gorgeous creatures in their natural habitat, eating. We offer bear watching tours in covered family boats with back viewing decks, zodiacs, and open deck boats. Grizzly bear tour grizzly bear tour prince rupert tours from midmay to the end of july 7 hr.
Situated at the headwaters of the chilko river, the waterfront camp is comprised of deluxe safari tents built on top of wildlife viewing platforms and a spacious dining area and. To my dismay most tours do not allow children under 8 yrs. Haida gwaii queen charlotte islands great bear rainforest gulf islands princess louisa inlet. Grizzly bear viewing holiday on the west coast of british columbia, canada. Grizzly bear watching in bella coola valley is best from mid august into october, when highest numbers of grizzly bears congregate in the company of bald eagles and black bears to feed on spawning pacific salmon throughout the bella coola valley on bc s west coast of canada, with the atnarko river in tweedsmuir park being one of their densest congregation areas. Here, you can take part in wildlife tours for grizzly bears, black bears, killer whales, dolphins, and much more. Bearviewing and wilderness experiences wild bear lodge. Grizzly bears of the wild tour sea wolf adventures.
Wilderness lodge specializing in grizzly bear and wildlife tours. Please call great bear lodge before 5pm the day before tour departure to reconfirm. Grizzly bear watching tours in british columbia, canada knight inlet lodge offers wildlife viewing packages ranging from two to six nights for our spring, summer and fall bear viewing and ecoadventure seasons. Witness the magnificent polar bears of churchill congregate round the mouth of the hudson bay, waiting for their seal hunt to begin. Grizzly bear photo tour in the chilcotin mountains tentative dates late september early october, 2021 contact john if you are interested in more details as they become available for his 202021 grizzly bear photography tours. Welcome to knight inlet grizzly bear viewing tours at knight inlet lodge in beautiful british columbia, canada. A variety of bear watching tours on each day of your package, lead by local guides with years of experience. As if on cue, the sow thrusts her snout in the air, then breaks into a lumbering sprint along the shoreline toward where, we soon discover, a 450pound. Grizzly bear viewing tours \grizzly bear watching tours are full day 8 hour tours. Guided bear watching tours and wilderness adventures viewing grizzlies and black bears in bc. Offering fullyimmersive bear viewing, nature and wilderness holidays at a small, private lodge in the mountains of british columbia. Click here to read about the ebbs and flows of a grizzly bear seasonwhat sorts of behaviors and activities you can expect when. Along the way, black bear, whales and other marine life are often.
Experience grizzly bears up close and personal with our tours to toba inlet. Join kynoch adventures on a grizzly bear tour in tweedsmuir park in bella coola valley british columbia canada. Its official name is kermode bear, and it exists only here, in the remote and rugged forgotten coast of british columbia. Comox valley, vancouver island bear tours comox valley the valley of festivals, farmers market on sat am, trumpeter swan, vancouver island music festival, filberg festival, comox nautical days, kitty coleman woodland gardens see. Uk 0203 424 9666 download brochure send an enquiry request a callback. Visit churchill, manitoba, the polar bear capital of the world in october and early november when polar bears gather at nearby cape churchill waiting for the ice to form on hudson bay.
Join first nation guides on a tour through the aweinspiring waterways of their peoples traditional territories. Grizzly bear watching tours in british columbia, canada. Save on a spectacular bc coast tour package with bc ferries vacations. This means schedules dont need to be tailored around other companies accessing this. Our guide hugh picked us up at our hotel in banff in a comfortable air conditioned bus, which filled up with 24 guests from various parts of the world. I loved the pretrip, we got to photograph a coyote on the kill and a black bear prior to the grizzly bears on the river. Great bear lodge tours have exclusive access to a valley in great bear rainforest renowned as being incredible bearspotting territory. Jones eagle bear lodge has one of the most beautiful settings that could be imagined with a beautiful mountain reflected in. Bear viewing tours and land rover excursions in whistler. This was a 10 hour day which included scenic spots along the way. Travel through the coast mountain range to rarelyseen scenic destinations and take in wildlife bear viewing up close at an affordable price. West coast grizzly bear tours highlight of our holiday. Spot black or grizzly bears, salmon spawning up a river, or eagles, mountain sheep, caribou, and more on wildlife tours in british columbia.
Tripadvisor full day grizzly bear tour provided by. Accommodation at the great bear lodge, interpretive discussion and welcome orientation for wildlife viewing, m orning and afternoon bear viewing sessions, guided by a wildlife biologist, w ildernessgourmet meals including complimentary wine and beer, t ransportation to and from the great bear lodge departing port hardy, s lide shows and video presentations on the local. Board your via rail train through the mountains, following the mighty skeena river to the pacific coast rainforest. Grizzly bears of the wild tour kingfisher 20200305t23. Low volume tours take a maximum of ten guests on authentic adventures through the. Grizzly bear viewing knight inlet lodge resort grizzly. We offer grizzly bear tours, grizzly bear watching and wildlife adventure tours. We provide whale and grizzly bear tours, and great bear rainforest tours.
Our grizzly bear tours, whale watching and wildlife viewing tours offer spectacular opportunities. Grizzly bears once roamed across north america, but today their numbers are greatly reduced. Are there any grizzly bear tours in bc which cater for all ages and are priced at a level which doesnt mean taking out a second. Once the ice is stable, they head out to spend the winter hunting seals. The bear season in canada lasts from april or may to october when black and brown bears are out of hibernation. The bear viewing season winds down as the bears head up river to feast on salmon, usually sometime in october. The rare whitecoated variant of the black bear that is primarily found within a small section of british columbias central coast has a strong cultural and almost spiritual significance to. The grizzly details our excursions begin in picturesque telegraph cove, british columbia on northern vancouver island. We were hoping to do a grizzly bear tour in bc while in canada. All of our packages begin with your arrival in campbell river, vancouver island and include a one night stay there. A first nations wildlife journey into the great bear rainforest. Grizzly bear watching and viewing tours in the great bear rainforest.
An 8day adventure cruise aboard the 54 foot motor yacht great bear ii. Join apex expeditions on a canada spirit bear tour through a labyrinth of ancient mossdraped woods and stunning fjords in the great bear rainforest and princess royal sound. As we travel north through chatham sound you will be fascinated with stories about the historic native villages. Fullyimmersive nature and wilderness experiences deep in bcs inland rainforest you can expect to see several black bears and may well see moose, elk and grizzly bears. Grizzly bear tours bc, knight inlet grizzly bear lodge. From early may through october, great bear nature tours offers grizzly bear viewing excursions from port hardy to a beautiful river valley on the central coast of british columbia. Bear watching in canada grizzly bear holidays canadian affair. Full day grizzly bear tour provided by campbell river whale watching and adventure tours. Grizzly, black, and spirit bears live and thrive in the rich oldgrowth forests, misty fjords, and rocky coastlines. Grizzly bear and wildlife photography vacations and tours at tsylos park lodge located in british columbia, canada. Campbell river whale watching and adventure tours, e dock, campbell river, bc, canada. Grizzlies are usually very elusive, but in the fall they come to the orford river to feast on spawning salmon. Their tours are conducted on canadas famous natural fjord, knight inlet british columbia, and on the salmon rivers that flow into knight inlet.
Some grizzly bear tour guests stay in log cabins beside the river. All trips departarrive at the discovery harbor marina, main walkway, campbell. Canada wildlife holidays 2020 2021 nature travel specialists. You might even spot a bear from the highway, though its best to access many of the remote areas in northern bc via a guided bearwatching trip.
Kynoch adventures, bella coola bc, grizzly bear tour youtube. Comox valley, vancouver island bear tours tiderip grizzly. Grizzly bear watching holidays in british columbia, canada. One prime viewing area within the great bear is the remote bella coola valley, where you can witness massive grizzlies feasting on salmon as you drift down the atnarko river.
Rivest is the cofounder and head guide of great bear lodge, the floating nature center that arranged this expedition the lodge offers grizzly bear viewing tours from early may through october. Spirit bear, grizzly bear viewing and whale watching. Getting here west coast grizzly bear tours british. Great bear rainforest tour with bluewater adventures. Commercial bear viewing association of british columbia. Explore the pristine natural world of british columbias coastal grizzly bear. Please download your trip details and joining instructions here. Grizzly bear viewing tours 2 3 nights knight inlet. You can also check in with local visitor centres for more information about guided bearwatching tours available through the area. Or f or a rare treat, take a tour from nearby klemtu in search of the elusive kermode spirit bear, a black bear with a unique white coat. Visitors to british columbia appreciate the diversity of wildlife found in the forests, coastal regions, and wilderness waterways of canadas western most provinces. The spirit bear is canadas most elusive, magical bear. They are almost mythical and legendary in their nature. While supporting local first nation tourism, get up close and personal with british columbias grizzly bears on an intimate and immersive wildlife watching experience.
The campaign to save the great bear rainforest has heightened efforts to conserve this habitat from further logging and oil pipeline development that threaten the bears future. Whistler bear viewing tours whistler bc tourism whistler. Enjoy your visit to our website, then call or email us. In past seasons our hunters have harvested trophy moose, bear, mule deer, and cougars, and we are looking forward to an exceptional upcoming hunting season. On the untouched islands and misty valleys of canadas far western edge, shrouded by towering forests of spruce and fir, a rare and ghostly creature lives. From your comfortable base in churchill, visit historic cape merry and the outside of the famous polar bear jail, and enjoy an evening dog mushing tour with the possibility of seeing the northern lights overhead. Join with us to reconnect with nature and learn about first nations culture in an all in one experience that combines respectful wildlife viewing with a sustainable tour through the super natural scenery of northern vancouver island and coastal mainland bc. In the heart of british columbia just an hour flight north of vancouver, bear camp offers the chilcotin regions most hospitable and unique accommodation experience. Early in the morning, we went with dave on the boat to toba inlet. The great bear rainforest in fall bc west coast charter. You can find half of all canadas grizzly bears in this province alone. Knight inlet lodge resort grizzly bear tours bc, canada. Aboriginal journeys wildlife and adventure tours campbell. First class bc wilderness cruises, coastal tours and charters on the west coast of british columbia aboard the 54 ft.
If you are interested in touring with children under the age of 10, check out our family tours. The standard of bear viewing in british columbia, canada. Great bear lodge tours have exclusive access to a valley in great bear rainforest renowned as being incredible bear spotting territory. Bear watching on vancouver island watch black bears live and play in ucluelet, tofino, telegraph cove, campbell river, port mcneill, and many other locations around the island.
In late summer, when the salmon arrive to spawn, bella coola is host to one of the highest concentrations of grizzly bears on the planet. Great bear rainforest central bc coast, bc, canada. Known as the great bear rainforest, this area is one of the best places in the world to observe grizzly brown bears. Grizzly bear watching journey 2020 grizzly bear viewing season august 20 to october 15 on our grizzly bear journey which departs from campbell river on vancouver island, you will enjoy a scenic 2 hour boat ride on our highspeed, covered vessel to toba inlet. Only 400 or so spirit bears are thought to exist, living exclusively along this wild portion of the british columbia coast. Along the way, keep your eyes open and cameras ready for whales, seals, sealions, dolphins and. Here is some information that will be helpful when planning your stay at great bear lodge. Grizzly bear tour seine boat inn alert bay, bc, canada.
Information for your wildlife tour we hope that you are getting excited about your trip. Bears through the seasons travel the bear trails of the iconic grizzly with the bear whisperer zoom imagebear. Grizzly bear tours maximize the opportunity to spot these solitary creatures in the wild. Join us aboard our covered vessels, where we will embark along the beautiful british columbia coastline towards the toba inlet for an experience that you will never forget. Our expeditions grizzly bear tours knight inlet, bc. Scientists think there are only about 400 in existence, and sightings are rare. Departing port mcneill 7am daily july through october. Description of grizzly bear watching holidays in british columbia, canada if youre longing to go bear watching, british columbia is certainly one of the best places in canada to put your ambitions into action with a range of wellplaced hides and scenic boat tours providing just a couple of ways to spot grizzlies in pristine wilderness areas, such as the great bear rainforest. Grizzly bear tours, grizzly bear watching, whale watching, wilderness boat tours. Grizzly bear viewing tours \grizzly bear watching tours run from august 20th to october 15th 2019. You can also partake in a bearwatching tour at grizzly bear ranch or kicking horse mountain resort near golden, bc. On this magnificent one day tour, you will board a chartered aircraft and fly nonstop from calgary or edmonton to prince rupert, bc. Spring bear viewing, nature and wilderness holiday mayjune.
Including the great bear rainforest, home of the kermode spirit bear. Whistler and blackcomb mountains are home to up to 60 black bears and cubs. Great bear circle tour bella coola eagle lodge 6 nights. Retrace the ancient steps of the first nations and fur trading routes while keeping watch for eagles, bears, and moose. This means schedules dont need to be tailored around other companies accessing this special part of the world. British columbia is king when it comes to grizzlies with salmonfilled rivers and the temperate depths of the great bear rainforest. Grand entrance to the great bear rainforest bella coola grizzly tours is a land and marine based operation out of bella coola, british columbia, canada. The purpose of the trip was to see a grizzly bear in a 20 acre refuge on kicking horse resort in golden, bc, canada. Bc grizzly bears hemmings photo tours british columbia.
Canada spirit bear tour great bear rainforest apex. Classic canadian tours grizzly bear west coast tour our tours. Visitors are offered unparalleled opportunities to see the bears up close in their natural environment, from specially designed tundra buggies. Guided grizzly bear viewing tours, bella coola, bc, canada. If the day you are looking for is fully booked, please call the office as we do run a list for a second vessel. Come aboard for a cruise to the famous khutzeymateen valley of the grizzly. Nearly half of canadas grizzlies, around,000 bears, are found in british columbia. Book a canada bear watching holiday with canadian affair for the chance to see brown bears, grizzly bears, black bears and polar bears in the wild in bc. Stay tuned for more information on johns 2020 grizzly bear photography trips to british columbia. Knight inlet lodge offers wildlife viewing packages ranging from two to six nights for our spring, summer and fall bear viewing and ecoadventure seasons. Bear watching in canada grizzly bear holidays canadian. The trips you are thinking of are up further north on the coast. Getting to campbell river, british columbia, canada. Eagle eye adventures is the most reliable whale watching tours company in canada.
Please download your trip details and joining instructions. About an 80kilometre seaplane flight from port hardy in british columbia. A coastal british columbia nature cruise that will take you to remote areas of canadas inside passage. We meet all transport canada specifications and regulations for safety and stability. Oct 08, 2014 on this magnificent one day tour, you will board a chartered aircraft and fly nonstop from calgary or edmonton to prince rupert, bc where you will be shuttled to a fully weatherproof 72 foot. Known as the great bear rainforest, this area is one of the best places in the world to observe grizzly brown bears and many other forms of wildlife including black bears, wolves and bald eagles. Companies offer bear watching tours on the coast because there are places there where bears have an abundant, seasonal food source spawning salmon and they will gather in those places, and also tolerate the presence of other bears because the abundance of food. Adventure quest whale watching and tours, campbell river. Day trips to see the grizzly bears in knight inlet. In actual fact, they are simply black bears with odd colouring. You can get right up to these beautiful giants on a tundra buggy tour. A day tour to view the grizzly bears of the wild in british columbias knight. Great bear adventure tour bella coola eagle lodge bc ferries.
Grizzly bear tours bc canada lonely planet forum thorn tree. Were located on vancouver island and that means that you can get here using a variety of different transportation methods. This was one of the best trips of our trip in canada. Adventure quest tours offers whale watching, grizzly bear and wildlife adventure tours in campbell river, british columbia, vancouver island. Contact us bc west coast charter cruises, wilderness tours. Grizzly bear viewing tours from early may through october, great bear nature tours offers grizzly bear viewing excursions from port hardy to a beautiful river valley on the central coast of british columbia. Bear viewing tour formats include wilderness river drifts and guided nature hikes. Experienced guides, certified by the commercial bear viewing association. Booking a wildlife watching holiday is the only way youll see it in the wild. Wildlife watching vancouver island photo tours british. Grizzly bear photography tour in british columbia, canada. Grizzly bear tours in canada take place from lodge accommodations where visitors stay for the duration of their tour. Churchill in manitoba is the best location to search for polar bears during october and november. Our tours are offered as soon as the bears wake up from winter hibernation, which is usually sometime in april or may.
We offer guided marine tours, wildlife viewing and grizzly bear watching, with lodging in our deluxe log cabins or aboard our 42 foot vessel the mv nekhani. Grizzly bear viewing knight inlet lodge resort grizzly bear. Kynoch adventures bear viewing tours bella coola bc canada. Why are grizzly bear tours only available in the fall. Classic canadian tours is excited to present the one day grizzly bear tour. A maximum of just 8 travelers we charter a small ship for our. Travel in a comfortable 4x4 vehicle through ski area habitats while traversing the largest concentration of mother bear ranges in the region. Watch our promotional video welcome to knight inlet grizzly bear viewing tours at knight inlet lodge in beautiful british columbia, canada.
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