Tour Itinerary

This tour departs from Port Hardy about 45 minutes to the north of our home in Telegraph Cove. We will meet after breakfast at 9am on the morning of you trip or you can come visit with us in Telegraph Cove on the day or days before your tour. Your professional kayak guide will greet you with dry bags and packing advise, along with all the rest of the gear for the tour. We meet the water taxi at the dock around 10am for the ride out to the islands and our drop off point. Here, over an early lunch, we will have time to get to know each other while we load the kayaks. Prior to getting into the kayaks, we will conduct a brief safety and paddling technique discussion to ensure your comfort on the water. Our drop off point is a relatively sheltered cove so there will be an opportunity to become familiar and comfortable with your kayak before we set out.

The afternoon will be spent paddling to our overnight camp. We have a number to choose from based on weather and tide conditions but we will typically reach it within a couple of hours. Once at our campsite you will help make camp and enjoy a sumptuous meal on the beach. Do not worry if you have never set a tent before, ours are specially selected to be simple yet resilient and someone will always be close by to help.

The evening may be spent around a campfire chatting with your guide and others on the trip. If lucky, you may see Orca or Humpback whales as they swim by the camp, however this is less likely than on our tours departing from Telegraph Cove. The northern latitude can provide some spectacular sunsets and due to the remoteness and lack of light pollution clear nights can offer a view of the night sky you may never of seen before.

If you are not already up to see the sunrise your guide will call you to coffee and breakfast, after which we will break camp. Our paddling route will have us heading towards Bate Passage and the vicinity of the Sea Otters. If we get near our camp site for the next two nights before lunch then we will hit the beach, grab something to eat and set up camp before heading back out on the water to explore. Alternately we will stop for lunch enroute and explore a little before stopping for the evening. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to observe a multitude of marine wildlife and paddle between tiny islands with a new and even more breathtaking view around each corner. Our new camp will be your home for two nights and is locally renowned as a prime location for all manner of marine life. If you choose a tour that spans the full or new moon then we have bigger tide. One can spend hours searching the rock pools and peering over the side of your kayak to get a glimpse of the underwater invertebrate world.. Once more your guide will surprise you with their culinary skills to ensure you do not go to bed hungry.

Day three will dawn before you know it! Today after breakfast, we have nothing to do but explore, to paddle the island archipelago inhabited by Sea Lions and Sea Otters; If we are lucky, we may even find an occasional whale to visit with us. We will have lunch either on a remote beach or floating on the water. As time moves on towards evening & when you think you have got those perfect photographs and had your fill of the ocean, your guide will once again prepare a feast for dinner.

Your final day will come round all too soon but all good things must come to an end. Our water taxi will typically come to find us at around 2-30pm so there is plenty of time for breakfast and to pack your gear ready for pick up before we head to the kayaks and spend a few more hours relaxing with our new furry friends. The water taxi ride will return you to Port Hardy for around 3-30pm. Opportunities for encounters with all sorts of wildlife abound during this ride.

This is an example of the type of itinerary you can expect. Because we believe that this is your experience, we like to be flexible. Your leaders will take weather, tides and currents into consideration to provide you with the best opportunities to enjoy what our area has to offer.