Kayaking with Orcas
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Highlights
- Be spoiled by endless opportunities to encounter wildlife
- Stargaze each evening from pristine, remote campsites
- Disconnect and experience a full immersion in nature
- Discover the joy of kayaking, or hone your paddling and navigational skills
- Simply enjoy as our experienced leaders take care of the logistics
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Trip includes
- All meals while camping and kayaking
- Experienced, wilderness first aid certified sea kayaking guide(s)
- All group camping and first aid equipment, plus emergency radio or satellite phone
- Return ferry ticket from Vancouver to Vancouver Island
- All transportation while on Vancouver Island
- Transfer from/return to Accent Inn in Vancouver
- The use of all sea kayaking equipment during tour (kayak, paddles, PFD, spray skirt, dry bags)
- Camping fees
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Itinerary
We will take the BC Ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The crossing is about 1.5 hours. We will drive north along the Island Highway to our put-in point in at Johnstone Strait and our first night’s campsite for this kayaking bc trip.
Several factors, such as weather, tides, current, group ability, group goals, and the distribution of pods will ultimately decide our campsites, paddling time, and route, and as such, a day by day, precise itinerary is undesirable and impractical. We have developed an...
We will return to our put-in point, drive to the ferry terminal, and be back in Vancouver sometime in the evening, with the intent to catch the 5:55pm ferry back to Horseshoe Bay. As we likely won't be back into the city until late, we strongly recommend booking an extra night in Vancouver or at an airport hotel.
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6 nights wilderness camping
6 Dinners 5 Lunches 6 Breakfasts
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