Fjordlands Expedition Sea Kayaking Tour

Sea Kayaking British Columbia: Mountains and Wilderness Adventure Touring

This sea kayaking tour of remote British Columbia fjordlands is an expedition into the rugged wilderness of Canada’s dramatic coast mountains. Join us with your spirit of adventure as we explore the amazing and seldom-seen wilderness just north of Desolation Sound, BC.

After sea kayaking instruction and paddling technique practice, we’ll enjoy a first night of west coast hospitality at our luxuriously-rustic homestead lodge on Read Island. Next morning we pack the kayaks and begin our sea kayaking journey in British Columbia wilderness with a magnificent panorama of coastal mountains that entice us as we paddle along forested island shores.

We’ll hike to a sparkling inland lake, pick wild berries, and indulge in freshly gathered seafood at our remote rainforest beach camps. And onward we’ll venture among the island foothills of British Columbia's Coast Mountains!

Entering the inlet, the wilderness of mountains and forest assume dramatic perspective: towering peaks guide us into a spectacular place where waterfalls cascade into glacial turquoise seas and snow-capped mountains rise directly from the water's edge.

Our last camp is on a tiny islet deep in this majestic fjord. Back at the mouth of the inlet we’ll be met by our boat and enjoy instant-replay (or snooze) as we return to Coast Mountain Lodge for a final evening in the comforts of civilization. This is truly a remarkable British Columbian wilderness expedition!

• Trips start with boat ride to Coast Mountain Lodge on Read Island
• Departure 1pm from Heriot Bay on Quadra Island (near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)
• 2 lodge nights (first & final) accommodation at Coast Mountain Lodge
• Skills instruction & practice
• 5 days/4 nights paddle journey and kayak camping
• Trip finishes with boat-return to Heriot Bay on Quadra Island, about noon on the last day
• Maximum 10 participants with 2 kayak guides

Fjordlands Expedition Sea Kayaking Tour

Sea Kayaking British Columbia: Mountains & Wilderness Adventure Touring

2013 TOUR DATES:
• July 28-Aug 3
• Aug 17-23

$1350 Cdn plus HST

Payable by Mastercard, VISA, or cheque

About this Kayak Trip
• Moderate to Strenuous: for healthy energetic people with a good sense of adventure!
• Paddling: 4 to 6 hours of kayaking per day
• Single and double kayaks
• Average distance: 9-18 km (6-12 mi) per day
• Sea conditions: mostly calm but fjord may become locally windy creating .3-1m (1-3 ft) manageable waves. Fjord is glacial-fed; water is very cold
• Beaches: low sloping sandy gravel or medium boulders; may be slippery when wet
• Weather conditions: usually sunny, sometimes hot. Extended rain unlikely, but possible • Temperature: 12-30 C (50-85 F). Water 8-15 (50-60 F)
• Click here to download the Toba Chart (pdf 2.9mb)

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Thank you for visiting our website. We hope you’ll come to British Columbia for a sea kayaking island adventure in British Columbia, Canada!

 

Coast Mountain Expeditions offers sea kayaking BC trips and remote eco lodge on Canada’s west coast near Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Our kayak camping wilderness eco tours and lodge based nature vacations start in BC’s Discovery Islands east of Campbell River, B.C. Guided kayaking trips include kayak instruction, rainforest lodge accommodation & kayak camping in spectacular island locations. We are one of BC’s original sea kayaking companies – offering natural adventures since 1987!