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Grizzly Bear Watching - British Columbia
Many people think that the grizzly bear only feeds on salmon. Actually the bears come out of hibernation in March and start looking for food almost immediately. Low tide along the shoreline exposes grasses and other fresh shoots that are one of the first morsals of the year for the hungry grizzly bears. At low tide there are also crabs, eels, and other saltwater creatures. The bears roll rocks, sometimes quite large ones, to expose items to eat. Low tide offers many great opportunities to get close to the bears. Often our boats can get within 25 meters of a feeding bear. Onboard our boat or on a purpose made viewing platform you are safe even though you are in the bears natural habitat. The kayaks and the kayak support boat have to stay a little further away.
From
mid August to Mid October on mainland BC estuaries we enjoy watching bears feed on
one of the many salmon streams that the bears regularly visit. Our main
locations for bear watching on several river systems have platforms
right along the salmon spawning areas and in other locations we watch from our
boats. Being so close to the bear territories allows us to offer lower prices
for you to see the bears, and the expertise of our guides allows us to guarantee
you see the bears.
3 Great Locations
on the coastal rivers of mainland British Columbia,
Canada
View the bears from a platform on the rivers
edge
or a boat or a kayak with our power boat acting as mother ship to support
our qualified sea kayaking guides, who are out there with
you.
To ensure all our guests
are able to enjoy the experience, we need you to assess the suitability of it in
relation to physical ability.
Please read
the following to ensure everyone in your party will be able to
cope.
Our bear-viewing sessions are designed for anyone
over 15 year of age who is moderately active, as we do not require that our
guests walk great distances. However our guests do need to be able to do
some unaided walking and getting into and out of boats, so this type of
experience is not suitable for people with limited mobility.
In
spring, our bear-viewing sessions are held in small boats. We load into
the boats from the docks, which requires stepping from the dock into a small
boat.
In fall, we walk from the lodge to the bus, which is
approximately 60 metres along the docks. The bus ride is on a very bumpy
wilderness track. Once we arrive at a viewing site, the clients will
need to walk down a series of stairs to the viewing hide. There are 10-20
steps at each site. They are steep, but we go slowly and have handrails
for support. We do try to schedule a hike of some type each day for those
who need extra activity. Our guests are welcome to stay in the lodge at
this time and enjoy our selection of natural history books. As most of our
movements are on uneven surfaces (from a plane to the dock, from one dock to
another, up a ramp to the land, onto the bus, from the bus down the stairs), our
clients do need to be able to walk some distance without the aid of a
wheelchair.
Location 1 - From Port Hardy / Floating Lodge
based on the BC mainland coast
4 day / 3 night package - Price Indication Per Person 2007: GBP1200 / USD2250 / CAD2390
Not included:
Transportation to and from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.
Other Options at Location 1
Subject to
availability we offer shorter stays.
Current Availability for August / September
2008
2-night tour departures: Aug 20 & 29, Oct 4 -
24
3-night tour departures: Aug 26, Sept 7 & 24, Oct 1, 6 -
24
4-night tour departures: Aug 22, Sept 3 & 27, Oct 6 –
24
Enquiry
Form
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1 day package - Price Indication Per Person 2008: CAD400
Not included: Transportation to and
from Campbell River on Vancouver
Island.
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Location 3 - Bella Coola on the BC mainland
coast
see Multi Day
Trip
