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Multi-Day Kayak Trips
North Shore Kayaks offers overnight adventures to many of B.C.'s most notoriously beautiful areas on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast! Each trip is a unique and memorable experience that will allow you to explore pristine wilderness and view magnificent creatures of the sea and land. These trips are a genuine escape into the wild and North Shore Kayaks guides and cooks help to make the experience especially worry-free.
At North Shore Kayaks, we provide our clients with a decadent paddling experience. On our trips, guests will enjoy three delicious meals a day prepared by professional chefs with years of outdoor cooking experience. Our guides will provide all necessary safety, kayak and camping equipment to ensure a safe and comfortable paddling experience and we usually pack a guitar or two to make sure you stay entertained around the fire.
To insure a smooth and comfortable kayak experience, we use the best kayaks being built today: Canadian-made fiberglass and Kevlar Nimbus boats.
Multi-Day Kayak Trip Locations
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7. Hotham Sound |
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Included in multi-day trip cost: professional kayak guides, kayak instructions, kayak rental including paddles and PFD's, tents and camping gear, all meals and food, a professional photographer and a professional chef
• July 20 to July 25, 2009
• August 11 to August 17, 2009
If seeing orcas is an objective for your sea kayaking adventure, then look no further than the Johnstone Strait. This passageway between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland is home to the largest known population of killer whales- about 200! There is no experience more exhilirating than seeing the dorsal fin of one of these magnificent creatures as it rises from the water within feet of your kayak.
In addition to sharing the waters with orcas, this trip includes explorations of B.C. forests and abandoned Kwakiutl First Nations Villages. Ancient Indian pictographs, midden sites and totem poles will awaken you to this area's rich native history.
This trip departs from Telegraph Cove.
Johnstone Strait: See Photos | Food | Back to Map | View packing list | Prices
2. Kyuquot Sound, Bunsby Islands, Brooks Penninsula
• August 22 to August 28th, 2009
Escape into the raw isolated beauty of Vancouver Island's west coast! Paddle through the calm, sheltered water of the Kyuquot Sound where there is much to be explored. Mountains blanketed by old-growth forest lower into the sea at this destination. On land, there are many ancient Nuu-chah-nulth sites to explore, in fact, this location is as good as any for explorations of ancient native civilization.
The temperate rainforest here is home to countless species of plants, animals, birds and ancient cedar, douglas fir and western hemlock trees. Kyuquot is truly a wilderness wonderland where days can be spent taking in the environment.
Our Kyuquot trip includes a stop in the isolated and unique Bunsby Islands as well as on the Brooks Peninsula. No matter where you paddle in this area, prepare to see plenty of wildlife including bears, bald eagles and marine mammals.
This trip departs from Fair Harbour.
Kyuquot Sound: See Photos | Food | Back to Map | View packing list | Prices
• June 28 to July 3 2009
About 70 km north of Tofino is this Vancouver Island west coast kayaking gem. Nootka Sound, the longtime home of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, have been inhabiting this area for thousands of years, sustaining themselves off the area's rich sea life and the forest's resources. Nootka Sound has countless sheltered inlets and islands and is largely sheltered paddling, making this trip an ideal kayaking experience for paddlers of all ability levels.
Nature and wildlife lovers will delight on this trip, which gives paddlers an opporunity to walk through temperate rainforests on foot and to spot animals of the land and sea such as bears, orcas, gray whales, sea otters, seals, salmon and eagles.
Nootka Sound: See Photos | Food | Back to Map | View packing list | Prices
• June 20 to June 25, 2009
• August 22 to August 28, 2009
Clayoquot Sound is often referred to as the "eighth wonder of the world" or "Hawaii of the north." Once you arrive, you will not question why. Clayoquot is recognized as one of the world's most pristine temperate ecosystems and within it, you will explore an array of islands, fjords, narrows, estuaries, mudflats, rocky shores, sandy beaches, mountains, forests, lakes, streams and ocean. Most of the land here is blanketed with temperate coastal old-growth rainforest which means that 90 meter tall western hemlock, red cedar, spruce and douglas fir trees rise from the trails you will walk.
The rainforest here is truly unique, some of the last of its kind that remains intact and unlogged on the planet. We maintain that there is no better place to sea kayak in North America than the Clayoquot Sound and we celebrate our summer solstice here annually!
This trip departs from Tofino.
Clayoquot: See Photos | Food | Back to Map | View packing list | Prices
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To kayak the Broken Islands is to navigate through over 100 islands scattered through the Barkley Sound like the broken pieces of a puzzle. These islands are quickly becoming one of the most sought kayaking destinations in British Columbia. Each night of this trip we camp on our own island, spending our days exploring the waterways in our kayaks, lounging on the islands' pristine beaches and walking through the old-growth forests that line Barkley Sound. From the sea to the sky, you will take in British Columbia's wild creatures, from eagles to marine mammals.
The Broken Islands archipelago covers over 10,000 hectares of the Pacific Rim National Park. The islands are all unique and small, none of them stretching beyond 2 km in diameter.
Broken Islands: Photos | Food | Packing List | Prices
6. Princess Louisa Inlet - 7 Day Trips Departing from Egmont, B.C.
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Princess Louisa Inlet has long been recognized as one of the world's most prized British Columbia kayak destinations. Paddling into the tranquility of Priness Louisa Inlet, you will experience myriad waterfalls cascading down sheer cliff walls on either side. At the Inlet's apex, you will find the Princesses "crown jewel"; Chatterbox Falls. Chatterbox Falls roars at the head of the inlet, sending glacial waters thundering over a 45 meter drop into the the inlet's waters. Aside from these magnificent falls is where we pitch our tents to spend a couple days relaxing after an extensive and adventurous paddle through Jervis Inlet to get here.
The water within this inlet is uncharacteristically warm so pack a swim suit. Those who enjoy hiking will have the chance to hoof the trails surrounding Chatterbox Falls.... walk far enough and you will find breathtaking alpine meadows to explore. This trip departs from Egmont's Backeddy Marina Resort on the Sunshine Coast.
Princess Louisa: Photos | Food | Packing List | Prices
7. Hotham Sound - Weekend Trips Available Year Round
Need a quick kayak escape from Vancouver's busy lower mainland? This trip may be just what you are looking for. Kayaking into Hotham Sound, you will be greeted by the impressive Freil Falls, one of Canada's tallest waterfalls, cascading more than 1,400 feet down into the tranquility of Hotham Sound. Freil Falls will let you know when you have arrived in this kayaking haven. Hotham Sound trips offer a quick taste of British Columbia's breathtaking landscape without forcing you to travel too far from home. Within Hotham Sound are the exceptional Harmony Islands, where we take advantage of uncommonly warm B.C. waters to snorkel.... all with snow-capped peaks in the background! This is an ideal trip for a group of friends looking for an easy long-weekend escape. Contact us for rates and additional information.
Hotham Sound: Photos | Food | Packing List | Prices
8. Nelson Island- Weekend Trips Available Year Round
Situated in the heart of the scenic Sunshine Coast, Nelson Island rests at the intersection of Jervis Inlet, Malaspina Strait and Agamemnon Channel. Nelson Island, and its tiny sister Hardy Island, remain secrets within the kayaking community but this is a location our guides know well. Trips to Nelson Island were ond of the original weekend adventures Norshore Kayaks offered when the business was formed in the early 1990's.
The islands have an array of marine wildlife and ecosystems. Paddlers can expect to see seal colonies, sea lions, river otters, bald eagles and depending on the season, they may even glimpse the dorsal fins of a migrating orca pod.
The trip will include explorations of several beaches, sandstone cliffs and inter-tidal pools. This is also a place rich with relics telling the history of the Sunshine Coast. From aboriginal rock paintings to abandoned logging camps and washed-up shipwrecks, this island, as isolated as it seems, tells the story of hundreds of years of civilization on the Sunshine Coast. Trips to Nelson Island take place year round so no matter what season it is, we're ready to paddle with you!
Nelson Island: Photos | Food | Packing List | Prices
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