Fjordlands Expedition Sea Kayaking

Sea Kayaking BC: Mountains & Wilderness Adventure

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

After instruction and practice of sea kayaking techniques, 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 kayaking journey of BC wilderness with solitude and the magnificent panorama of coast mountains to stoke our spirits as we paddle along the verdant island shores.
Fjordlands Kayaking Trip

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 BC’s Coast Mountains!

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

Our last camp is on a tiny islet deep in this majestic realm.
Back at the mouth of the inlet we’ll be met by our boat and enjoy instant-replay (or snooze) as we return to the Lodge for a final evening in the comforts of civilization. This is truly a remarkable Canadian 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)
• First & final nights 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

Sea Kayaking British Columbia: Mountains & Wilderness Adventure

2010 TOUR DATES

COST: $1195 CDN plus GST
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 Vancouver Island for an island adventure sea kayaking British Columbia, Canada!

Coast Mountain Expeditions offers sea kayaking 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!