Desolation Sound BC Sea Kayaking Expedition

Vancouver Island Sea Kayaking Tour of Wilderness Islands and Desolation Sound.

This Vancouver Island sea kayaking adventure is a splendid wilderness experience and one of British Columbia's most scenic kayaking tours. First and last nights we’ll enjoy accommodation at Coast Mountain Expeditions kayak lodge. Preface to our islands and mountains sea kayaking tour is a boat ride from Quadra Island near Vancouver Island to Coast Mountain Lodge with first afternoon to learn and practice kayak skills and also enjoy the amenities and rustic ambience of our waterfront homestead.

Next morning we’ll begin our sea kayaking trip, paddling a path less-traveled into the warm and ever-calm northern channels of Desolation Sound BC.
Desolation Sound BC Sea Kayaking Tour

Entering this famous BC marine area through a back-door route we’ll avoid the mainstream tourist and enjoy sea kayaking tour along the path of the famous explorer, Captain George Vancouver. Kayaking in the shadow of the majestic BC Coast Mountains is a dramatic and spectacular sea kayaking experience.
High mountain icefields and coastal rains contribute to an abundance of waterfalls tumbling down the steep hillsides. When we approach the heart of Desolation Sound, we’ll kayak into a few of the area’s most inviting bays and islands.

Ocean current patterns here create sea temperatures rivaling the warmth of Mexico (no kidding – we call it BC’s Baja!) so we can anticipate fine swimming not to mention the world’s best oysters on every shore! At the journey’s end we’ll meet Coast Mountain Expeditions’ boat, MV Chico Mendes, and return to the lodge for a final night together.

• Trips start 1pm with boat ride
• Departure from Heriot Bay on Quadra Island
(near Campbell River on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada.)
• First & final nights accommodation at Coast Mountain Lodge,
Read Island
• 4 Nights kayak camping
• Trips finish about noon of the last day at Heriot Bay Quadra Island.
• Maximum 10 participants & 2 kayak guides

Desolation Sound Expedition

Sea Kayaking Tour of British Columbia Mountain and Ocean Wilderness

2010 TOUR DATES

• June 27 - July 3
• Aug. 29 - Sept 4

COST: $1195 CDN plus GST
Payable by Mastercard, VISA, or cheque

About this Kayak Trip
• Moderately ambitious but not difficult
• Paddling: 4 to 5 hours of kayaking per day
• Single and double kayaks.
• Average distance: 9-18 km (6-12 mi) per day.
• Sea conditions: mostly calm, rising to max 1/2 metre (1.5 ft)
• 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 Desolation Sound Chart (pdf 2.9mb)

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Desolation Sound

Coast Mountain Expeditions offers sea kayaking tours of west coast British Columbia Canada and eco lodge accommodation in the Discovery Islands near Vancouver Island BC. Guided kayaking trips include sea 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! Wilderness kayak camping eco tour and lodge based nature vacations start from Quadra Island east of Campbell River BC Canada.