Sea Kayaking Knight Inlet Lodge style

No Experience Necessary

Drifting quietly in your sea kayak, you will witness these powerful creatures as they quietly forage amongst this fresh sedge growth in the protected waters near our lodge. While grizzlies are generally not social animals, spring viewing often affords the opportunity to observe courtship ritual and even mating activity.

We are frequently fortunate to see new cubs, fresh from their winter den. Be sure to have a camera as photographic opportunities are excellent. And be assured that our guides are trained in minimum impact bear viewing etiquette which respects the needs for bears to feed undisturbed at this critical period in their feeding season.

Trained Guides

No experience necessary! Our trained guides will coach you in the fundamentals of sea kayaking to allow you to very quickly gain a measure of confidence in these seaworthy crafts. We will give you instruction in the fundamentals and give you any added coaching you may desire. We use stable, roomy, single and double kayaks designed by Necky Kayaks.

Lodge Based Excursions from our location in Glendale Cove, British Columbia

Very different from expedition style sea kayaking, our lodge based excursions are designed for those with little or no kayaking experience. Returning from a day's paddling to our hot tub, gourmet meals and a comfortable bed energizes you for the next day's adventure.

And our experienced, safety-conscious guides are skilled interpreters of the natural world and have extensive knowledge about grizzly bears, giving you a deeper understanding of these magnificent creatures.

By using our kayak transport vessel as a mobile launch point, we will venture ever further afield each day exploring remote corners of Knight Inlet and Broughton Archipelago and return back to the lodge in time for dinner. Our kayaks allow us unique access to estuaries and intertidal regions of ancient river valleys that grizzlies inhabit during the spring as they await the return of the salmon.

A Variety of Tours are Available

As well as bear viewing by sea kayak, we also offer a number of other tours including hiking explorations of the lush temperate old growth forests near our lodge in Knight Inlet. All tours depart from our floating lodge in Glendale Cove on the remote coast of British Columbia, Canada.

As a sea kayaking guest you have the option of participating in any of our other tours at no extra cost. Other options include grizzly tracking tours which allow you an in-depth look at grizzly behaviour and ecology and perhaps the opportunity to make a plaster cast of a grizzly pawprint!

 

Explore the BC Wilderness

Grizzly Bear Viewing

Glendale Cove in Knight Inlet is home to one of the largest concentrations of grizzly (brown) bears in British Columbia, Canada. It is not uncommon for up to 40 grizzly bears to be within a few miles of the lodge.

Inlet Cruises

The Inlet Tour is a beautiful scenic cruise that takes in the natural wonders of Knight Inlet -- tremendous waterfalls plummeting out of sheer rock faces, ancient glaciers with trails carving through the mountains and wild, remote rivers teeming with life.

Rainforest Walk

This is one of the few pristine watersheds left in this area. We will walk up the valley to large moss-covered old growth trees and stunning waterfalls. Your guide will inform you about the rainforest and the various plant life that abound.

Whale Watching Tours

May to mid-October - daily marine wildlife watching tours to world renowned Johnstone Strait, an area frequented by 16 different pods of killer whales and rated as one of the world's best spots to observe and photograph these magnificent Orcas.