QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS KAYAKING

Clients write:
We had a wonderful time with you up in the Queen Charlottes. It was a kayak trip of a lifetime.
— Jim Burke, Steilacoom WA Heart of Gwaii Haanas July 06

Suffice to say we are glowing from our experience with you. The grandness of Haida Gwaii floats in my vision continually.
— Sam Magill, Edmonds WA Heart of Gwaii Haanas Aug 06

In the summer of 2005 a survey of over 300 park management professionals commissioned by National Geogaphic rated Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve the top park destination in North America. The area resonates with their culture. After over 15 years of running expeditions there our Queen Charlotte Islands sea kayaking our trips visit what we consider the very best attractions of the Islands.

We take our guests on an eight-day kayak camping journey to the southern portion of Gwaii Haanas (Place of Wonder) Park Reserve, where sea lions lounge on rocky haul-outs, gulls, petrels and tufted puffins perch on cliffs. Humpback and orca whales glide through the channels and straits and tidal shallows are scattered with brightly colored sea stars. There are beach camps where generations of Haida paddlers have landed their magnificent cedar canoes, and the rainforest floors are covered with a thick carpet of moss.

Come experience the silent power of standing totem poles the Skung Gwaii (Ninstints) Unesco world heritage site. Float through the richest inter-tidal life in the world and see the incomparable blend of landscape, cultural history and wildlife that make Gwaii Haanas National Park truly a place of wonder.

CANADA - SEA KAYAKING THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS
The Heart of Gwaii Haanas

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10 days
July - August Schdedule
easy to intermediate sea kayaking
2 nights B&B 7 nights camping
Sandspit
US $2195* US / CDN
Plus $120 CDN Park User Fee

Day1: Guests arrive in Sandspit on Moresby Island and check into the Seaport B&B.

DAY 2: Boat along the coast of Moresby Island to the Swan Islands in Skincuttle Inlet. Kayaking orientation and an exploration of Swan Bay to try out new skills.

DAY 3: Set course for Burnaby Strait and the colorful intertidal display Dolomite Narrows (Burnaby Narrows).

DAY 4: Cross Skincuttle Inlet and through the ecological reserve of the Copper Islands. Pass the old village site of Hagi on Bolkus Island.

DAY 5: Collison Bay, the site of one of the earliest European settlements on the islands, pass the Rankine Islands ecological reserve sea bird nesting site towards our campsite, the old village site of Kaidju at Benjamin Pt.

DAY 6: Rounding Benjamin Pt. we paddle into the territory of the Kunghit Haida and their last chief: Ninstints. Our camp is on Ross Island.

DAY 7: Louscoone Point, an ideal jumping off spot for our visit to the village of Skun Gwaii on Anthony Island.

DAY 8: Visit to the totem poles ancient village of Skun Gwaii on Anthony Island.

DAY 9: Return by boat to Sandspit with a mid-way stop for a soak in the hot pools at the ancient village site on Hot Springs Island.

Day 10: Depart Sandspit.

Detailed Itinerary - CANADA: The Heart of Gwaii Haanas
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