Western Canada

First Day Arrival in Vancouver
Arrival in Vancouver and welcome from our delegate. Transfer downtown in our Van. Arrival at the Century Plaza, or another hotel within the same category, and overnight stay in a double room with breakfast included. Quick dinner of your choosing in the hotel or, for those who want it, in a downtown restaurant suggested by our roadbook.

Second Day Vancouver the Beautiful!
Start of your tour (guided on request) with a visit to the main areas: Downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park & Aquarium and Suspension Bridge, the Capilano Hatchery (Salmon Hatchery) and the West Vancouver parks – The giant trees of the Light House and of Dundrave Park with picnic on the sea. If there is time visit to the MOA, Museum of Anthropology, at the UBC, University of British Columbia. Free night and overnight stay at your hotel.

Third Day Victoria and Pacific Rim
In the morning, transfer to the Ferry embark to reach Victoria, the colonial capital of the state on the Vancouver Island. The day is dedicated to visiting this colored and happy city, with an initial visit to the beautiful Butchart Gardens. Then, transfer downtown to visit the colonial city and the Inner Harbor, the amazing port with the huge colonial palaces surrounding it. If there is enough time, visit to the interesting British Columbia Museum. Finally, drive north, to reach the Pacific Rim. Overnight stay in a lodge.

Fourth Day The Whales and Sea Lions of the Pacific Rim
First day of excursion in the ocean in the Pacific Rim, famous for the violent and fascinating Pacific storms and destination of passionate travelers and naturalist photographers. Here the big cetaceans still live harmonically, orcas and huge sea lions, and they are the real stars of this area. On board of fast super rafts you will get close to these fascinating animals in the archipelago of the Broken Group Islands. In the afternoon, boat trip to the Meares Island for a walk among the extremely ancient giant trees of the rain forest. Free night and dinner in Tofino with indications from the guide and overnight stay in your lodge.

Fifth Day From Tofino to Campbell River
From Tofino, this morning, there will be another fascinating excursion, if you have requested it, in this unique Pacific Rim landscape, to see and observe black bears. Start from Tofino with a transfer that will last 2 hours and a half.
After the last walk on the beaches of the Pacific Rim, you will start east to reach Campbell River on the Discovery Coast bay. You will spend the night at the beautiful Painter’s Lodge, starting base for sportspeople, anglers and naturalists for fascinating photo-safaris in these wild territories. Dinner at sunset at your Painter’s Lodge.

Sixth Day The Johnson Strait’s Killer Whales
Early this morning you will leave for Telegraph Cove, where at 12.30 you will sail to an excursion that is recognized by the major ecologist associations as the best Orcas Whale watching in the world. It will still take place in the Great Bear Rain Forest area, in the Johnson Strait. Besides orcas, true stars of this part of sea, you will see dolphins, sea lions and several species of whales in the sea and the many species that make up the land fauna of this area. At the end of the excursion, you will go back to Telegraph Cove. You will spend the night in one of the delicious restored cabins on the small port of the characteristic village.

Seventh Day The Knight Inlet’s Grizzlies
At 7 a.m. you will leave for a 9-hour excursion at the Grizzly reserve of the Robson Bight, in the Great Bear Rain Forest area which hosts a great community of grizzly bears, besides the forest’s grey wolves, bald eagles, giant moose, bull deer and otters, orcas, dolphins, sea lions and many species of whales, in the ocean. The protagonists will be bears, which in this season arrive up to the planes of this river. Free night and overnight stay at your cabin in Telegraph Cove.

Eighth Day Alert Bay and the ancient U’Mista tribe
In the morning, transfer from Telegraph Cove to the near village of Port McNeill and embark on the ferry to Cormorant Island. On this island, the unforgettable Alert Bay Boardwalk Seawall that offers fantastic views of the ocean and the surrounding area and connects the ferry with the village. Visit to the U’Mista Cultural Center, a museum about the local First Nation and a special place where important ceremonies are celebrated. The center’s aim is to preserve the history, the traditions and the culture of the communities of the First Nation U’Mista. At the end of the visit, return by ferry to an overnight stay at your cabin, either in Port McNeil or in Telegraph Cove.

Ninth Day Descent toward Nanaimo to return to Vancouver
Transfer to the south of Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo, from where you will catch the ferry to Vancouver again. Arrival and overnight stay at your 3-star hotel.

Tenth Day Flight back 
Free time for eventual shopping and transfer to the airport to fly back home or anywhere else.