Tour in Canada (group)

GUIDED GROUP TOUR: GRIZZLIES AND ORCAS OF WEST COAST

• Itinerary of guided group max 18 pax: 12 days  

First Day Arrival in Vancouver
Welcome to Canada ! Arrival in Vancouver and welcome from your guide. With the guide, transfer downtown with mini-tour introductory with your Pullman. Arrive at Hotel, Sheraton or Century Plaza or similar category with breakfast included. Dinner at the hotel – not included – and fast for those who want to go downtown accompanied by your guide.

Second Day  Beautiful Vancouver!
On the second day you will be on Tour with your guide. Visit Downtown Downtown Vancouver. Stanley Park & amp; Aquarium Guided Tour and Visit to the Suspension Bridge – Guide to Capilano Hatchery Exploration – Visit to the West Vancouver Parks – Lighthouses and Dundrave Park Giants with Picnic on the Sea – If there is time and desire to visit a guided tour at the MOA, Museum of Anthroplogy – 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 board, in Tsawassen, to reach Victoria, the colonial capital of the state on Vancouver Island. The capital of British Columbia. Day devoted to the visit of this colorful and beautiful city, with an initial group visit to the beautiful gardens of Burtchard Garden. Transfer to Victoria for a visit to Colonial City, Inner Harbor, the beautiful harbor with the corollary of great colonial palaces. If there is time, visit the interesting British Columbia Museum. At the end, head north to Pacific Rim, the largest Marine Park in Canada with its delightful Tofino and Ucluelet villages, symbols of the Pacific Rim, where you will stay at the beautiful Ocean Village Resort (no breakfast in the structure) in Tofino , along the Pacific Rim cliff. Arrived in the evening, here you can breathe and admire, in total freedom, all the wild beauty of this stretch of coast of the island of Vancouver.

Fourth Day Pacific Rim’s whales and sea lions – Meares Island on Request
Today is your first day of excursion to the Ocean, in the Pacific Rim, famous for the violent and fascinating
storms of Pacific and a destination for passionate travelers and natural photographers hunting for the wonderful images of this nature and animals that still live here harmoniously: the great cetaceans, the orcas and the sea lions living in this great Pacific arm, and are the real stars of this area. You will go in excursion accompanied by your guide on board fast Super Inflatables to approach these fascinating animals and sail into the magnificent archipelago of the Broken Group Islands. You will have all the explanation on the life of these creatures, and on the environment that hosts them, directly from the experienced Ethology guide. In the afternoon, boat excursion to the island of Meares for a walk among the ancient giant trees of the rainforest. Evening and dinner, at your leisure – not included, to Tofino with info by the guide and overnight stay at your Lodge.

Fifth Day  The black bears of Tofino
Another fascinating day of excursion in this unique Pacific Rim environment. You will be exploring along the coast to capture black bears with your eyes and your digital cameras. Departure from Tofino, with a duration of 2 and a half hours. During this time there are numerous bears that, at low tide, go around in search of the delicious crabs they feed on. This offers a unique opportunity to observe and photograph in close proximity and in their natural habitat these beautiful black bear specimens! Return to your lodge and dinner included in front of Tofino Bay.

Sixth Day Kayak to Tofino, Excursion on request
Today, on request, a wonderful kayak excursion off Tofino. You will admire the extraordinary landscapes and, thanks to this excursion, you will be able to capture the beauty of it. Possibility of sighting of the fauna that inhabits these territories! In the evening transfer to East of the Island, to Cambell River, where you will come to the beautiful Painter’s Lodge.
Dinner included and overnight stay at your Lodge. Breakfast included.

Seventh Day  From Campbell River to Telegraph Cove, Excursion on request
This morning you will leave Campbell River for an interesting boat excursion (f you have requested so) focused on observing the whales and animals of the Discovery Coast, among which you will have the opportunity to observe also black bears and deer eating along the cliffs of this beautiful coastal area. When you return, you will enjoy staying on the discovery coast in front of Quadra Island with a sunset dinner at Painter’s Lodge.

Eighth Day Telegraph Cove and the other villages of North Vancouver Island
Depart in the morning with your guide to the North of the Island, where you will discover the quaint North Vancouver Island villages, a fundamental part of this itinerary. You will pass several villages and you will arrive at Telegraph Cove. Not to be missed is the Orcas Museum besides the delightful village. Then we recommend you to visit Cape Scott. Cape Scott is a coastal area on the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island. Here you can go hiking or backpacking to explore the sandy beaches and the lush forest of this coastal park. Free dinner with the reported restaurant and overnight at Telegraph Cove where you will stay in a cabin lodge with kitchen use.

Ninth Day Johnston Strait’s orcas (2 excursions: 9 am and 1 pm)
This morning you will do Telegraph Cove the hike that is recognized by the largest ecological associations, as the best watching at the Orcas of the World. It will always be in the Great Bear Rain Forest area. You will watch orcas, dolphins, sea lions and various species of whales at sea. You will discover the many species that make up the fauna of this area, but the stars of the day will surely be the dreadful but beautiful rcas.
At the end of the return trip to Telegraph Cove. Afternoon and evening at your discretion and overnight stay at your cabin.

Tenth Day  Grizzlies of Knight Inlet
A 9-hour excursion to Robson Bight Grizzlies Reserve. This is the program today at the Knight Inlet, the southern area of ​​the Great Bear Rainforest, the Canadian jewel-park. Recognized by WWF and the UN as the most beautiful Temperate Rainforest Park, it has a large number of grizzly Bears in this park, in addition to the gray wolves of the forest, bald eagles, giant moose and bull deer, otters, and orcas, dolphins, sea lions and various species of whales at sea. The protagonists will be the bears that on this season they reach the plains of this river. At the beginning to feed on the grass that grows here abundantly, and that brings about 20% of the value of plant proteins that allow their livelihood, then with the rising of the salmon, they start the super-proteic diet that makes them fat before winter . You will then sail with a boat in a long exploration in this area in the company of expert Naturalists who will accompany your explorations with their explanations on the community life of these bears that are, along with the polar bears, the greatest carnivores in our planet. Departure at 7am and return at 4pm. Evening at your leisure and overnight at your Cabin at Telegraph Cove.

Eleventh Day  Alert Bay and the U’Mista ancient tribe
Excursion to Alert Bay. Morning transfer from Telegraph Cove to the nearby village of Port McNeill. From here depart the ferries to Cormorant Island. On this island you can not miss the Alert Bay Boardwalk Seawall, an ideal waterfront walkway to explore the coast on the western side of the island. This route offers fantastic views of the ocean and the surrounding area and connects the ferry to the village and with some of the most popular attractions in Alert Bay. Visit the U’Mista Cultural Center, the main attraction at Alert Bay on the Cormorant island. It’s a museum on the local First Nation and a special place where important ceremonies are celebrated – such as Potlatch. The goal of the center is to preserve the history, traditions and culture of the First Nation U’Mista community. At the end of the visit return by ferry for overnight stay at your Cabin or at Port McNeil or at Telegraph Cove.

Twelfth Day Toward Nanaimo and return to Vancouver
Transfer to the south of Vancouver Island and, from Nanaimo, boarding the ferry to Vancouver. At your hotel in the downtown area you will have the afternoon evening at your disposal. Hotel with breakfast.

Thirteenth Day Return
Airport transfer with the Pullman, greetings from your precious guide and departure for your destination