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British Columbia Fly-Drive Itineraries
Bears, Bears and More Bears! 6 nights
This trip is best done in late August early October when the salmon are running back into the rivers and the bears are feasting. If you are lucky, you will see black, grizzly and the rare white Sprit bear all in the most natural of circumstances. For the rest of the summer, there is still plenty of wildlife to be seen and the area itself is worth the journey. You will visit the heart of the Great Bear rainforest, a remote area where you will not find smart hotels but rather friendly people and remarkable wildlife. Bella Coola is on the mainland and can be reached by road from Vancouver but Klemtu is a remote First Nations Village with a population of around 300 and only accessible by air or boat. If you choose Klemtu, you will be one of only a handful of visitors; the hotel has 6 bedrooms and facilities are very limited. However these limitations are more than compensated by the warmth of the welcome and the astounding wildlife. See page 42. Day 1 Vancouver to Bella Coola Fly from Vancouver Airport north to Bella Coola where you will spend the next 3 nights. The next morning will be spent drifting down the Atnarko River looking out for grizzly bears. The rest of the day will be free to explore the small town of Bella Coola. The next day you will either hike some of the local trails looking for bears accompanied by a knowledgeable guide or snorkel in the river with the salmon that are the lifeblood of this area, again escorted by a local guide. Brockton Inn/Tweedsmuir Lodge Day 7 Klemtu To Vancouver
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abounds, you might well hear wolves or see their tracks and whales are commonplace. Bear viewing is done on foot which gives you probably the most personal way to meet the bears but a certain agility is required. NB: Klemtu is a dry community. Klemtu.
so you can visit either Tweedsmuir or Klemtu. More bears? If your holiday is in October, why not return home via Winnipeg, Churchill and polar bears? Price includes: 6 nights accommodation, tax, flight from Vancouver to Bella Coola, bear watching raft trip, salmon snorkelling or a guided hike, flight to Klemtu, then back to Vancouver. Car Hire not included.
Bears, bears and more bears! prices are pp based on 2 sharing a room
Lodge room Jun 1 to Aug 2 Aug 3 to Aug 23 Aug 24 to Oct 18 £1,928 £1,980 £2,035
Day 4 Bella Coola To Klemtu Today you will have your own privately
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Bid a reluctant goodbye to the wilderness, take an amphibious plane to Port Hardy and regular flight on to Vancouver.
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chartered float plane to fly you from Bella Coola to Klemtu. The next 3 remarkable days will be spent watching the Kermode bears and with luck the unique Spirit bear. This white bear is no relation to the polar bear but rather a black bear with a rogue gene which makes it white! Other wildlife
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Recommended add-ons:
Great Bear Adventures, Port Hardy. Port McNeill to see the orca. Short of time? This trip can be split into two
VA N C O U V E R ISLAND Tofino Victoria
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Child Rates Sharing Parents room N/A
Knight Inlet/Whistler/Chilcotin Grizzly Experience 10 nights
You will see, with any luck at all, as you move from ocean to mountain, the coastal grizzlies as they graze the sedge grasses or fish (according to season), in Knight Inlet, the black bears in the Coastal Mountains around Whistler and the mountain grizzlies of the Chilcotin. Day 1 Vancouver Arrive into Vancouver International airport and make your own way downtown. Spend the next 2 nights exploring this fantastic city; be sure to see Gastown, Stanley Park and Granville Island. Century Plaza/Pacific Palisades/Four Seasons Day 3 Vancouver to Campbell River Collect your vehicle (NB a 4x4 is recommended) from Vancouver and take the ferry across to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island and drive 90 minutes north to Campbell River where you will spend 1 night. Herons Landing Day 8 Whistler
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Day 4 Campbell River to Knight Inlet An 0930 float plane will whisk you up to Knight Inlet where you will spend your next two nights. Please see page 42 for full details. Knight Inlet Lodge Day 6 Campbell River to Whistler Returning to Campbell River by around 11.00, you will drive back to Nanaimo where you will take the ferry before continuing your journey up the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler which will be your base for the next 2 nights. Delta Whistler Village Suite/Fairmont Chateau Whistler Day 11 End of Tour Either return to Vancouver (6 hours) or carry on your holiday into the interior or on to the Rockies. Join Michael Allen for an unforgettable
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Kamloops Whistler
Price includes: 10 nights accommodation, tax, bear watch in Whistler, knight inlet package and Chilcotin package. Car Hire not included. NB Knight Inlet lodge is closed July 25 to 31.
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experience looking for the black bears roaming the mountains he knows so well.
Knight Inlet/Whistler/Chilcotin Grizzly experience prices are pp based on 2 sharing a room
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Day 9 Whistler to Gold Bridge Drive the Hurley (unpaved but beautiful) road to Chilcotin Guest Ranch for a 3 night Ranch based trip. Please see page 48. If you wish to take the alpine camp, this can also be arranged.
17th May to 24th Jun 25th Jun to 24th Jul 25th Jul to 21st Aug 22nd Aug to 17th Oct
Standard £1,897 £1,782 £1,897 £2,026
Superior £1,949 £1,834 £1,949 £2,078
Deluxe £2,231 £2,096 £2,231 £2,360
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Child Rates Sharing Parents room POA
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To book call 020 8776 8709
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