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UpCoast Summer Trips 
UpCoast Summer Trips are a blend of exploration by mothership boat cruising and sea kayaking. Daily expeditions to estuaries and small archipelagos of rugged islands beyond Broughton Island are the focus of each trip. Each one of the four destinations are unique. Unique is silence, solitude and scenery.
Knight Inlet and Kingcome Inlet are jewels of a coastline that profiles breath taking wilderness scenery and solitude. Bond Sound is a quiet waterway that offer a place to view the harmony of nature. And Seymour Inlet support a maze of inland waterways that offer there own fasination.
Each of our destinations supports an estuary of a glacially feed river that brings its nutrients to mix with the waters from the sea. It is here where want to spend the majority of time on our estuary explorations. Each trip gives us six days to engage our inner interests in this natural environment. An enviroment with few bugs, sponing salmon and visitations from all gods creatures that coordinates its preparation for another winter.
In the background of each of these trips you will find ruins and signs of a past coastal culture which has endured 12,000 years of survival. What now awaits us is a lush uncut, unsettled landscape cohabitated by bear, eagle and wolf.Our trips use a variety of crafts to access the wildlife and it's habitats at a distance. This quiet approach has allows us to
investigate the sensitive biodiversity of each of the destination we visit. A list of our trip is described below this introduction.
UpCoast Trips Summer 2010
The entrance of Knight Inlet starts in a myraid of islets and islands that give way to the rugged mountains of the Coast Range (Cascade Mountains). Our route takes us through islets and island with an abundance of widelife through the multi-coloured waters of mid water and ending with the estuaries of the Franklin and the T'lini T'lini Rivers. Snow capped mountains, waterfalls and steep granite walls mark our route into a lush estuary that supports a variety of wildlife from otter to grizzle bears. This is a trip with many opportunties for the coastal adventurer.
Itinerary for Knight Inlet
We depart Telegraph Cove on day one and cruise through the waters of Orca and Humpback Whales to a native site where we can sea kayak amongst an large group of small island and scenic passes. The evening cruise will take us farther into Knights Inlet for the evening. Day two will take us into an area where we can view bears from the deck of our boat and later sea kayak in the estuary of the Klini Klini River. Day three will provide us time to explore the estuary and do some small walks and hikes along the river. Later that day we will cruise into a sheltered bay with a view of the days final sunset. Day four will be devoted to sea kayaking amongst yet another group of rustic island before returning to Telegraph Cove in the afternoon.
September 06th - 09th 2010
Trip Deposit:
$500 per person
Seymour Inlet is known for its quiet waterways and abundant wildlife. Seymour has somewhere in the neighbourhood of 150 miles of quiet waters in which to seakayak and share what mothernature provides.
Our trip features four days or sea kayaking, hiking and cruising these waters.
Itinerary for Seymour Inlet
Day one is a cruise through the waters of Queen Charlotte Sound watching humpback whales in the early morning mist. Destination for day two is a small group of islands not often visited by summer
travellers. Day two will be a cruise in the morning to the mouth of Seymour Inlet and the vast among of wildlife that frequents the area. Sea kayaking will be the order of the day amongst small island and moving water. Day three will be a day for exploring the waters of Seymour Inlet by boat and sea kayak.
Day four will be our return day to Telegraph Cove in search of pods of Orca, Bald Eagle and visits to the islands of Queen Charlotte Sound.
Trip Deposit:
$500 per person
Kingcome Inlet is surrounded by tall mountains anda beautiful estuary of some 100 hectares. It is the home of a native group who maintain a village site along the riverbank and practice beliefs of a past
history. Unique wilderness area for a myraid of birds, deer, wolf and bear. Our trip highlights the best this area has to offer.
Intinerary for Kingcome Inlet
Day one starts at Telegraph Cove and graduates into the waters of Queen Charlotte Sound where whale sightings are taken in daily. Sea Kayaking will be done in the Broughton Archipelago for the afternoon and early evening. Day two starts at anchor with kayaking morning amongst a small group of islands and a large lagoon full of interesting wildlife sightings. Day three will find us at the mouth of the Kingcome River making our way to the village that still exists just up from the estuary.(100 hectares). Opportunties to do a hike will present itself in the afternoon of perhaps a nice float down the river into the estuary will be in order. Day Four Charlotte Sound and a visit to a seldom visited island in the midst of this water body. Unique wilderness area for a myraid of birdlife. Our trip highlights the best this area has to offer.
Trip Deposit:
$500 per person
Bond Sound is the home of the pristine Atha River.
The estuary is a favorite spot to see Pink Salmon sponing in the shallows. This event attracts large numbers of raptors, including the bald eagle and a small number of resident bears in the area. Our trip takes in a visit to the waters, the river and the surrounding area of Gilford Island.
Day one starts with a short cruise through the waters of Blackfish Sound where the chance of whale sightings is often a daily occurence. Our afternoon will be spent kayaking the many islands of the Village Group, visiting native sites in the area.
Day two starts with a crossing of a large inlet and visits to beach where we have seen bear activity in past trips to this area. Day three starts at anchor in the estuary of a small tranquel river which should have large numbers of spawning salmon. The afternoon will give us time to explore the river and the encompassing area. Day four will take us on a journey back to Telegraph Cove through a different group of island and passages that offer us the opportunity to kayak and cruise for more wildlife activity.
Trip Deposit:
$500 per person
Our UpCoast Summer Trips are all four or six days. Cruising in done during the mornings. Sea kayaking and exploration is done during the afternoons and early evenings.
Each trip is unique and is operated on select dates to ensure maximum sightings of marine and land based wildlife.
We only take two or in the case of a family...four guests at a time to ensure a small foot print left on the landscape.
If these trips interest you inquire by email and find out more about your choice of trip.
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