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Paddling

Quaaout Lodge

Explore the coast with paddleboards, canoes, kayaks, and other motor-free ways of water travel.

Paddling is the original mode of transportation on the vast fresh and salt waters of British Columbia. The dip of your paddle and the call of the wild are the only sounds to be heard as you move across the water and create an intimate experience with nature that can reveal secrets of the land many will never learn.

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Talaysay Tours

indigenous culture, hiking, sightseeing, paddling

Talaysay Tours has been providing tours and authentic cultural experiences since 2002. We offer activities, walking tours, wellness experiences and events for all ages and groups. Our activities include Talking Trees (Nature) and Spoken Treasures (History), Talking Totems (Art) and Forest Bathing (Wellness). We operate in Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Squamish and Whistler.

Vancouver Coast & Mountains

Vancouver

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Takaya Tours

indigenous culture, boating, paddling

Takaya Tours offers interpretive canoe and kayak tours in Burrard Inlet that highlight the First Nation culture of the area. Operating from bases in Cates Park (Whey-Ah-Wichen) in North Vancouver and (Tum-tay-wheutan) in Belcarra Regional Park, Port Moody. Takaya Tours offers a range of safe and exciting activities that mix outdoor adventure with an authentic interpretation of Coast Salish culture. Tours operate from May-Oct.

Vancouver Coast & Mountains

North Vancouver

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Nemiah Valley Lodge

cabins & cottages, dining & culinary tours, paddling, fishing, indigenous culture

Experience the culture and beauty of Tsilhqot'in Title Lands with the Xeni Gwet'in people in Nemiah Valley. All-inclusive stays include hiking, kayaking, and daily cultural programs like beading, baby-basket making demonstrations, traditional laws, and cultural practices. Meals prepared by a Red Seal Indigenous Chef using traditional foods and produce grown on-site. Solar-powered, newly renovated cabins 3 hours from Williams Lake. Floatplane transfers from Vancouver or Whistler can be arranged or shuttle transfer from Williams Lake Airport. These are the only Supreme Court recognized Indigenous Title Lands in Canada and the Xeni Gwet'in people welcome you to experience the beauty of their home and their living culture.

Cariboo Chilcotin Coast

Nemaiah Valley

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Moccasin Trails

paddling, indigenous culture, hiking

Immerse yourself and be transformed by our storytelling and follow the path of our ancestors with authentic Indigenous hiking and canoe tours in British Columbia.

Thompson Okanagan

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West Coast Expeditions

wildlife tours, paddling, indigenous culture

Connect ~ Experience ~ Refresh. Savour the best of base camp sea kayaking, professionally guided kayak expeditions and family kayaking tours. Ocean kayak with sea otters while eagles soar overhead. Participate in local Indigenous culture. Located in Kyuquot, on the remote northwest coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Convenient transportation included from Courtenay, Comox, and Campbell River. We have been established leaders in marine education and sea kayaking tours since 1972, recognized by Destination Canada and Destination BC as offering a Canadian Signature Experience, and the first sea kayak tour company in Canada to be achieve the Green Tourism Gold Award.

Vancouver Island

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Knight Inlet Lodge

paddling, resorts & wilderness lodges, hiking, wildlife tours, indigenous culture

Knight Inlet Lodge is Canada's premier grizzly bear viewing destination. With over 25 years of experience and a world wide reputation for excellence we are the place to see grizzly bears in British Columbia. Our remote floating lodge has 18 guests rooms and offers a full range of activities for our guests including hiking,kayaking, marine wildlife tours, tracking and whale watching. Open from mid May until mid October with packages starting on any day of the week.

Vancouver Island

Black Creek

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