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KAYAKBC.COMJohnstone Strait 2018

THE ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU...Join us this summer kayaking the orca waters of Johnstone Strait, home to to the largest concentration of Killer Whales on the North American continent. Both 3 Day and 6 Day expeditions available.

Since 1990, Wild Heart Adventures has been operating premier sea kayak expeditions to some of the most amazing places on our planet, right here on Vancouver Island. Located on the North Eastern coast of Vancouver Island, the waters of Johnstone Strait offer unsurpassed chances to view and paddle with Killer Whales. Each year, runs of pacific salmon by the millions pass through the narrow waterway of Johnstone Strait on their way to their birth & spawning rivers. Each summer, pods of Killer Whales (Orca) converge on this natural bounty of fish to feed, socialize and mate. We invite you to join us on a unique wildlife viewing

and sea kayaking experience in what is possibly the best place in the world to view wild Killer Whales in their natural habitat. An adventure of a lifetime awaits you!

Great guides, gourmet camping cuisine, remote locations,

HUGE FUN!

WILD HEART ADVENTURE TOURS, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC

World Class Salmon FishingIf paddling with these incredible mammals isn’t enough excitement for you, how about hooking onto a 35lb Chinook Salmon!

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2018

CANADA’S WILD COASTTreat yourself to the adventure of a lifetime and join us here on gorgeous Vancouver Island. Trips tend to sell out fast for the summer months so don’t delay.

ROBSON BIGHT 3 DAYOffered every Tuesday to Thursday and Friday to Sunday from the middle of June to the end of September.

COST: $700 Cdn per person till July 15COST: $899 Cdn per person July 16 to end of season

ROBSON BIGHT 6 DAYJuly 1-6, 8-13, 15-20,

July 22-27, July 29-

August 3

August 5-10, 12-17,

19-24, 26-31

September 2-7, 9-14

COST: $1600 Cdn per

person

CALL 1-877-722-3683

INFO@KAYAKBC.COM

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GUEST COMMENTS:"...who is going to believe me? A mug of strong coffee in hand, I’m enjoying a delicious cheese & mushroom omelette and a pod of orca whales play and spyhop for an eternity a mere 40 feet from kitchen on the beach...I still can’t believe it was real. What an incredible experience!

Fiona Hamilton, Portland, OR.

"These have been the best four days with my son ever and all future experiences will be compared with this. I leave with invaluable memories an can only hope life brings us here, together, again..."

Henry Jaffe and son, Ian Jaffe , Nepean, Ontario

"We’ve been back for a week and still can’t stop raving to anyone that will listen to us about our fantastic time with Wild Heart Adventures on our 6 Day Robson Bight trip. You should be commended on providing such a high quality outdoor experience...thee food was

delicious, the guides were super..we were in very capable hands...and the whales were absolutely brilliant!”

Mark & Denise Drive, Reading, UK

"Sometimes it takes a wild heart to uncover a gentle soul. This wonderful place is the gentle soul that unleashes, then nurtures and channels the wild heart...Both my son and I are better for it."Rocco Rossi and son, DJ, Toronto, Ontario

"Just wanted to say we had a great time...we had such perfect weather and you guys were awesome! Thanks for everything...we'll see you next summer."

Jackie Freeze, Trent, Ontario

“Thanks for a wonderful vacation. The trip was everything I had hoped for and more. The guides were excellent, the food very tasty and lots of it and the whale sightings were perfect. Thanks for an awesome time!” David Finstrom, Castro Valley, CA.

RAW NATURE

The Wildlife will Blow You Away...! As well as home to the largest concentration of Orca Whales on the continent, Johnstone Strait is also a natural habitat to a wide variety of wildlife. Porpoise, Black Bear, Sea Lions and Harbour seals, otters and Bald Eagles are just some of the fantastic wildlife that live here.

Available late June through

September

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DAY #1:All participants meet at the lawn in front of the Telegraph Cove Resort office (right next to the boat launch) at 8:00 am. Here the guides will assign you to a kayak and help you get your personal gear stowed away. When everyone is ready, we'll go over some basic paddling fundamentals and a safety orientation and then launch into the pristine waters of Johnstone Strait. With helpful advice and instruction from your guides, it won't take long till you feel you're getting the "hang of it" as we paddle along the gorgeous Vancouver Island coastline. These waters are the territorial range of many resident orca pods, as well as transient orca, and it is not uncommon for us to encounter these magnificent mammals within the first few hours of our day and throughout during your time in this spectacular area. After a couple of hours, we'll land on one of beaches and you can sit back and enjoy a delicious lunch the guides will prepare. After lunch we'll launch the kayaks and make our way to our campsite at Kaikash Creek (one of the rubbing beaches in the area where we'll be staying for our 2 nights). We'll then make camp, set up our tents and you are free to explore the beaches, trails, relax or perhaps join one of the guides fishing (great salmon opportunities in these waters). A sumptuous dinner around a cozy campfire with

a canopy of stars above is the evenings entertainment...don't be too surprised if you hear the whales blowing as they go by during the night.

DAY #2:With another spectacular day ahead of us, we'll wake to a hearty breakfast. After everyone has had their fill, we'll pack for the day (we return to our site in the later afternoon) and launch yet again into the orca waters of Johnstone Strait...bring along your camera today because you'll need it! Our destination today is a paddle further along the coastline down to the Robson Bight Michael Biggs Ecological Reserve. The area around the reserve is home to several well frequented "rubbing beaches" where the orca have displayed a unique behavior only witnessed in this area of swimming right along these beaches and rubbing themselves along the small pebbles on the beaches here. We will stop for lunch on one of these beaches and hopefully witness this very behavior. Some of the other wildlife the area boasts that we may see are bald eagles, deer, bear, porpoise, dolphin, seals and even sometimes the occasional humpback or grey whale that decides to take the inside waters of the Strait as opposed to the outside west coast route around Vancouver Island. In the afternoon, we'll make our way back to our campsite at Kaikash.

Dependent on weather, we may also venture to an old Whale Research Observation site, high up on one of the bluffs in the area...the hike and the view from above is spectacular. Another delicious meal and warm campfire to put a great end to a magnificent day!

DAY #3:We'll wake to the aroma's of coffee, cooked breakfast and the sounds of the lapping waves for our final day in Johnstone Strait. After breakfast, we'll break camp and load up all the kayaks with our gear..."this stuff should all fit, shouldn't it?". We'll take the route back along the Vancouver Island coastline, cameras ready and ever prepared for a final encounter or encounters with the orca along the way. With the tides in our favor and sunshine and warm breezes on our faces, we should arrive back at our embarkation point of Telegraph Cove between noon and 1:00pm.

YOUR VACATION AWAITS...Our Sea Kayak Orca Tours embark from Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island, B.C.

Call 1-877-722-3683 or info@kayakbc.com

for more Info.

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“Twenty years from now, you’ll be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” Mark Twain

After twenty years of offering sea kayak tours throughout British Columbia’s coastal waters, our passion for active discovery and exploration of Vancouver Island is stronger than ever. With most of us having just a few short weeks for vacation time, we take our commitment to providing you with a fantastic holiday very seriously. Wild Heart Adventures tours are about embracing what life has to offer, living the experience as it unfolds and at the same time creating memories that will last forever. We’re confident that you’ll go away from one of our tours tremendously satisfied, enriched and hopefully dreaming of your next trip with us. We hope you can join us!

Booking a Tour with us:You can go online to our Registration Page at www.kayakbc.com or call us at 1-877-722-3683. We require a 50% deposit to secure your space on any tour. Upon booking, you will receive a complete Expedition Information package detailing the tour, what to bring, etc.

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