Grizzly Bear Tours

These bear watching holidays are interpretive wildlife tours in the remote Bella Coola Valley. With its high population of Grizzly and Black Bears, this is the perfect setting for bear watching in Canada. Ideal for budding wildlife photographers and nature enthusiasts alike!

HIGHLIGHTS

• Grizzly bear viewing
• Unique cultural tour with Native guide
• Journey along the scenic Gold Rush Heritage Trail
• Interpretive salmon drift with fisheries biologist
• Pristine ancient rainforest trails
• Estuary tour of marine life with marine biologist
• Spectacular scenery backdrops taking in the best across British Columbia

Explore one of the most remote and truly wild landscapes in the northern hemisphere and a truly special wildlife holiday in Canada.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

The focus of this bear watching tour will be a remote valley in the coastal mountains and gateway to the Great Bear Rainforest. Along with its prolific wildlife and spectacular scenery, the Bella Coola Valley is also home to the Nuxalk (noo-hawk), a indigenous people whose culture still thrives today. It is here that the first European, Alexander Mackenzie, reached the Pacific Ocean overland.

Journey through the Coastal Mountains along the route of the original Gold Rush trail. This Heritage route passes dramatic mountain scenery dotted with old abandoned homesteads. Then into the interior of BC before heading across the Chilcotin Plateau enroute to the Coast Mountains and the remote Bella Coola Valley.

There will be a unique cultural tour by a local Native Indian guide to Thorsen Creek to see the 10,000 year old rock carvings and a sacred site to the indigenous Nuxalk tribe

There will be a visit to salmon spawning grounds throughout the valley. A river drift with a local fisheries biologist will provide a more interpretive guide to the salmon runs and a very good chance of Bear Watching. There will also be a visit into the alpine areas overlooking the valley a chance to enjoy the lush alpine meadows and spectacular views. Tweedsmuir Park is the largest protected area in British Columbia, offering spectacular scenery and more opportunity for wildlife viewing. An unbeatable destination for wildlife tours in Canada.