KAYAKBC.COM WILD HEART ADVENTURE TOURS, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC THE ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU...

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1 Summer 2018 KAYAKBC.COM WILD HEART ADVENTURE TOURS, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC THE ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU... Great guides, gourmet camping cuisine, remote locations, HUGE FUN! 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! World Class Salmon Fishing If paddling with these incredible mammals isn t enough excitement for you, how about hooking onto a 35lb Chinook Salmon! [1]

2 2018 ROBSON BIGHT CANADA S WILD COAST Treat 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. [2] ROBSON BIGHT 3 DAY Offered 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 15 COST: $899 Cdn per person July 16 to end of season ROBSON BIGHT 6 DAY July 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, July 22-27, July 29- August 3 August 5-10, 12-17, 19-24, September 2-7, 9-14 COST: $1600 Cdn per person CALL INFO@KAYAKBC.COM

3 RAW NATURE 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. 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 [3]

4 YOUR VACATION AWAITS... Our Sea Kayak Orca Tours embark from Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island, B.C. 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 aunch 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, a tasty cooked breakfast and the sounds of gently lapping waves for yet another day in Johnstone Strait and beyond. Today we venture across the Strait and into the enchanting world of the Indian Group Islands. After breakfast, we'll break camp and load up all the kayaks with all our gear..."this stuff should all fit, shouldn't it?". With the tides in our favour, we'll cross the Strait and paddle into Blackfish Sound (the natives called the orca "blackfish") and Blackney Passage. The area we are paddling is a regular route for feeding orca on their daily Call or info@kayakbc.com for more Info. [4]

5 THE ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU... DAY #3 cont d: feeding ranges and orca encounters are fairly common during our paddles through these waters. Our destination is gorgeous campsite in the tall Cedars on the native island of Compton Island. We'll set up camp and our tents here for the next two nights, prepare a lunch and then take to the kayaks and explore the myriad of islands and inlets in this enchanting area. Since we are further north and closer to the remote BC mainland, it is not uncommon at nights to hear wolves howling in the distant coastal range, echoing amongst the tall cedars and into the dark starry sky. DAY #4: Today after breakfast, we pack for our day's paddle (returning to Compton Island in the later afternoon) to the abandoned ancient native fishing village of Mamalilicula or "Meem Quam Leese" (in native Kwakiutl language meaning the Village with the rocks and islands out front). Abandoned in 1969, the village is an ancient site with downed totem poles, traditional "big houses" or longhouses, orchards and in one of the most beautiful settings imaginable. For many, the visit to Mamalilicula is a highlight of their time in the Indian Group. We'll spend several hours exploring the site, have lunch and hopefully will be joined by local native Village Island guardians for an interpretive tour of the area. In the afternoon we'll return via an alternate route that passes through a maze of small islets, inlets and channels to our campsite on Compton Island. DAY #5: Waking amongst the giant Cedars, we'll enjoy another breakfast together and then break camp, packing our kayaks and bidding this magical area goodbye. But don't to be too sad as our journey today takes us back into the realm of the orca and the salmon rich waters of Johnstone Strait. The first half of the day will take us back through Blackfish Sound and across the Strait to the Vancouver Island coastline. We'll then establish a campsite, have lunch and then launch our kayaks in search of orca's. By now we've grown accustomed to our kayaks and marvel at their sleek agility in the water. With both double and single kayaks available in our fleet, switching off to try a variety of different kayaks is always an option throughout our days, if you wish. Our final night is spent with another glowing fire, sumptuous dinner and a mesmerizing canopy of stars above...and hopefully serenaded by the blows of orca passing just metres away. DAY #6: 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 with the orca along the way. With the tides in our favour and warm breezes on our faces, we should arrive back at Telegraph Cove between noon and 1:00pm. [5]

6 Booking a Tour with us: You can go online to our Registration Page at or call us at 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. 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! Check out our website at for info on our other Tours LOREM IPSUM ALIQUAM BIBENDUM CURABITUR DAPIBUS Sodales nulla Ante auctor excepturi wisi, dolor lacinia eros condimentum dis, sodales. Lacus nunc Feugiat at. In orci ligula suscipit luctus, sed dolor, ut diam mauris. Ut facilisis Ante in dui ac, turpis donec, fusce, quasi amet urna tempor amet sit. Cras volutpat Mattis justo massa sed, odio feugiat gravida nunc. Quam ac vel est dapibus. [6]