Tours

Day Tours

View spectacular scenery, paddle past awe-inspiring shorelines, walk through ancient rainforests--- Clayoquot Sound is a paddlers paradise with it all. Come and join us for a short harbour tour or a full day of paddling with breathtaking adventure and fun exploration. Our day trips launch from our kayak shack, with different trip times running daily. Your adventure begins here!

Tofino

Discover the Islands

Discover the Islands is our shortest trip, chalk full of wildlife and fun. If you only have a couple of hours to spare, you can still experience what Clayoquot Sound has to offer. We‘ll explore Tofino‘s historical harbour front, paddle along beautiful shoreline and through stunning island channels. Visits by harbour seals are common!

2.5 hours… $59.00

Discover the Rainforest

Discover the Rainforest speaks for itself. Three hours of paddling time, combined with a short hike on Meares Island to visit one of Canada’s largest Western Red Cedars. We’ll explore the lush, ancient temperate rainforest and stand amongst 1500 year old cedar tree giants. Discuss with your guide rainforest conservation, ocean ecology, and the fascinating First Nations history of our area, spanning over 5000 years. We’ll paddle along brilliant shorelines and nestle amongst island channels, winding our way through the pristine waters of Clayoquot Sound. Come out and find out why Clayoquot Sound is a designated World Biosphere Reserve. The highlight of your visit to the west coast.

4.0 hours … $75.00

Discover Clayoquot Sound

For those with a full day to explore, our six hour trip gives you a full taste of what our area has to offer. We’ll paddle up the protected waters of Lemmens Inlet or cross Father Charles Channel to Vargas Island. We’ll get out and stretch our legs and enjoy a fresh lunch packed by the guide. Many opportunities for wildlife viewing, bird watching and inter tidal exploration.

6.0 hours … $113.00

Ucluelet

Discover the Harbour

Enjoy a beautiful sea kayak tour in protected harbour waters. Paddle the waters of a quaint village harbour that is alive with fishing boats and a pre-wartime history. Wildlife abounds on this tour and the harbour is home to many resident sea lions -some choosing to pop up and visit you while you paddle!

2.5 hours … $59.00

Discover the Bears!

Imagine floating in your kayak just meters offshore while a black bear forages the inter tidal zone looking for a meal. Take some spectacular photographs of one of natures most incredible animals (Bears seen on most - but not all trips).

2.5 hours… $59.00

Discover the Open Coast

Paddle outside the protection of the harbour and into the open sea! Be one with the ocean swell and feel the unparalleled exhilaration of paddling along rocky exposed coastline. Absolutely breathtaking scenery. Return fully charged with an intense natural energy!

4.0 hours … $75.00
Or
6.0 hours including lunch … $115.00

Come and explore the west coast hidden gem- Ucluelet, Trips from our new Ucluelet location are now running daily. You’ll find us inside Jamie's Whaling Station at the bottom of Fraser Lane.

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A wide variety of activities are available to you and your travel companions here in Tofino. From whale watching, bear viewing, sight-seeing, hot springs tours and bird watching- the possibilities are endless. To book more trips in Tofino or Ucluelet or to find out about second trip specials, please go to www.jamies.com.

Clayoquot Sound is known world wide for its environmental activism. In Canada, it is a hotspot for intense activism and direct action blockading. The Tla-o-qui-aht first nations people, of the 5,000 year old village of Opitsaht on Meares Island, were the first in Canada to establish a blockade in 1980. Direct action blockading was the only way to keep the chainsaws out of the 22,000 acres of pristine ancient growth rainforest on Meares Island. The Tla-o-qui-aht, along with a core group of concerned citizens of the area (who formed a grassroots environmental group known as the Friends of Clayoquot Sound) initiated the era of direct action through blockading that is still very much alive and well today. The largest civil disobedience act in Canadian history took place in Clayoquot Sound in 1993. Nearly 900 people were arrested for participating in a massive blockade (a peace camp) and refusing to obey court orders to disband and remove themselves from the effort. Unfortunately, the Clayoquot ancient growth rainforest is still under major threat today. Plans are in the works to remove much of the last stands of pristine ancient growth. To learn more, please visit www.focs.ca