Tofino Family Kayaking Trip (35.217)

Itinerary

• Day
  1

  10:00 am- Our guides greet you in Tofino at our designated meeting place. After safety instruction & paddling techniques from the guides, we navigate our way to a desolate beach for lunch. Later in the afternoon we reach Vargas Island for our first night stay. We are greeted by our host Neil Buckle and after a tour of the property we are free to explore or catch up on some reading before dinner. Enjoy a glass of BC wine and watch as your guide prepares an inspired meal of local ingredients like Albacore Tuna or wild BC Salmon. Finish your first day with a wood-fired beach front sauna & evening swim before retiring to your room.

  Meals: Lunch, Dinner

  Accomodation: Lodge
• Day
  2

  Wake to the aroma of morning coffee in the comfort of the Inn. Discuss the days route plan with the guides over a delicious breakfast. Before setting out, your guide will give an instructional talk about surf launch & landings. Watch for seals & sea lions along the rocky shores and reefs on the outer coast of Vargas Island, as well as rare seabirds. Practice your new skills when arriving on Medallion beach for a pic-nic style lunch. An opportune time for a beach hike, intertidal exploring and photos of the dramatic Pacific coastline. Arriving back at Vargas Island Inn before dinner with time for a refreshing hot cleanse in the beach front shower house.

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  Accomodation: Lodge
• Day
  3

  A satisfying breakfast prepares us for a morning paddle to Meares Island. We hike the 'Big Tree Trail' through the giant ancient Cedars, Spruce and Hemlock of the temperate old growth rainforest. We enjoy lunch on the trail before paddling through the maze of Islands near the Tofino harbour. We arrive in Tofino mid-day with time to make our travel connections.

  Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

  Accomodation: Accommodation by Customer