We are an award-winning, niche adventure travel company specializing in wildlife and cultural expeditions to Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, the Haida Gwaii Archipelago, Northern Vancouver Island, and the Southern Gulf Islands and Salish Sea.
Outer Shores Expeditions offers intimate tours of Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest and surrounding islands, a magical region of stunning beauty and immense biodiversity. Join our Spring or Fall expeditions and let us show you a place you’ll never forget – a place that offers new surprises and captures the imagination like few places on Earth.
The remote island archipelago of Haida Gwaii stands alone in a country teeming with spectacular wilderness areas and offers unmatched wildlife viewing paired with an Indigenous cultural heritage dating back more than 16,000 years.
Observing, photographing, learning about, and simply being amazed by the spectacular populations of killer whales, humpback whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions, sea otters, and seabirds that congregate in the coastal waters of Northern Vancouver Island is the central focus of this expedition.
Join us in exploring Gulf Islands National Park Reserve within British Columbia’s Salish Sea and Southern Gulf Islands Archipelago.
Our two ships—Passing Cloud, a 70′ classic wooden schooner designed by Bluenose architect William James Roué, and Ocean Wayfinder, a 70′ ketch-rigged expedition vessel purpose-built for coastal exploration—offer unparalleled access to the remote, wildlife-rich shores of British Columbia, combining comfort, character, and an unrivalled connection to this extraordinary coast.
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By: Rebecca Martone and Maurice Kasprowsky Once nearly erased by whaling, humpback whales have returned to the waters of British Columbia, reshaping a living seascape
Header image credit: Dean McCurdy British Columbia’s coastline holds an astonishing diversity of marine life, and we’re continually grateful for the chance to witness so
