Quadra Island
             Canoe Trip

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Please Note: This canoe trip has been changed to a self guided style of trip. All canoes and camping gear is supplied with full map, and trip instructions. Read the following as self guided - ie; you will guide your own trip. No hired guide.

Day 1
To begin your canoeing vacation on Quadra Island we gather at our outfitting base early in the morning. Then we make our short drive to our departure point where your professional guide/s explains packing and preparation details. After packing your gear for the trip your guide then gives instruction on paddling techniques and safety. You board your canoe and begin your adventure. After exploring Quadra's Main Lake secluded shoreline and possibly making a portage we find ourselves at our first pristine wilderness campsite. Your guide/s explains the nuances of setting up tents, how to choose a site etc., and you're off to choose your very own tent site.
Shortly after that your guide/s announces dinner and you sit down for a delicious wilderness meal that has earned Out For Adventure its esteemed reputation for fine backcountry cuisine. Be sure to save space for desert. The evening brings out stars by the millions! Away from the city lights you will be dazzled with twinkling stars as you sit around your campfire swapping stories. The campsites are a integral part of the whole wilderness experience, and Quadra Island's Main Lake is home to some of the best camp sites in British Columbia.

Day 2
For coffee lovers it will be the aroma of fresh coffee brewing that greets your day, or for others it will be the smell of breakfast or perhaps the call of the loon across the misty morning lake. For those interested in seeing wildlife, your guide will suggest an early morning paddle as a great opportunity since most animals at active at this time of day. Mornings are easy going as we enjoy breakfast and conversation while watching the morning unfold in the wilderness of British Columbia. We pack our gear, load the canoes and we are off on another day of exploration, taking time to enjoy the sites, possibly seeing an eagle or some other wildlife. Always stopping to enjoy a swim or break we slow from our regular day to day pace and begin to fall into a different rhythm. So subtle it comes on almost without notice, we begin to move with the rhythm of nature, relaxed, and attuned to our surroundings as one can only be on a wilderness canoe trip. Our day evolves with our groups desires tempered with our travel plans and includes shore lunch and breaks. Eventually we find ourselves making the magnificent and rather short portage from the fresh water lakes of Quadra Island to the ocean waters between Quadra Island and Maurelle Island. Arriving at another incredible camp site surrounded by Mountains, fresh air and of course a picture perfect view. Just sitting on the shore of your campsite enjoying the stillness of the protected ocean passage one can be transformed into the beauty of the wild places we visit.

Days 3-4
Here we explore the Archipelagos of Surge Narrows Marine Park or Octopus Islands Marine Park. Our explorations will lead us to short hikes or shore line stops to investigate water falls, native cultural sites or abandon home stead along the way. Being on the ocean now, we may encounter seals, sea lions, porpoises, river otters, Eagles and on rare occasion even whales. Our camp sites are stunning little sites, some of which are situated right beside tidal rapids so we can enjoy the change of the tide while sipping hot chocolate around our camp fire. This is an area perfectly suited to canoe travel, just as the natives had done here in the past.

Please Note: This canoe trip has been changed to a self guided style of trip. All canoes and camping gear is supplied with full map, and trip instructions. Read the following as self guided - ie; you will guide your own trip. No hired guide.

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