DAY 1
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12:00 Noon- Our guides greet you in Tofino at our designated meeting place. After safety instruction & paddling techniques from the lead guide, we navigate our way to one of the many beaches on Vargas Island to begin our sea kayak tour. Vargas Island Inn for our first night stay to enjoy an expertly prepared dinner paired with BC wine. Finish your first day with a wood-fired beach front sauna & evening swim before retiring to your room.
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DAY 2
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Morning coffee while looking at the chart and checking the weather with the guide. Before setting out, your guide will give further 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 the expansive beach of Ahous Bay for lunch. We then head for North Vargas where we will set up camp for the night. An opportune time for a beach hike and intertidal exploring while your guide expertly prepares dinner on the Coleman stove.
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DAY 3
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After an early morning of guide led yoga stretches on the beach, we set off for further adventure with a trip to some smaller surrounding islands on the look out for summer resident Gray whales. We watch for the commonly seen deer, wolf or sea otters foraging for crabs in the silence of the morning while gliding past kelp forests along the calmer inside passage of Vargas Island. Arriving back at our beach camp before our wild west coast dinner allows time for reading or a beach hike.
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DAY 4
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After breakfast we pack our beach camp and complete our circumnavigation of Vargas Island. We arrive back at the Inn and enjoy hot showers before dinner. Our final dinner will include some of James personal wine collection.
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DAY 5
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Early coffee on the beach and another satisfying breakfast prepares us for a morning paddle to Meares Island. We hike through the giant ancient Cedars of the temperate old growth rainforest before returning back to civilization in the village of Tofino from where we first departed.
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