Northern Half

This kayak trip is great for those who want a more relaxing paddle. You will spend your time paddling the northern half of Gwaii Haanas, between Tanu and Burnaby Narrows. Depending on your paddling skill and the weather, you can decide on the length of your crossings and if you want to go on the east or west side of Lyell Island. A highlight of this trip is a visit to Hotspring Island about half way through where you can have a shower and soak in the natural pools.

Itinerary (based on a trip from North to South, this trip also runs from South to North):

Day 1 - Get picked up from your B&B in Sandspit at about 7:30am. Load your gear into a van and drive for about 1 hour down the logging roads to Moresby Camp. Load gear and kayaks into one of our open zodiacs and head into Gwaii Haanas. After about an hour in the boat we reach a beach on Kunga Island near Tanu Village, the start of your kayak expedition. After unloading the boat you are on your own for the rest of the trip.

Day 2-7 - Making your own choices as to weather and route, you will make your way down to Burnaby Narrows. You can camp wherever you like (except in the no camping areas mentioned in your parks orientation), gather water in the streams, and generally have a great time. In this area you can see the long abandoned Haida Village Site of Tanu where over 500 Haida once lived. You will have a chance to soak in natural hotsprings, see great scenery, intertidal life and hopefully wildlife.

Day 8 - By 11:00am you should be packed and ready on the beach in front of the can bouy on the North side of Burnaby Narrows (or if traveling from South to North, the large beach on the West side of Kunga Island). As weather, tides, wild life sightings etc. all have an impact on our speed we cannot give you a precise ETA. To give you a general idea, we usually arrive early to mid afternoon. If it is raining, we suggest setting up a tarp while you wait in case it takes us a while. When we arrive we will unload our outgoing guests, load your group and head back to Moresby Camp, about 2.5 hours. On arrival at Moresby Camp we will trailer the boat, load the gear into the van and head back to our office in Sandspit to settle the bill then drop you off at your B&B.

Rental kayaks for this trip
We rent high quality, Canadian made, fiberglass and thermoform kayaks. These kayaks have been chosen for their reliability, stability and performance. For more information see our Kayak Rentals page.
Single: $300
Double: $425

VHF Radio rentals for this trip
If you do not have your own Marine VHF Radio, you must rent one from us. As well as all the weather and marine frequencies, our radios are programmed with a private repeater frequency allowing kayakers to communicate directly with our boats and office from most places north of Burnaby Narrows.
Price: $40

Marine Charts
For this trip you will need chart number 3853 and/or all of 3807, 3808 and 3809. Marine charts are available from most marine stores and online from http://www.fedpubs.com/charts/queen_charlotte.htm

If you need to rent other gear, please visit our Gear Rentals page.

Schedule 2010

For transports in May, June and September please visit our Custom Transports page

Trips start and end on Wednesdays

Our regular price of $375 is $335 plus taxes

Date

Direction

Price

Length

Notes

June 30 N-S $375 8 Days 8 Spaces
July 7 S-N $375 8 Days 7 Spaces
July 14 N-S $375 8 Days 10 Spaces
July 21 S-N $375 8 Days 10 Spaces
July 28 N-S $375 8 Days 10 Spaces
August 4 S-N $375 8 Days 10 Spaces
August 11 N-S $375 8 Days 7 Spaces
August 18 S-N $375 8 Days 7 Spaces
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