Gwaii Haanas End to End - 15 Days

Itinerary (based on a trip from North to South, you can also do this trip 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 two hours 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 2-14 - Making your own choices as to weather and route, you will make your way down to Rose Harbour. 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. One of the biggest draws of Gwaii Haanas is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints), as well as the exposed shorelines of the open Pacific. You will have a chance to soak in natural hotsprings, see great scenery, intertidal life, and hopefully wildlife.

Day 15 - By 12:00am you should be packed and ready at Rasberry Cove, across from Rose Harbour (or if traveling from South to North, the large beach on the West side of Kunga Island at 11:00am). 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 4 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.

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.

Marine Charts
For this trip you will need chart number 3853 and/or all of 3807, 3808, 3809 and 3825. 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.

Don't forget to register with Parks Canada. For parks registration details as well as how to get to the islands, transport your camp stoves on Air Canada, understand the weather, tides, camping arrangements and other useful information visit our Trip Planning section.

2011 Prices

2012 Transportation Schedule