Adventure Tours
Wild Coastal Adventure Packages ...
Go Wild... in comfort! Skipper/guides are safety certified and knowledgeable about local wildlike and history, ensuring tours are interesting and informative.
New for 2008... We are offering whale watching tours in a choice of boats! Choose the Zodiac tour, and don an all-weather suit; experience extreme excitement and fresh salty air in a comfortable open boat... about as close to nature as you can get! Or choose the enclosed boat tour, and enjoy cruiser class comfort and protection from the elements in a welded aluminum "crew boat" style boat. Both styles of boats have onboard bathroom. To see what these boats look like, visit our Photo Gallery.
There are several of options when it comes to packaging adventure and accommodation... read on below, or click these links and read the pdf's at your convenience! PDF links: coastal adventure packages or fishing + adventure packages .
Seriously Wild: Orcas & Grizzly Bears (oh my!)
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$625 cdn pp - Zodiac
- $679 cdn pp - enclosed boat
- three nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- full day whale watching (choice of zodiac or closed boat)
- a full day grizzly expedition in the Orford River Valley (in the comfort of a closed boat)
Enjoy the best of the coast! This package is available beginning September 1, 2008.
Price based on double occupancy and is subject to availability.
Grizzly Bear Expedition
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$419 cdn per person
- two nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- full day of grizzly bear watching in the Orford River Valley (enjoy the comfort of a closed boat)
This is a wild west coast experience! Explore spectacular river estuary of the Orford River. View grizzlies in their natural habitat feeding on spawning salmon, observed from the security of specially built viewing platforms. For more details regarding this tour, please click here.
Available beginning September 1, 2008.
Price based on double occupancy and is subject to availability.
A Whale of an Adventure
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$259 cdn per person - Zodiac
- $299 per person - enclosed boat
- two nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- full day of whale watching.
It's easy to have a beautiful Quadra Island experience! Cruise through extraordinary wilderness scenery to find and observe orcas. Listen to them sing with the onboard hydrophone. Along the way, watch for dolphins, porpoises, seals and eagles. For more details regarding this tour, please click here.
Available beginning July 1, 2008
This package is based on double occupancy and is subject to availability.
Go Fish...
Fish in style! We fish from cruiser class boats with some of the best fishing guides in the Discovery Islands. Our guides provide all the gear, have a great attitude, and know the spots. These packages combine fishing and adventure for a coastal experience where comfort is king: heated covered boats with washrooms on board.
Fishing + Whales
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$679 per person - Zodiac whale tour
- $739 per person - enclosed boat whale tour
- three nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- full day whale watching
- five hours of fully guided salmon fishing
Box lunches provided on tour and fishing trip; fish packaging also included.
This package is available beginning July 1, 2008. Price based on double occupancy, and is subject to availability.
Grizzlies + Fishing
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$849 per person
- three nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- full day of grizzly bear viewing
- five hours of fully guided salmon fishing
Box lunches provided on tour and fishing trip; fish packaging also included.
This package is available beginning September 1, 2008. Price based on double occupancy, and is subject to availability.
Big Fishing
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$599 per person
- two nights at the Heriot Bay Inn
- eight hours of fully guided salmon fishing... while fishing drop prawn traps, enjoy a picnic lunch, fish up a storm, and pull your traps on the way back to the dock!
Box lunches provided on fishing trip; fish packaging also included.
This package is available anytime in 2008. Price based on double occupancy, and is subject to availability.
Visit the Island Adventure Centre online or download a copy of the Island Adventure Centre brochure.
The Heriot Bay Inn & Resort is nestled in an idyllic harbour on Quadra Island between Vancouver Island, the Discovery Islands and BC’s magnificent west coast, the frontier of one of the greatest wilderness areas of the world! The Heriot Bay Inn offers lodgings, a restaurant and a pub as well as all the amenities of a bustling rural island community.
