Your Guide to the Best Wildlife and Travel Experiences on Earth
Imagine cruising through Canada’s Inside Passage towards Alaska. Sitting back in your seat watching humpback whales, orca and seals swimming alongside your ship. Spotting bears fishing on the shoreline while you eat breakfast and seeing the sunset over the coastal islands of British Columbia. Sound good? We think so too. But perhaps you think cruises are expensive…
If you haven’t read our post from the first half of our epic train journey through the Rockies you can do so here. Riding the Rocky Mountaineer train through the Canadian Rockies is an experience many people put on their Bucket List. One of the world’s most iconic train journeys takes you through some of…
Telegraph Cove, in northern Vancouver Island, has become a a hub for eco-tourism in recent years. It is probably best known for it’s access to Knight Inlet, home to world famous grizzly bear viewing, with TideRip tours. However, it is also the perfect starting point for a trip into Johnstone Strait and a chance to…
A couple of days in Vancouver is probably enough given the incredible beauty and adventure that is on offer throughout Canada. And we feel that trips to Stanley Park and the Museum of Anthropology at UBC are probably the best ways to spend them. Stanley park is an enormous inner city park set on the…
We arrived into Prince Rupert on the overnight BC Ferry from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. The ferry trip was a great way to get a view of Canada’s stunning inside passage, so do take a read of our post on this trip. However, the main reason for our trip to Prince Rupert was to…
Brown bears can be found all over the globe, from Asia to Europe and of course North America. And it was in North America, on the pacific coast of British Columbia, that we were fortunate enough to get up close and personal with the North American brown bear, more commonly known as the grizzly bear.…
Riding the Rocky Mountaineer train through the Canadian Rockies is an experience many people put on their Bucket List. One of the world’s most iconic train journeys takes you through some of the most stunning mountain scenery anywhere in the world, all in the comfort of your luxury train carriage. Taking various routes and tracks…
Say the name Browning Pass to a keen diver and watch their eyes light up. Regarded by many as the best temperate diving in the world, divers come from all over the globe to dive these waters, and for good reason. The diving is utterly spectacular. With water temperatures ranging from about 6-12 degrees celsius…
For those of you who haven’t heard of the spirit bear I’ll give you a quick introduction. Deep in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada, lives a truly special animal. Otherwise known as a Kermode bear, the spirit bear is actually a subspecies of the American black bear. The reason…
The most populous city in the United States and home to over 8 million people, New York City is a mecca for tourists from all over the world. Also known as the Big Apple, it is estimated that over 50 million tourists visit New York each year. For nature and wilderness lovers like us it…