Black Bear Kayaking - Tofino Kayak Adventures

10/19/2020

The team went for a late season trip to Kennedy lake

09/19/2020

Just a few more weeks before the bears will wander off to the rivers for the salmon run.

08/26/2020

Today's 'Bears by kayak' tour was especially epic. Starting in a complete 'white out ('faugust'!), ending in blue sky while enjoying the whole transition. On top of that, we had great views of a sea otter, eagles and lots of awesome bears! What a day!
@ Tofino Vancouver Island

08/24/2020

Dungeons crab for breakfast...

08/13/2020

We recently keep on seeing this sea otter around the harbor on our tours

06/20/2020

Hey fellow traveler!

Wow, what a crazy ride the last couple of months have been for every one of us while facing the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic. And as we are still chewing on it, we feel confident to take you on an adventure tour soon, while in the meantime we are still working on preparing a minimum risk operation!

As some of our final preparations are ongoing, we are not able to give you an official start date at this point. We hope for your understanding while we stick to our 'safety over profit' protocol.

At the moment we can confirm to be offering the following tour-program, starting somewhere between June 24th-July 1st, with availability for our two NEW tours following shortly thereafter.

* 4hr 'Bears by Kayak', a scenic boat ride followed by bear viewing opportunities from your kayak in the sheltered waters of Fortune Channel. Max group size 4ppl, max two social parties

* 4hr Kayak tour including an interpretive hike through the stunning old growth of Meares island. Max group size 6 people, max three social groups

*NEW* 'Vargas a la carte' A scenic ride to Milty Beach on Vargas Island. Max group size 4, max 2 social parties.

*NEW* ‘Bears by Boat’, a 2.5 hour bear viewing tour and scenic cruise. Max 4 ppl, 2 social groups

All of these tours will follow dedicated safety-protocols that are aimed to minimize the exposure and risk of everybody participating in the tour, while offering you the most joy and freedom possible.

This means that you can expect small groups and unique experiences, off the beaten path!

Stay tuned for updates!

04/26/2020

Took the boat out yesterday and came across these 'menage-a-trois' doing their mating dance. Incredible to witness...

04/15/2020

Nightshot from Morpheus island

03/28/2020

While it is uncertain when we can take out our next tour, it's probably a good opportunity to share some of our favorite moments from the past.
This was last summer, when a white tailed buck was washed up on the shore and nature took it's course. After about three days pretty much nothing but bones was left. @ Tofino, British Columbia

03/19/2020

Hey everybody!

Thanks if you're just stopping by, a fan or somebody that was already dreaming about their trip to Tofino ...about kayaking to the 'Big Tree Trail' or even see some 'Bears by kayak' this summer.

Unfortunately, we all have to change our plans to overcome the current thread of an unprecedented virus outbreak. In regards to Tofino, this means, that at the moment we are in a state of taking precautions as we are a little, remote community with limited health care and because of that kindly ask visitors to postpone their trip to Tofino.
This means that - as much as we were ready and looking forward to all these adventures we wanted to bring you on and share with you - unfortunately we won't be able to offering any tours at this point.

We believe that the rather strict measures that are taken at the moment are the right thing to do and hope this way the crisis is going to take the same or even better course as in other, early affected countries. Anyways, at the moment there is nothing but to tell you to stay safe by following the guidelines that are announced for your region.

For all good reasons in the world, we are looking forward to hopefully in the soon the future, where we can take you out on an EPIC adventure in Clayoquot Sound again!

We'll keep you posted about the situation as well as any new tour dates for 2020.

All the best from Tofino,
TJ

P.S. I was thinking about going adventuring and sharing it with you on youtube instead. Let me know if that's something you would be interested in?

03/11/2020

Some river otters on our marina, probably thinking about the next evil plan :)

11/07/2019

A bald eagle waiting for a good catch @ Tofino, British Columbia

09/08/2019

08/15/2019

Decided to end our 'bears by kayak' tour with a firework today ;)

08/08/2019

A young bear we spotted yesterday @ Tofino, British Columbia

08/05/2019

Yesterday we spottedthis juvenile bald eagle on the way back from our 'bears by kayak' tour @ Tofino, British Columbia

07/19/2019

Stay in shape with a tour with Black Bear Adventures @ Tofino, British Columbia

07/08/2019

The ruff life of a k9 kayak guide ;)

07/06/2019

Today a pod of Orcas surprised us on our 'bears by kayak' tour!

07/06/2019

Some Tofino 'rock-sausage' ;-) @ Tofino, British Columbia

07/04/2019

Mum and cub this morning @ Tofino, British Columbia

04/30/2019

Bald eagle flying into the sunset

04/13/2019

'Camping' in the intertidal zone :-)

04/10/2019

What about this for a late april fool's day picture ...we made this picture up out of actually three pictures that were taken by our bushnell trailcam. Two of the same bear and one of Sawyer n I approaching to retrieve it.
Since they were alltaken from the same angle it was easy to put them together 😉

03/21/2019

Canadianaffair just published some recommendations for if come to Tofino for 48hrs ...or less. They seem to have a great taste ;-)
https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/48-hours-tofino/

With its rugged beauty, surfing and hiking routes, Tofino is unsurprisingly a popular place to visit and here are the top things to do in 48 hours.

03/19/2019

Out and about in Fortune Channel

03/06/2019

We can't wait for the season to start and we're posting new dates to our online tour-calendar daily.

03/01/2019

We LOVE creatures! And we have a lot to tell you about them :)

02/25/2019

Checked on our trailcams today and unfortunately we got nothing to this point. Be patient! ;)
Feeling blesssed anyhow with another beautiful day out in Tofino!