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Black, Grizzly and Spirit Bears - King Pacific Lodge
Recommended Stay
King Pacific Lodge - Princess Royal Island
The coastal rainforest of British Columbia is considered to be one of the world's great ecological treasures. Lush forests of ancient cedar and Sitka Spruce tower over a floor blanketed with club moss, maidenhair fern, salal and salmon berry. Animals of the region include the rare white Kermode or Spirit bears, grizzly and black bears, humpback whales, white tailed deer, stellar sea lions, wolves, otters, eagles and more.
King Pacific Lodge is a Rosewood Resort, floating in a sheltered bay on Princess Royal Island, amid the temperate rainforest two hours north of Vancouver. The lodge is all inclusive and your stay is tailored to you – whale and bear watching in September (particularly the Kermode bear), hiking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, visiting a First Nations village or simply relaxing.
Three, four or seven night all inclusive packages are available.
| Dates | May to September |
| Prices From | £3700 per person for 3 nights |
Price includes return flights from Vancouver to the Lodge, 3, 4 or 7 nights at the Lodge - all inclusive (all meals, wine and alcoholic drinks) and all lodge activities. Helicopter tours are charged at a supplement. Price excludes international flights, helicopter trips, gratuities and items of a personal nature.
Spirit Bears
The Pacific Coast of British Columbia is home to the World's only white coloured black bears. The Spirit bear or white bear, as called by the Tsimshian Coastal First Nations, is thought by scientists to be a generic variation of the black bear.
Scientists believe that the presence of a single recessive gene in these creatures is responsible for the white coat. They are found on the islnads, off the north-central coast of British Columbia and white coat Spirit Bears are found most frequently on Princess Royal Island, situated between the coastal mainland and the Queen Charlotte Islands. Scientists believe there is such a high concentration of the Spirit Bears on this island because they are geographically isolated from other black bear populations. There is estimated to be about 120 on the island.
Wolves
In the Great Bear Rainforest wolves range over vast territories and travel in packs. They are extremely social and trael and hunt in packs that usually consist of a famly group (normally 6 to 7 members). On British Columbia's coast, there is a unique subspecies of Wolf that roams the estuaries and swims up to ten kilometers between the remote islands searching for salmon, Sitka black tailed deer, and even intertidal crustaceans.
Black Bears
The Coastal Black Bear is an Eco-Tourism Highlight for any visit to British Columbia. The number of black bears are high in wet climatic zones, such as the Great Bear Rainforest, where vegetation is more plentiful and access to spawning salmon in the rivers gives an abundant food source rich in important nutrients for winter hibernation.
Whales
Humpback whales are regularly seen in this area and King Pacific Lodge offers you the chance to kayak with these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat.
