This sample itinerary is intended to give you a general idea of the trip. The actual itinerary is flexible depending on weather, guest interest, wildlife behaviour and other factors.

Day 1 Trip kickoff, Alert Bay Cultural Centre, dock and village walk, painting, dinner and hotel stay.

Day 2 Board Maple Leaf, orientation, sailing. Porpoise and dolphin viewing. Painting.

Day 3 Killer whale watching for hours. Lunch in the company of whales. Painting. Evening forest interpretive walk.

Day 4 Sailing. Shore walk and intertidal life viewing. Visit remote Echo Bay and Billy Proctor's Museum. Painting.

Day 5 Cruising mainland fjord, river estuary walk, search for bears. Optional kayak, zodiac ride. Painting.

Day 6 Village Island ancient Kwakwaka'wakw village site, humpback whale watching, painting.

Day 7 Killer whale watching, cruising to Port McNeill.