Great Bear Rainforest and Kitlope Supervoyage: grizzly bear viewing, rainforest tours, First Nations culture

Great Bear Rainforest & Kitlope Supervoyage

Trip Planning - Great Bear Rainforest & Kitlope Supervoyage

When you book, we will send you a comprehensive trip planning guide.

In the meantime, please feel free to use this general information in planning your trip. However, before making flight or other arrangements, please contact us to ensure availability on the trip you want, and to ensure that specific details, such as boarding time and location, for your trip are confirmed. Changes may occur from year to year.

Port of Departure:

Bella Bella Government Wharf, Bella Bella, B.C.

Port of Return:

MK Bay Marina, Kitimat, B.C. http://www.mkbaymarina.com
Phone: (250)632-6401
MK Bay Marina is located in Haisla First Nation Traditional Territory at the head of Douglas Channel near the community of Kitimat.

How to Get to the Ship:

By Air
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Pacific Coastal Airlines operates daily flights to Bella Bella from Vancouver (and Port Hardy), B.C.

Pacific Coastal Airlines
Phone: 1-800-663-2872
www.pacific-coastal.com

Note: Pacific Coastal flies from the peaceful South Terminal at Vancouver International Airport. There is a regular shuttle bus from the main terminal and from the seaplane port. Allow about 30 minutes from door to door to be sure to meet the required boarding and check in times.

Taxi
Since there is just one flight a day to Bella Bella, Maple Leaf Adventures will arrange for a taxi to meet you at the airport and bring you to the ship. Your taxi fare will be about $10.

How to Get Home:

The nearest airport to Kitimat is Terrace BC, about a 45 minute cab ride from the MK Bay Marina.

From Kitimat/Terrace

Pacific Coastal Airlines
Phone: 1-800-663-2872
www.pacific-coastal.com

Air Canada
Phone: 1-866-584-0380
www.aircanada.com

Hawk Air
Phone: 1-800-487-1216
www.hawkair.net

* Kitimat Taxi - we will help make arrangements from the ship for your taxi to the airport; it is likely that guests will share a van/taxi.

Where to Stay:

In Kitimat we recommend:
Channel's Edge Inn
Phone: 1-888-632-8478
www.channelsedge.com

Travel Agent
We are happy to recommend the services of our travel agent. She books travel for us and has assisted Maple Leaf guests for many years.

Trip / Medical Insurance

Due to the remoteness of the areas we travel in we highly recommend travel/medical trip insurance that covers possible emergency medical evacuation.
We highly recommend trip cancellation insurance. This protects you in case you have to cancel for a variety of reasons (including illness). This must be purchased at the time your booking is confirmed.

Travel Documentation

If you are entering Canada from another country, you must have a valid passport.
If the US or Canada require that citizens from your country have other documentation such as a visa in order to enter either country, you are responsible for having it with you. To find out what you need, ask your nearest consulate.

Suggested Reading - Great Bear Rainforest Kitlope

Title	Author, ISBN	Subject Area

The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast	by Ian McAllister and Karen McAllister with Cameron Young. ISBN 1-55017-166-6	Overview, natural history

Raven Steals the Light	By Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst. ISBN 0295975245	First Nations stories

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form	By Bill Holm. ISBN 0295951028	First Nations art

The Curve of Time: Classic Memoir of A Woman & Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest	M. Wylie Blanchet. ISBN 1552853519	Memoir

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature	By David Suzuki. ISBN 1-55054-548-5	General nature

The Last Great Sea: A Voyage Through the Human and Natural History of the North Pacific Ocean	By Terry Glavin ISBN: 1-55054-954-5	Natural history, cultural history of the North Pacific Ocean region

These and many other books on the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Coast are on board in our library. Some are available for purchase through our office.