Note that, as with all expedition cruises, itineraries vary depending on the interests of the guests, and the actions of weather and wildlife. This sample itinerary is meant to give you an idea of the typical trip.

Day 1 Trip kickoff, Telegraph Cove and Alert Bay First Nations cultural centre. Dinner and hotel stay.

Day 2 Board Maple Leaf, orientation, sailing. Porpoise and dolphin viewing. Optional evening kayak.

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

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

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

Day 6 Village Island ancient Kwakwaka'wakw village site, humpback whale watching, visit whale researchers on Hanson Island.

Day 7 Killer whale watching, cruising to Port McNeill.