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Sleeping Beauty Ascent
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Keenawaii' Kitchen Haida Feast

5-Nights Reach Your Peak Package

By Ocean Edge Expeditions
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Overview

Haida Gwaii is a land full of scenic wonders, has a unique Indigenous culture, is awe inspiring, energy giving, and life enriching. Once you visit these isolated islands with its vibrant rhythms, varied landscape, and rich heritage that teems with incredible diversity of marine and animal life, you'll understand what make Haida Gwaii so special.

This six-day tour includes novel ways to explore popular destinations, as well as hidden spots well off the beaten track. Our services are high quality, comfortable, informative, and tailored to guest needs, such that they will enable guests to have a greater appreciation of the natural environment and culture of Haida Gwaii. A trip to Haida Gwaii provides an opportunity to explore this uniquely beautiful and captivating land and meet its friendly and welcoming people.

Activity location

  • Spirit Lake Trail
    • Highway 16
    • Skidegate, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Spirit Lake Trail
    • Highway 16
    • Skidegate, Canada

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What's included, what's not

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  • What's includedWhat's included5-Nights Accommodation
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  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAirfare to/from Sandspit, BC
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  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTravel insurance (due to inclement weather)
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Know before you book

  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not recommended for people who are adverse to physical activities.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Welcoming Haida Feast
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Jags in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii; a charming Haida community.
Spirit Lake Trail
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Arrive on Haida Gwaii at the Sandspit Airport with a private shuttle awaiting you to transport you to your accommodation located in the Haida community of Skidegate. You will have time to check into your room, then be picked up to travel to the GuuhlGa Siiwaay K'iiwaay/Spirit Lake Trail to participate in a cultural interpretive hike, followed by a traditional Haida meal in an Elder's home.
Day 2: Haida Gwaii Cultural Immersion
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Jags in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Start the day at one of the most mysterious and photographed sights on Graham Island: Balance Rock; followed by a pole tour at the Haida Heritage Centre, then a fascinating look into Haida Gwaii culture at the Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum.
Day 3: Experience Northern Graham Island
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Jags in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Tow Hill Provincial Park
  • 8h
  • Admission ticket included
Travel to Northern Graham Island to meet Haida artists in their place of work to learn about the process involved to carve a pole - from selecting a tree and all that is involved until it is raised. Visit Haida art galleries and the Dixon Entrance Maritime Museum. Travel to North Beach to view the magnificent pole located at the Hiellen Longhouse Village, then participate in an easy hike to the blowhole and a moderate hike up Tow Hill with a view to the east and west.
Day 4: Reach for the Top
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Jags in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Sleeping Beauty Trail
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Reach for the top, as you climb Mt Genevieve (729 m) through old growth forest to the 'nose' for unobstructed panoramic views - north, south, east, and west! The Sleeping Beauty trail is a challenging 3-hour vertical hike with opportunities for stair climbing and rope climbing. Explore this beautiful landscape, abundant with unique plants that call Mt. Genevieve home.
Day 5: Floating on Water
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Jags in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii
Tlell
  • 6h
Get out onto the water with an expert guide on this two-hour stand up paddleboard tour on the enchanting Tll.aal Gandlaay Tlell River. This tour promises an unforgettable ebb and flow adventure along the quiet waters of the Tll.aal, ending with a gourmet meal at the Haida House restaurant. The most common sounds you will hear will be that of your paddle blade as it eases in through the water with each stroke you take, only to be contested by the cries of an eagle. Following your paddle we will explore art galleries and gift shops in the area.
Day 6: Farewell Paradise
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Damaxyaa Heritage Conservancy
  • 4h
  • Admission ticket included
Travel to Sandspit for a short easy walk on the Louise Dover Memorial trail located in the Damaxyaa Conservancy, then savour a farewell lunch prior to heading to the airport for your departure.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSpirit Lake Trail
    • Highway 16
    • Skidegate, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESpirit Lake Trail
    • Highway 16
    • Skidegate, Canada

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