Wildcoast Adventures Kayak Getaway
byBritish Columbia, in all its splendour, is such a thrill to explore. There’s not much that can make me appreciate this province more than a mossy forest walk through towering Douglas Firs or a paddle around a cove, rolling over waves and water so clear I can spot the sea kelp stretching to reach surface sunbeams. We constantly find new ways to experience BC’s natural beauty and that’s where tours like those offered from Wildcoast Adventures come in.
Wildcoast Adventures offers a variety of kayaking options including tours around Discovery Islands and Desolation Sound. Last year I gave away an amazing kayak trip with Wildcoast and I’m excited to announced that we’ve partnered again to give away a bucket-list experience to one of my very lucky readers.
Wildcoast Adventures Kayak Getaway
My contest is for their signature Orca Camp, where you’ll stay near the Michael Biggs Robson Bight Ecological Reserve:
This vacation begins with pre-trip accommodation at the beautiful Gowlland Harbour Boutique Resort on Quadra Island and includes a 4 day & 3 night remote camping and kayaking experience to see Killer Whales in Johnstone Strait. You will begin your vacation on peaceful Quadra Island where the spectacular beauty of the resort’s waterfront location encourages visitors to reconnect with nature.
After enjoying your first day and a peaceful night’s sleep at the resort, you will take a water taxi to Wildcoast’s remote Orca Camp where you will kayak each day on the lookout for Orcas! This is a great location to find killer whales as they often feed in the kelp beds just off the Orca Camp beach. This glamping experience includes beachcombing, hikes, fishing, awesome food, a native sauna, evening campfires, sleeping in safari tents, and star filled nights!
Heading back home after this trip you will be relaxed and inspired by the experience you’ve had disconnecting from your busy life and reconnecting with nature.
You can enter to win using any or all of these methods:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Head over to Facebook and “Like” this image (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow Wildcoast Adventures on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about their tours. Must be 19+ to enter. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Friday, April 25, 2014. The prize is for one person only.
Contest does not include travel to & from Quadra Island BC. Valid for 5 Day Package Tour during 2014 season ONLY (dates subject to availability). No cash value. Prize awarded as is. No kayaking experience necessary.
Wildcoast was born out of the longstanding kayak company Coastal Spirits, which provided wilderness kayak camping tours, including the Orca Basecamp in Johnstone Strait for over 15 years. With its owners looking to retire, Expedition Manager, Damon Stapinsky saw the opportunity to take the company to the next level. Having spent entire summers working the front-lines on tours with guests from around the world, he had a keen awareness of what made a great experience and what was now needed to ensure great kayaking tours in Canada could be had by the new generations of adventure travelers. By going above and beyond for guests and sharing knowledge of the area and passion for the outdoors, the newly reborn Wildcoast is providing kayak tours that provide new equipment, fresh menus designed by a gourmet chef and packaged as well as custom kayak trip offerings in order to cater to the unique dynamic of each group of guests. [Wildcoast’s Story]
Update The winner is ine van aken!!
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I would love to win this ♥
Sounds fun, love quadra!
for one, just myself
What a cool experience! Let’s limit the entries to just me so I can win 😉 lol
woot woot!!
Looooove orcas
Fun times!
would love to go kayak!
I would love to win. Pick me! 🙂
This is an awesome giveaway and something definitely on my bucket list!
Awesome getaway! Liked on FB and tweeted!
This looks like a fantastic trip!
This would be my summer highlight.
Yes!
this sounds so incredible!
Sounds like an amazing experience! I’ve tried skydiving, bungee jumping, surfing, and even glacier hiking, but never kayaking before 🙂
awesome contest
*cross fingers*
Such a bucket list opportunity. I would love this!
This looks wonderful! Fingers crossed! Thanks for the opportunity, Rebecca!
omg yes! the quintessential westcoast experience:)
Can’t wait to enjoy the outdoors this summer!
I would love to enjoy this unique experience . Just as unique as the word Kayak which can read the same way in either direction, yes it’s a palindrome !
Sounds like an amazing trip
What a great trip! I would love to be able to go on this adventure. Kayaking is something that I love to do but have only been paddling around Vancouver.
Yes, please! Kayaking, orcas and safari tents sound great.
This would be a wonderful getaway- love beautiful BC!
Looks like a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Looks amazing!
Sounds amazing!
This sounds completely awesome! Best contest prize yet!!
Wow! Yes please!
I would love to win this!
Sounds great!
This looks amazing! I’ve always wanted to explore Quadra Island!
Wow – amazing giveaway. I’d love to kayak Quadra.
Pick me! I’ve never been to any of the Gulf Islands. This would be a great place to start.
Sounds amazing! Would love to win!
I’ll bring my own paddle, I’m that keen!
Looking forward to it.
Sounds fantastic. Would love to enjoy the outdoors.
This is definitely a bucket list item!
I’ve had a seal follow me while kayaking off Quadra before, but orcas would be amazing. Sign me up!
Sign me up! 🙂
This would be heavenly!
Fingers crossed, this sounds amazing!
whoaaaa this sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!!!
would love this!
This sounds amazing
That would be a dream come true. I always want to try these trips but they are usually too pricey.
Awesome!
This just looks simply amazing…
Trip of a lifetime.
I need a good adventure in my life right now!!
what a great prize
I’d have a whale of a time!
Sounds amazing
What a wonderful trip! After missing out on kayaking out there this fall (I got out there a touch too late in the season), this would be dream come true.
Sounds like a prize package of BC’s finest. I would love to experience all that Quadra Island & Johnstone Strait have to offer… along with my boyfriend from France!
I would love kayaking/camp trip!
A trip like this is definitely on my bucket list, a fantastic adventure.
This trip looks amazing! Put me in the draw!
I would love to win this! I love kayaking, but have only ever done it on a lake before!
Great Giveaway!!!
This is actually on my bucket list. Would love to do this!
I’ve never seen orcas in real life before!
Perfect Gift for my Wife! Thanks for posting about this tour company! So Cool!
I’ve lived in BC for 28 yrs this June & I have never seen orcas in the wild. It IS on my bucket list! *fingers crossed*
this looks amazing!
Would love to win this!! Opportunity of a life time!
This would be an epic way to celebrate our 10 year anniversary ! May the luck of the Irish be with us…
so awesome!
Hmmm…looks fabulous. Can I bring my dog along?
Sounds wonderful. I love kayaking trips!
Pick me! 🙂
Always wanted to do this. hope I win.
This look just amazing.
This sounds amazing!
Wow it would be the once in a life time event! I really want to go!
This would be an amazing experience.
I would love to take this adventure. I’ve met the owners/guides and you couldn’t find a better group of people to show you one of British Columbia’s most beautiful areas. Don’t think about it. Just enter and go!
This sounds amazing! What a wonderful experience this would be!
Hope we win this for our 30th anniversary!
I love kayaking and the BC coast!
Kayaking is the best!!
Have never tried kayaking – this would be great!
Sounds fun. Never been kayaking!
Glamping sounds fun
This would be amazing!
This sounds awesome! I would love to experience this!
Would love to experience this Wildcoast getaway!
stunning views!
AWESOME!
I’ve been to Quadra Island before but never like this!
This would be the trip of a lifetime!
What an amazing opportunity to experience more of the wonder that this province has to offer!
Orca camp! Woo hoo
This sounds like a fabulous experience!
Wow would love to do this!
What a fantastic way to enjoy the west coast!
Would love to try kayaking again!
Dang! To see the orcas rubbing on the rocks in the Bight? wow!
What an amazing opportunity to see an incredible part of the world!
Such water. Much kayak. Amazing paddles.
I would love to do this!!! 🙂
Looks like fun!
No better way than to #explorebc
Love kayaking! Love this idea 🙂
Holy crap this sounds like a dream. What an incredible opportunity.
Would love the opportunity to win this trip. Have done a sea kayak tour with a friend around the Nanaimo B.C. Harbour and it was amazing. Now I want more.
I would love to win this trip. I did a sea kayak tour around Nanaimo, B.C. Harbour, it was amazing and now I want more.
fantastic area to explore by kayak!!
I’d love to win.
What a fabulous contest! Thanks for the opportunity!
Wildcoast Adventures and their Kayak Getaway sounds like a dream that could come true
I absolutely love adventuring, and this would be amazing!!
What a wonderful adventure
would love this adventure 🙂
DEFINITELY ON MY BUCKET LIST……WOULD BE SO BRILLIANT TO BE ABLE TO CROSS IT OFF !! >3
Dream vacation!
Yes please!
This is one of the reasons I moved to BC two years ago and I haven’t had the opportunity to fulfil this dream yet. Fingers and toes crossed!
A million times yes!
wow an amazing getaway!
Sounds amazing!!
This looks amazing!
This would be fantastic!
this sounds really nice!
A westcoast adventure. Perfect!
I know just who I’d take! <3
sign me up!
My wife and I need some time away!
I would love a kayaking trip!
Yes please! 🙂
summmeeerrrr!!!!!
I would love to win this!
Close encounters with Orcas is definitely on my bucket list. I would be so excited to win this.
Wow! Would love to experience this amazing west coast adventure trip!
This would be a great adventure!
oh please!
I’ve never been to Quadra!
I will be very unoriginal and say….. this sounds amaaaaazing.
Awesome trip!
Sounds amazing!
I would love to do this with my husband, we are huge fans of sea life and kayaking.
Sounds like a whale of a time!
Would be awesome trip!
I would love to go kayaking and spend some time away from the city.
What an amazing adventure! To kayak with the orcas sounds awesome !
What an amazing adventure! To kayak with the orcas sounds awesome !
This would be a whale of a time. I deserve a getaway, been working so hard!!
Thanks Rebecca : )
This would be a dream come true to win this trip! My husband just left me on our 26th anniversary, completely unexpectedly, I think this trip would be just the thing to get me back on my feet.
I love kayaking & would really enjoy winning this!
I look forward to being forever changed by this spectacular experience…!
What an amazing trip this would be for my upcoming “mini-moon”!
Oh, pick me, pick me!
This would be a great way to do a longer paddle with our new inflatable Advanced kayaks!! Please pick us!!!!
Bennett
Looks like an amazing trip!
Straight up – this looks amazing!
This would be amazing. Only be kayaking once and I loved it.
Wonderful!
I love kayaking, so if I win this, I would be excited!
Wow! That’s awesome!
I love Quadra. I love Orcas. I love kayaking. This trip would be amazing!
a local dream trip for sure!
What an amazing giveaway, thanks for having it!!
I tweeted (asmithonline) and liked the photo as well.
Good luck everyone
I would love to win this!
What a great contest!!! This would be amazing
Hoping for good luck! This would be the vacation of my dreams!
I love kayaking!! I would be so happy to win this!
Great prize!
What an amazing trip! Thanks for the contest.
I have always wanted to do this!
Looks like fun!
F.U.N. that’s all …. not it isn’t It would be a Whale of a good time 😉
I love exploring beautiful BC! Would be so awesome to win this trip!!
Next time i will read what others have written to ensure i’m the only geek with that comment… not one of many. Sorry bout that! Should have stuck with F.U.N.
would be amazing!
Time to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of the city
Sounds like fun!
yes please!
I never go camping but I REALLY want to go on this trip…looks amazing!
I would love to do this!!
Looks like a beautiful trip 🙂
This kind of trip has always been very high on my ‘wish list’.
This sounds absolutely amazing! I’d love the chance to see this beautiful part of coastal BC. 🙂
sign me up 😉
This would be amazing!
I’ve always wanted to do a trip like this
Ah.. to be outdoors and feel one with Nature. What a gift this would be !
I want to win!!!