Aboriginal Culture Tours & Cruises - Directory
Aboriginal Journeys - Grizzly Bear Journey (8 hours)
We journey to one of our coastal mainland rivers where our former village sites were once located in search of spectacular and awesome grizzly bears and black bears. You will observe beautiful coastal scenery with its lush rainforests and swirling tidal w more...
Aboriginal Journeys - Marine Wildlife Journey (6 hours)
On this adventure tour we will cruise through the Discovery Passage and Johnstone Strait areas in BC in search of Orcas (killer whales) and other marine wildlife such as black bears, dolphins, porpoises, eagles, seals, sea lions. On this journey you will more...
Bella Coola's Eagle Lodge - Bella Coola's Eagle Lodge
Bella Coola's Eagle Lodge is located in the heart of the Bella Coola Valley, midway between the villages of Hagensborg and Bella Coola. Large windows in each of the 6 spacious guest rooms and 2 - two bedroom suites provide views of the stunning Coast Moun more...
Cariboo Chilcotin Jetboat Adventures - 1-Day Raft Trip
We will visit Farewell Canyon, one of the Chilcotins most beautiful destinations. This semi desert canyon carved by the Chilcotin River is surrounded by hoodoo formations and sweet smelling sagebrush. We will visit ancient Chilcotin picnographs, hike to s more...
Cariboo Chilcotin Jetboat Adventures - Native Indian Fishing & Feast Adventure (5 hours)
This tour is a rare educational experience that focuses on the local Native Indian culture. We will experience traditional fishing ‘native style’ referred to as dip-netting. This is a unique first-hand experience with your local First Nation guide. For lu more...
Cariboo Chilcotin Jetboat Adventures - Scenic Whitewater Canyon Adventure (1 hour)
This adventure tour takes you upriver to amazing Flatrock Canyon in British Columbia. We give a brief narration on the gold rush history, Simon Fraser history and information about First Nations. You will see Bald and Golden Eagles, Mule Deer, Black Bear more...
Cariboo Chilcotin Jetboat Adventures - The Best of the Chilcotin (2 days)
This is an overnight tour that includes two rivers and two means of river travel. First we Raft the most exciting unforgettable section of the Chilcotin River. We will make a few stops along the way for lunch and a hike in Chilcotin country to dip-net fo more...
Cariboo Chilcotin Jetboat Adventures - Wild Bighorn Sheep Safari (7-8 hours)
This tour takes us down river into the remote areas of the Fraser River to Churn Creek. You will see diverse wildlife and picturesque scenery. Bighorn sheep scale the sandy hoodoos that tower above the mighty Fraser River. more...
Choo-Kwa Ventures - Somass River Tour (2 hours)
The Hupacasath People have lived for thousands of years along the Somass River territory. On this cultural excursion, Hupacasath First Nation Guides more...
Choo-Kwa Ventures - Sproat Lake Adventure Cruise (3 hours)
An expansive body of freshwater and home to the world-renowned Martin Mars Water Bombers, Sproat Lake and its surrounding territories comprise a significant part of the Hupacasath cultural landscape. more...
Culture Shock Interactive Gallery - Cultural Eco Tours (2 hours)
Enjoy a memorable journey across water and time as you paddle a traditional ocean going canoe. K'odi Nelson, a cultural leader and outdoor recreation guide shares local First Nation history and song while you glide through our spectacular natural surround more...
Culture Shock Interactive Gallery - Nusa. Storytelling (2 hours)
Ada ("mother"), as Vera Newman is called by her grandchildren, carries on the storytelling tradition of her grandmother Axu Agnes Alfred. Vera shares with you the 'Namgis history and legends passed down through the centuries. Blending culture and story te more...
Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Elk Runner (4 days)
This 4 day, lodge-based package focuses on nature awareness and native cultural activities with a native elder. The package includes a wilderness nature walk, traditional native ceremonies, and experiencing a traditional healing and purification lodge wit more...
Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Mountain Footsteps Adventure Camp (5 days)
Travellers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains will have an amazing opportunity to get off the highways and crowded park trails for a few days, and deeper into the nature of the Canadian wilderness, while not keeping you from your onward journey for too long. more...
Kootenay Wilderness Tours - Spirit Walker Nature Week (8 days)
The Native North American culture and their rich history in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are inseparable from the natural environment that surrounds us, those wide expanses of nature and wilderness that the natives devoted their culture to respecting and more...
Sasquatch Tours - Chehalis Half Day Cultural Cruise (4 hours)
In addition to the sites visited on the First Nations 2 hour Cultural Cruise, this cruise includes a visit to the Chehalis Indian Reserve, plus discovery of a wetland ecological zone, an ancient pithouse site and a visit to the Charlie family traditional more...
Sasquatch Tours - Eagle & Salmon Viewing Cruise (2 hours)
This exhilarating 2 hour cruise explores the Lower Harrison River in late fall and early winter. During this time, the eagles migrate to the area to feast on the returning salmon runs. They start returning in mid October and stay until late January/early more...
Sasquatch Tours - First Nations Cultural Cruise (2 hours)
This 2 hour narrated cruise provides an enriching introduction to the culture, lands and legends of the Chehalis First Nations people as well as immerses you into the pristine beauty of British Columbia’s Coastal Mountains. Cruising along the lower part o more...
Sasquatch Tours - Healing Waters Nature Walk (1 ˝ hours)
Join a Chehalis guide for a leisurely walk through the forest to a natural hot springs. During the walk you will also learn some of the traditional medicinal or food uses for the local plants, as well as learn about First Nations culture and local history more...
Seashore Charters - Canoe Excursion & Rainforest Walk (4 hours)
Experience a Scenic and Informative Cruise across the Harbour as you assist in paddling one of our 29ft Voyageur Canoes. This excursion is an authentic journey back to the days of old long before Prince Rupert ever came to be. Experience the means of trav more...
Seashore Charters - Marine Life & Whale Discovery Cruise (4 hours)
Just out past the islands and inlets that protect Prince Rupert a marine world awaiting discovery! Whales have enraptured the human race ever since we started sailing the oceans of the world. No other creature captures our attention like these leviathans more...
Seashore Charters - Pike Island Discovery Tour (4 hours)
The Laxspa’aws (meaning “island of sand”), the Tsimshian name for Pike Island, is located in the heart of the Coast Tsimshian territory on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Pike Island is home to 5 of the 150 archaeological sites that have been ide more...
Takaya Tours - Motorized Eco-Cultural Exploration (5 hours)
This tour is perfect for those who are interested in exploring scenic Indian Arm and learning cultural history while seated comfortably in our motorized zodiac. See authentic, ancient Native pictographs, tranquil islands and waterfalls. Learn about ancie more...
Takaya Tours - Northwest Coast Canoe Adventure - Group Tour (2 hours)
We specifically designed our tour for all ages and fitness levels. We provide an authentic and enlightening Aboriginal Experience. Participants will gently paddle in a traditional style 12 passenger West Coast canoe and discover the history of the area w more...
Takaya Tours - Northwest Coast Canoe, Plant Walk and Cedar Art - Group Tour (3 hours)
We specifically designed our tour for all ages and fitness levels. We provide an authentic and enlightening Aboriginal experience. Participants will gently paddle in a traditional style 12 passenger West Coast canoe and discover the history of the area w more...
Takaya Tours - Sea Kayak Exploration Tour (5 hours)
This tour offers an enjoyable opportunity to further explore Indian Arm and its secrets with one of our First Nations guides. Learn the basics of safe sea kayaking while departing for one of the many islands & coves Indian Arm is famous for. Stop to rel more...
Takaya Tours - Sea Kayak Explorer Tour (3 hours)
A great introduction to safe sea kayaking & Indian Arm! Join our guides on this tour of Indian Arm and learn the basics of sea kayaking while listening to the many legends & history of the area. more...
Talking Totem Tours - Alert Bay Native Village & Whale Watching Tour (2 nights)
Alert Bay is home to the largest collection of returned carved masks, baskets, and potlatch ceremonial objects. The traditional bighouse, primarily used for Potlatch's, is venue to witness the Tsasala Cultural Group traditional native song and dance more...
Talking Totem Tours - Festivals and Culture Packages (2 nights)
The Sto:lo people have kept tradition and culture alive in celebration, festivals, art, and every day life. They are actively participating by being host to over 40,000 First Nations and other people a year at annual events and festivals held in their com more...
Talking Totem Tours - Haida Gwaii Railtour (10 days)
This ten-day railtour starts in Vancouver and travels through one of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world. The railtour changes to a day cabin aboard BC Ferries as you travel to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a group of islands nestled und more...
Talking Totem Tours - Haida Gwaii Railtour (10 days)
This ten-day railtour starts in Vancouver and travels through one of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world. The railtour changes to a day cabin aboard BC Ferries as you travel to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a group of islands nestled und more...
Talking Totem Tours - Sweat Lodge Ceremony (2 nights)
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony is presented in a traditional working environment to ensure a total First Nations cultural immersion. The tour package includes a traditional medicines hike and a shore barbecue lunch. Accommodations are available in oceanfront more...
Talking Totem Tours - Xa:ytem Cultural Tour (6 hours)
You will sample a part of Stó:lo life while participating with First Nation tour guides in traditional activities such as Salish weaving and adzing a dug-out canoe. Xa:ytem’s Gift Gallery offers quality native art, silver and gold jewellery, cedar weavin more...
Tlaook Cultural Adventures - Cluptl-Chas - Full Day with Traditional Wild Salmon Barbeque (full day)
This is our most popular trip. Departing from Tofino, guests will paddle the canoes over fishing grounds and clam beds as the guides tell the history of the Tla-o-qui-aht people and their environment. The outgoing tide will aid the canoe on its way to Ech more...
Tlaook Cultural Adventures - Meares Island Tour (4 hours)
Explore Meares Island by canoe. This island is in the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht people, and was an abundant source of resources for them. Having never been logged, there are many culturally modified trees on Meares Island, along with a we more...
Tlaook Cultural Adventures - Sunset Paddle and Harbour Explorer (2.5 hours)
This trip will take visitors on a circular route in the Tofino harbour, or around Stubbs Island. There are many sites rich with Native history in this area, along with a wide variety of wildlife that can often be seen by the paddlers of a silently moving more...
Tseycum Canoe Tours - Gulf Island Adventure (3 hours)
Embarking from Port Sidney Marina these tours incorporate physical fitness paired with cultural education and the beauty of the West Coast. Learn about ancient Coast Salish village sites and shell middens while basking in the accomplishment that comes wit more...
Tseycum Canoe Tours - Gulf Island Eco-tour and Whale Viewing (3.5 hours)
Geared to the non-paddling nature enthusiast, this tour has all the tradition and spirituality of Coast Salish Culture including legends and song. View the beauties of the Gulf Island scenery and wildlife while seated comfortably in a covered, new 27ft wa more...
Tseycum Canoe Tours - Traditional Canoe and Medicinal Plant Walk (3.5 hours)
A quick water taxi ride transports you to Sidney Island home of legendary Sidney Spit. Embark on the Traditional Canoe Tour around the island's shoreline then be guided on a one of a kind tour of the local medicinal plants used by the Coast Salish people more...
Tseycum Canoe Tours - Traditional Canoe Tour (1.5 hours)
This educational and cultural tour offers a unique outdoor experience that pairs the traditions of the Coast Salish people with the spirituality and beauty of nature on the Saanich Peninsula. Paddle a 30ft replica dug-out canoe to the natural rhythm of th more...
