The Journal · Sea Kayaking Tours
Wildcoast Adventures asked me up to Orca Camp in August to shoot the virtual tour, the drone stills and the people. Four nights on a beach in Johnstone Strait, next to the one stretch of water no boat is allowed to enter.
The Journal
Every story here was shot on location. Words, photography and film by Ben Taft.
Fishing Lodges
Steep Island is a few minutes off Campbell River by water taxi and about as far from ordinary as that distance allows: first-growth cedar, cabins in the trees, and Discovery Passage running past the dock hard enough to make its own noise.
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Bear Viewing Lodges
I've flown into Glendale Cove twice now, camera in my lap, to photograph the largest gathering of grizzlies in British Columbia. This is what the viewing-stand season actually looks like, and how to time your own trip.
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Backcountry Lodges
I've flown into both Purcell and Mistaya with a drone case in one hand and skis in the other. Fifteen helicopter minutes from Golden, a full world away from it; here's how BC's heli-access backcountry lodges work, and how to choose between meadow and glacier.
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Dive Resorts
Jacques Cousteau called this stretch of current-swept coast the best cold-water diving in the world. I spent a week on Hurst Island with cameras topside and below deck to see what a quarter-century of family-run diving actually looks like.
Ben Taft ·
Sea Kayaking Tours
Orca and humpback move through Johnstone Strait all summer, and the best seat is eighteen inches off the water. I paddled and filmed with Spirit of the West out of Quadra Island, base camps, expeditions, and the hot tub that ruins you for ordinary camping.
Ben Taft ·
Fishing Lodges
Fifteen private lakes in the Interior, a heli-fishing lodge on the Gold River, and a charter fleet working Tofino's open coast year-round. I've photographed all three, here's how to choose between them.
Ben Taft ·
Coastal Retreats
An oceanfront farm on Salt Spring Island's quiet south end, where breakfast is grown on the property and the ferry schedule is the only deadline. I brought cameras to a place designed for putting them down.
Ben Taft ·
Heli-Ski Lodges
Package prices are the starting point, not the total. A breakdown of vertical guarantees, overage billing, down-day policies and the line items that move a $20,000 week to $26,000.
Ben Taft ·
Fishing Lodges
What actually separates a $780-a-night boreal outpost from a $2,150-a-night coastal lodge; inclusions, guide ratios, transfer costs and the questions worth asking before you commit.
Ben Taft ·
The collection
Every one photographed, filmed and toured in person. Sponsored placements are labelled, and ordering never affects our research.
Discovery Islands · Sea Kayaking Tours
Quadra Island operator running a canvas basecamp beside Robson Bight, with four- to seven-day guided paddles into Johnstone Strait from $1,906.
BC Interior · Fishing Lodges
Boat-access fly-fishing lodge on fifteen interior lakes, max twelve guests, all-inclusive from $1,740 per person.
North Vancouver Island · Dive Resorts
Off-grid dive resort on Hurst Island working Browning Passage, reached by boat or seaplane from Port Hardy.
Great Bear Rainforest · Bear Viewing Lodges
Indigenous-owned floating lodge at Glendale Cove; boat-based bear viewing in spring, viewing stands from late August.
Southern Gulf Islands · Coastal Retreats
Oceanfront guesthouse, farm and spa on Salt Spring Island with four suites, a private beach and breakfast included.
BC Interior · Backcountry Lodges
Heli-access lodge in the Wildcat Creek basin near Golden, ski touring in winter, alpine hiking in summer.
Nootka Sound · Fishing Lodges
Road-accessible Nootka Sound resort with cedar yurts, chalets, lodge suites and camping, from $89 a night.
Nootka Sound · Fishing Lodges
Remote floating resort in Esperanza Inlet; three- and four-night guided fishing packages from $6,100 per person.
Nootka Sound · Fishing Lodges
Floating resort at Galiano Bay selling three- and four-night guided fishing packages from $2,325 per person.
BC Interior · Backcountry Lodges
Heli-access backcountry lodge fifteen minutes from Golden, with guided and self-guided ski touring and hiking.
Discovery Islands · Sea Kayaking Tours
Quadra Island sea kayaking operator running four- to eight-day base-camp and expedition trips from $1,695.
Discovery Islands · Fishing Lodges
Private-island lodge in Discovery Passage, all-inclusive at $545 per person a night, with fishing priced by the boat.
Nootka Sound · Fishing Lodges
Year-round riverfront fly-fishing lodge near Strathcona Park, all-inclusive from $780 per person a night.
Clayoquot Sound · Guided Fishing Charters
Year-round Tofino sportfishing charters sold by the boat for up to five guests, from $800 for a half day.
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