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Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge vs Sointula Lodge

Two fishing lodges side by side from their own published tariffs: Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge from $1,740, Sointula Lodge from $7,035 per person, with seasons, what is and is not in the price, deposit and cancellation terms, and the transfer from the gateway.

How this page is made. Every figure is from the two operators' own published tariffs and booking pages, as recorded in their Ledgers, last read 14 September 2026. The sentences under "Which one" are rules over those figures, not opinion; where an operator publishes nothing, the row says so and the rule stays quiet. Ben has stayed at both.

Aerial view of Caverhill's log cabins along a forested lakeshore, with a dock and boats in golden evening light

BC Interior Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge

Aerial view of Sointula Lodge's dock and two guide boats in a sheltered cove, with the lodge and cabins in the trees behind

North Vancouver Island Sointula Lodge

The record

Side by side

Fact	Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge	Sointula Lodge
From, per person	From $1,740 per person for 3 nights, Fishing season (10 June to mid-September), 2026 tariff	From $7,035 per person for 3 nights (4 Day Fishing Trip), The season (May to October), 2026 tariff
Per night	about $580 per person per night, the package rate divided by its 3 nights	about $2,345 per person per night, the 4 Day Fishing Trip rate divided by its 3 nights
All in, with tax	about $1,827 per person for the shortest stay, with GST at 5%	about $7,387 per person for the shortest stay, with GST at 5%
Stays sold	3, 4 or 5 nights	4 packages of 3 or 4 nights
Priced for	Double; Single; Whole lodge, up to 10	Double; Single; Triple; Quad
Season	Fishing season, 10 June to mid-September	The season, May to October
In the price	Three meals a day: a western-style breakfast, a deli-style packed lunch with homemade cookies, and a gourmet dinner A log cabin with linens and a down quilt, a woodstove and propane lights A private washroom assigned to you in the central wash house Thirty rowboats on fifteen lakes, and 3.3 hp motorboats on three of them, with gas Fly rods, spinning rods, nets, cartridge life vests, pack sacks and rain gear Three kayaks, a canoe and a paddleboard The wood-heated sauna The boat ride across Caverhill Lake from the landing, and an orientation to the lakes and trails Ice for your drinks	Your log cabin, meals (hot breakfast, lunch out on the water or a beach, a four-course dinner from a set menu), and wine, spirits and beer A guided day on the water every day, three to four guests to a boat with a licensed guide, in a 27 ft NorthRiver with an enclosed heated cabin and its own bathroom All fishing gear: rods, reels, tackle, plus Columbia insulated rain jackets, rain pants, rain boots, Mustang inflatable life jackets and children's life jackets On the fishing packages, your catch weighed, filleted, frozen and packed in insulated boxes that check as airline luggage The High Seas Day (bottom fish and salmon off the northern tip of the island) and a day of Great Bear Rainforest fly fishing, both on request, on the fishing packages Beach Bistro lunch of boiled crab on an island one day, the Burger Boat lunch delivered to you on the water another Kayaks, paddleboards, bicycles, the hot tubs and the Finnish sauna, the pool table, the trails and the alpacas Binoculars on the boats
Not in the price	Tax A fishing licence, sold at the lodge ($52.50 for an eight-day non-resident licence) or online Flies, sold at the lodge Alcohol and mix: the lodge is not licensed, so bring your own Gratuities, 5 to 10% suggested Guiding: the fishing is unguided, with help and advice at the lodge Getting to the lakeside landing north of Kamloops	Tax Getting to the lodge: the flight or drive to Port McNeill and the 15-minute boat ride, or a chartered floatplane; the lodge helps arrange it BC tidal fishing licence, $38.85, printed and in your hand on arrival Tips for staff; the lodge suggests 15% of the trip value per guest A private boat for a party of two, $1,950 The cellar wine list, massages, and the half- and full-day helicopter adventures, priced on request
Deposit	50% with your reservation, by credit card over the phone or by email, or by cheque in the post. The deposit is non-refundable.	33% at booking. Inside 60 days of the trip the whole balance is due at booking.
If you cancel	Any time after booking: the 50% deposit Late arrival, early departure or a smaller group: no refund	More than 90 days out: deposit kept, but fully transferable to another date in the same season; with the lodge's permission, to the next season 90 days or fewer: all funds forfeited; a transfer to another date in the same summer at the lodge's discretion if there is space Moving to the next calendar year: 25% of the deposit paid is applied to a visit the following summer
Getting there	Boat from Kamloops (the lakeside landing 103 km north of Kamloops, the last 23 km on gravel): an hour and three quarters by road from Kamloops, then the lodge boat across the lake, in the price. Timing partly our estimate.	Boat from Port McNeill (the Port McNeill dock; the lodge sets arrival and departure times, confirm them before booking travel): 15 minutes by boat to Malcolm Island, not in the price. Timing partly our estimate.
Sleeps	12 guests	18 guests
Region	BC Interior, British Columbia	North Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Source	2026 tariff, read 14 September 2026	2026 tariff, read 14 September 2026

"From" is the lowest adult double rate in the newest tariff, per person for the shortest stay sold; the all-in line adds the tax the calculator adds. Anything marked "our estimate" is ours, not the operator's.

Which one

What the record says

On price, Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge is the cheaper way in: from $1,740 per person for 3 nights against $7,035 for 3 nights at Sointula Lodge, both before tax, a gap of $5,295 a head on the shortest stay each sells.

Sointula Lodge has the longer season, May to October against 10 June to mid-September at Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge, about 26 weeks to 14.

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge lists more in the price, 9 items to 8; both lists are in the table.

Sointula Lodge is the quicker to reach: 15 minutes by boat to Malcolm Island from Port McNeill. Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge is an hour and three quarters by road from Kamloops, then the lodge boat across the lake.

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge is the smaller place, 12 guests to 18.

Which of those matters is yours to weigh; the pages behind each place have the rest, and the calculators price a stay for your own party.

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge
The record and the Ledger What a trip costs, all in Request availability
Sointula Lodge
The record and the Ledger What a trip costs, all in Request availability

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Answered from the record

Which is cheaper, Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge or Sointula Lodge?

What is included at Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge and at Sointula Lodge?

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge lists 9 things in the price, starting with three meals a day and a log cabin with linens and a down quilt. Sointula Lodge lists 8, starting with your log cabin, meals and a guided day on the water every day. The full lists, and what each leaves out, are in the table on this page.

How do you get to Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge and to Sointula Lodge?

Caverhill Fly Fishing Lodge: Boat from Kamloops (the lakeside landing 103 km north of Kamloops, the last 23 km on gravel): an hour and three quarters by road from Kamloops, then the lodge boat across the lake, in the price. Timing partly our estimate. Sointula Lodge: Boat from Port McNeill (the Port McNeill dock; the lodge sets arrival and departure times, confirm them before booking travel): 15 minutes by boat to Malcolm Island, not in the price. Timing partly our estimate.