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What a trip to Moutcha Bay Resort costs, all in
The package price for your party, plus tax and everything the tariff leaves out, from Moutcha Bay Resort's own published rates. Change any line and see the total.
Moutcha Bay Resort: from $1,829 CAD per person for the Bronze self-guided fishing package, 3 nights, two to a boat, summer 2026 (May to September), plus tax, at a Nootka Sound resort reached by road 2 hours from Campbell River, with serviced campsites from $89 a night.
Read from Moutcha Bay Resort, 2026 fishing package sheet (PDF) on 14 September 2026. The figures are Moutcha Bay Resort's 2026 rates. Lines marked estimate are ours; change them to your own numbers.
What the trip costs, all in
The package price for your party, plus gst at 5% and the things the package leaves out. Lines marked estimate are ours; change them.
- Guide gratuity, per person per nightThe resort suggests $70 to $100 per guest per day on the boat. Counted per night here, which is one day more than the packages fish; set it to 0 on a Bronze stay.$pp/night
- Shore staff gratuityThe resort's own suggestion is 20% of your stay for the shore staff, added to your room charges on departure. At your discretion.
- Tidal fishing licence and salmon stampEstimate: Fisheries and Oceans Canada's 5-day non-resident tidal licence plus the annual salmon conservation stamp. Required, not included, and the resort asks you to buy it online before you arrive.$pp
- A night in Campbell River or Gold River on the way inEstimate for a room. Not in the package and not required by the resort; check-in is mid-afternoon at the end of a two-hour drive from Campbell River, the last stretch gravel, so from the mainland it is a long day.$party
- Fuel and bait, self-guided days, per boat per nightEstimate. The rental boat rate card excludes fuel and bait; the package sheet does not say whether the packages do. Leave it off on a Gold stay.$party/night
- Pet, per nightThe resort's fee, $25 per pet per night in the chalets, yurts 1 to 4 and select Forest Cabins; not charged on campsites.$party/night
- Bar at the Conuma Grill, per nightEstimate. The packages include the meals, not drinks.$pp/night
Read from Moutcha Bay Resort, 2026 fishing package sheet (PDF) on 14 September 2026.
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