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GILAKAS'LA · WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR HOME

Grizzly bears, whales and the people of this coast

Indigenous-led wildlife safaris from Port McNeill into the Great Bear Rainforest and the Broughton Archipelago. A full day on the water, or four days at the lodge.

  • May to October
  • Northern Vancouver Island
  • Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw Territory
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  • Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025
  • Kwakwaka’wakw cultural guides
  • Supports salmon stewardship

Gilakas'la gaxa'a kus laxan's awi'nagwis—welcome to our home.


Combining cultural experiences with grizzly bear viewing and whale watching safaris, we welcome you to our home on a truly unique Indigenous-led adventure in British Columbia, Canada. Trusted to share our traditions and territories with guests, we invite you to join us on a journey through Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw Territory. Our people, part of the Kwakwaka’wakw, have looked after this land for thousands of years. In turn, the land has looked after us.

Sustainability has always been a way of life for us and conservation is at the heart of everything we do here at Sea Wolf Adventures, just as it has been at the heart of our people for millennia. Every ticket supports salmon restoration and the Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas that keep these places what they are. Come and see them with the people who look after them.

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Choose your journey

Lodge Packages and Day Tours

Both leave from our office at 1514 Broughton Blvd, Port McNeill.

  • The lodge from the air

    Lodge package · 4 days / 3 nights

    Go Deeper in the Great Bear

    World-class grizzly bear viewing, plus Indigenous culture, whale and wildlife viewing, oceanview meals, a cedar sauna, and stories by the fire. All-inclusive, focusing on comfort, culture, and the wild essence of the Pacific Northwest.

    Season
    May, September and October · 2026 + 2027
    Starts
    Sundays and Wednesdays
    Group
    12 guests

    From CA$5,333per person

    Lodge packages
  • A grizzly bear at the river mouth

    Day tour · 8 to 9 hours

    Grizzly Bears of the Wild

    One full day out of Port McNeill: grizzlies at Knight Inlet, Bond Sound or Thompson Sound, whales in Blackfish Sound, lunch on board and the history of these waters from your Kwakwaka’wakw guides.

    Season
    Daily, May to October · 2026 + 2027
    Departs
    Port McNeill
    Includes
    Lunch on board

    From CA$530per person

    Day tours

Wildlife

Bears, whales, dolphins and more!

  • A grizzly bear eating a salmon in a river
    Grizzly bears · river mouths of Knight Inlet, Bond Sound and Thompson Sound, May to October
  • Northern Resident orca
    Orcas · Northern Residents return to Johnstone Strait from early July
  • Humpback whale in Blackfish Sound
    Humpback whales · feeding in Blackfish Sound, most often on the way home
  • A Pacific white-sided dolphin surfacing
    Dolphins and porpoises · riding the bow through the Broughton Archipelago
  • Black bear
    Black bears · turning rocks for crab on the shell beaches at low tide
  • Sea otter
    Sea otters · rafting in the kelp beds along the outer islands
  • Steller sea lions
    Steller sea lions · crowding the haul-out rocks, loud enough to hear before you see them
  • Bald eagle
    Bald eagles · overhead all season, thickest when the salmon run

THE POWER OF PLACE

Experience the Great Bear Rainforest

Port McNeill sits on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, at the edge of the Great Bear Rainforest, the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on earth. It is straightforward to get to Port McNeill from Vancouver or Victoria

From Vancouver by plane
Fly from YVR to Port Hardy in an hour, then it's a 40 minute drive south to Port McNeill
From Vancouver by car
Ferry to Nanaimo, then a 4-hour drive north
From Victoria by car
5.5 hours north on the highway
Location and getting here

Bears, whales and an opportunity to hear stories — what more could you want?

OJTHarris · Tripadvisor, June 2024

Footage from the territory

See a day with us

Filmed on our tours in the Broughton Archipelago and the Great Bear Rainforest.

Guest reviews

What our guests say

Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, 2025.

★★★★★

If you’re looking for an authentic experience led by knowledgeable First Nations people then this is for you. The guides were fabulous people whose respect for the land and sea and wildlife was awe inspiring.

Deborah S · June 2024

★★★★★

What an incredible day out with SeaWolf Adventures. Humpbacks, sea lions, sea otters, and grizzlies! Incredible stories and knowledge sharing. Gila’kasla to Sherry and Teddy for gifting us such a supernatural experience!

Explore813649 · September 2023

★★★★★

We had the most amazing day out with Seawolf adventures. It was an absolute bucket list day for both of us. Alan was extremely knowledgeable and sincere in his sharing of his cultural knowledge and we felt cared for and looked after throughout the day.

njane1 · September 2023

★★★★★

We had an amazing day with our Captain Teddy and guide Lateisha! We did the day long grizzly bear tour and were out on the water for about 9 hours. The stories, wildlife interpretation and scenery were incredible.

Tracy B · September 2023

★★★★★

Allover great trip saw many grizzlies, dolphins, humpback-whale, orcas, seaotters etc. Lateesha was our guide, with Teddy as skipper and both of them were very friendly. Lateesha answered at all the questions with patience and passion.

marcpQ7866KT · September 2023

★★★★★

An amazing day out on the water seeing orcas, bears (black & grizzley‘s), dolphins, eagles, humpbacks but also an incredible landscape in the Knight Inlet. The team was sharing their interesting know-how on wildlife and the traditions of the First Nations.

nadkur · September 2023

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Indigenous-owned grizzly bear, whale and cultural tours from Port McNeill, BC, through the Broughton Archipelago and the Great Bear Rainforest.

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