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 OctoberNorthern Vancouver IslandMusgamagw Dzawada'enuxw Territory
Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025Kwakwaka'wakw cultural guidesSupports 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.

Meet Mike, our guides and our boats ›

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, 1:00 pm
Group
12 guests
From CA$5,333per personLodge 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, 8:00 am
Includes
Lunch on board
From CA$530per personDay 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
Pacific white-sided dolphins · 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.

★★★★★
A full day boat ride to see grizzly bears with two knowledgeable Indigenous guides who educated us about the wildlife and the worlds of the First Nation peoples. We saw black bears, humpback whales, eagles, dolphins and, at the end, orcas.
OJTHarris · June 2024
★★★★★
Clarissa gave us a wonderful insight into the Indigenous peoples of the area and their particular struggles. We saw black bears feeding on the sea shore, then travelled on to one of the Indigenous sites to see the grizzlies.
RayandJuliaB · October 2023
★★★★★
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

Come and see our home.

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