Travelling to Your Kayak Tour's Point of Departure
Port McNeill is the departure point for all our Vancouver Island kayak tours and Sandspit is the departure point for our Gwaii Haanas (Queen Charlotte Island) kayak tours.
Port McNeill, Vancouver Island
Flights to Port Hardy - YZT (the closest airport to Port McNeill) from Vancouver depart from the south terminal of Vancouver International Airport - YVR and are approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. These flights are operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines. Port Hardy airport is a 25 minute taxi ride from Port McNeill.
Guests traveling from or through Calgary, Alberta can fly to Comox on Vancouver Island with WestJet Airlines. Comox is about 2 1/2 hour drive south of Port McNeill.
Kenmore Air operates float plane service to Port McNeill from Seattle, Washington.
If driving you need to sail on BC Ferries from the Vancouver area to either Nanaimo or Victoria on Vancouver Island. From Washington State Coho Ferry sails between Port Angeles and Victoria. Drive time from Victoria to Port McNeill is approximately 5.5 hours and from Nanaimo to Port McNeill is approximately 4 hours. For driving directions check Google Maps.
Island Coach Lines (Greyhound) operates once daily bus service between Victoria and Port McNeill. Connections can be made from Vancouver in Nanaimo. Island Link Express Bus has bus service from Vancouver International Airport and locations on Vancouver Island. To continue to travel by bus to Port McNeill you will need to connect with Island Coach Lines (see above).
Port McNeill Accommodations
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Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
Our Gwaii Haanas kayak tours depart from the community of Sandspit in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). It is imperative that you arrive no later than the day before your kayak tour's departure date and due to the possibility of delay in returning to Sandpsit at the end of your trip we strongly recommend not departing until the day after your tour ends. Better still spend a few more days and explore more of the islands. The Haida Heritage Centre is worth the visit.
Flights to Sandpsit - YZP from Vancouver depart from the main terminal of Vancouver International Airport - YVR and are approximately 2 hours. These flights are operated by Air Canada Jazz.
North Pacific Seaplanes offers flights to Sandspit from Prince Rupert.
BC Ferries services the Queen Charlotte Islands from Prince Rupert. The crossing is usually about 7 hours. Once arriving in Skidegate on the Queen Charlotte Island's another short ferry ride is necessary to reach nearby Sandspit. If you have the time an Inside Passage ferry runs between Port Hardy on Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert.
Via Rail offers train service to Prince Rupert from Jasper. Travel to Jasper from Vancouver or Edmonton by train.
For accommodation please visit the Queen Charlotte Islands' Visitor Info Centre website
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