Experience one of the best grizzly bear viewing lodges in British Columbia – view bears in their natural habitat. Your first night will be at Campbell River then next morning you’ll enjoy a 30-minute floatplane flight to the floating lodge which is tucked into Glendale Cove at the end of a 100-mile-long inlet. This floating lodge features 18 comfortable guest rooms, dining room, lounge, interpretive centre, and support buildings. All meals and snacks are included while at the lodge.
Bear Viewing Seasons
In spring the bears leave their winter dens and start feeding on sedges, succulents, grasses, and barnacles around the estuary and this is the time to see tiny cubs with their ever-cautious mothers. In summer, bears stay in the area eating berries and foraging on the shoreline for molluscs. In spring and summer, viewing is from boats where you get close for a great view without disturbing them. In late August, viewing is from platforms at the spawning channel where bears are feasting on salmon, fattening up ready for hibernation. All viewing is done to see bears in their natural habitat without having a negative impact on them.
Deaprture dates
May to mid-October
Minimum age 6 for summer boat viewing and 8 for autumn platform viewing
Arrival Options
Fly between Vancouver and Campbell River (extra charge applies). Knight Inlet Lodge will arrange pick-up and drop-off at Campbell River Airport. If driving there is ample parking at the floatplane dock.
