About the Resort
Clayoquot Wilderness Resort offers remote Canadian wilderness vacations, but behind the five-star cuisine, the spa and the great white tents with their fluffy duvets and antiques, there is a deep and meaningful commitment to restoring the land.
Offering holidays that live in memory banks, while enabling guests to be part of important salmon and wildlife restoration work through the Environmental Legacy Program, takes a special team.
From the moment that guests step off the floatplane, to that first glass of sparkling wine, to that hike through old growth forest, the resort staff (and their dogs) are there to offer a guest experience that is restoring the soul and this beautiful land.
The Founder
Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is owned by the Genovese Family Trust. It all started with Richard Genovese who had a vision for a new concept five-star wilderness resort. His dream was to gently hew an intimate resort out of the untamed landscape of Clayoquot Sound, with thoughtfulness and honour for the land, people and wildlife, a vision that continues to this day. For more on Richard Genovese
Donna Carlsen, Accounts Supervisor
Donna joined the CWR team in the spring of 2013 as our onsite Accounts Supervisor. While you can see Donna in the office, her nose buried deep in numbers, she is also found around camp talking to guests and often times on an evening horse back ride. An avid rider, hailing from the Okanagan Valley, Donna is a natural fit here at Clayoquot Wilderness Resort.
The Crew
It takes a remarkable team of people to provide the Clayoquot Wilderness experience, where nature adventure meets personalized service. From the office staff to those in the kitchen to the servers and the sommelier to the nature guides, this distinct collection of multi-talented individuals are more family than staff. Some spend the offseason travelling or working in other resorts or honing their craft, but the draw of this remote paradise, and the opportunity to share it with visitors from around the world, continues to bring them back year after year.
Environmental Legacy Experts
Clayoquot Wilderness Resort has a strong and long-standing commitment to sustainability and we rely on partners and experts to help with conservation efforts. The resort has spent a decade and millions of dollars rehabilitating many miles of salmon spawning grounds. Wild Pacific salmon populations are drastically declining on the Pacific Coast as salmon fight environmental pressures such as overfishing, disease, ocean and river warming, loss of sustainable freshwater habitat and a reduction in food sources. We are passionate about this cause and, with the resort’s investment and the help of guests and other private funding, we have been able to work with such experts as Kurt Beardslee, the director of the Wild Fish Conservancy and scientist Audrey Thompson to discover more ways to help preserve our wild salmon stocks.
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First Nations Partners
The resort team recognizes and respects the local first nations and is proud of its partnerships with the Ahousaht people in Clayoquot Sound to restore the land and share their ancestral legacies with visitors from around the world. In addition to working with the Ahousaht people as invaluable guides, in 2008/09, the resort has been dedicated to establishing a protocol between the resort and the Ahousaht First Nations. This will outline the general principles to build partnerships in tourism businesses that will provide economic development in the community. Working closely with Ahousaht First Nations are Chief Councillor Keith Atleo, Deputy Chief John Frank and Alistair Haughton, President of ARG Services to fulfill this vision.
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