Sample 4-Night Itinerary

All 4-night packages include: luxury tented accommodation; all gourmet meals including snacks, featured wines, beer, and alcohol; guided activities, gear and instruction; one 60-minute relaxation massage per adult/youth; evening turndown service; and all in-room amenities, laundry service, horse-drawn wagon shuttle, and unlimited enjoyment of amenity tents and waterfront lounge.

Upon arrival, we will create a customized itinerary for your party, so you can enjoy your wilderness vacation exactly how you envisioned it. Certain adventures are dependent on the weather, tide and river levels, so crafting your agenda when you arrive will allow us to make the best recommendations given the current conditions. All activities are private and timing is flexible - this is a vacation after all! If you need a little more sleep one morning or need to adjust activity start times, we always do our very best to accommodate those changes, being mindful of current weather conditions. 

Arrival

Day 1

Afternoon: Arrival and Tour
Enjoy scenic views of the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island on the 45-minute floatplane ride from YVR South River Terminal. Deplane and climb into a horse-drawn wagon for a short, lively ride along the estuary to the Outpost. Upon arrival, enjoy champagne and hors d’oeuvres awaiting at the Cookhouse. After a brief orientation, including a wildlife 101 review, you’ll be given a private tour of the resort and escorted to your guest tent. Enjoy time to unpack, relax, go for a leisurely stroll, meet with our activities coordinators or take in a pre-dinner spa treatment if time allows. 

Evening: Dinner 
Dinner reservations can be made on arrival, then daily during your stay. Guests are encouraged to experience the Cookhouse dining room, the open kitchen bar, and the dining tents during their stay. Each dining venue offers something unique and remarkable, and is designed to mirror its natural surroundings and showcase the chef’s contemporary coastal cuisine.

Late Evening: S'mores and Stargazing
Gather around the campfire for s’mores and laughs, meet fellow guests and watch a million stars come out in the ink black sky.

Sweet Dreams
Sleep comes easy in luxuriously cozy tented accommodations featuring cast iron propane fueled “woodstoves” and billowy down duvets and linens.

Hiking & Paddling

Day 2

Early Morning: Yoga and/or Meditation
Shake off your travel day and ease into your stay with a gentle sunrise meditation or yoga class, offered in studio or outdoors on the scenic waterfront deck. 

Morning: Breakfast
Continental buffet is offered in the Cookhouse from 6:30am - 10am and includes a gorgeous selection of house-made breads, pastries, made-to-order smoothies, and seasonal specialties. A la carte service is offered in the Cookhouse and dining tents from 7am - 10am.

Morning Activity: Penny Falls Hike 
Enjoy a hike to the magnificent Penny Falls in the Cotter Mountain Range. The resort’s most popular hike offers a challenging climb and refreshing dip at the top for those willing to take the plunge.

Mid-Day: Lunch
Lunch is served in the Cookhouse Restaurant. Enjoy delectable dishes like Ocean Wise spicy spot prawn tacos, fresh burrata and beets salad, or butter chicken roti, or opt for more traditional fare like fish & chips or the organic burger with all your favourite toppings.

Afternoon Activity: Stand-Up Paddleboarding, Kayaking or Canoeing
Explore Bedwell Sound via stand-up paddle board, kayak or canoe. The easy and peaceful estuary loop is the perfect leisurely afternoon activity to follow the morning's vigorous hike.  Keep an eye out for bears, eagles, herons, king fishers, otters and martens.

Late Afternoon: Restore 
Enjoy time to indulge in a spa treatment, or perhaps take a nap, read, or enjoy a game of cards or billiards in the resort’s lounge tents. The Ivanhoe Glass Lounge is open for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. 

Evening: Dinner 
Enjoy a special private dinner in our family or bistro dining tent. Menu favourites include the “hokkaido” U-10 Queen Charlotte scallops,octopus, Cape Scott black cod, and blue goose beef.

Late Evening: S'mores and Stargazing 
Option to gather around the campfire for s’mores and laughs and watch a million stars come out in the ink black sky. The outdoor cedar hot tubs, cold plunge tub and wood-fired saunas are also available at the Healing Ground Spa for guests to relax, unwind and unplug. Spa services can be booked until 8:00pm.

Wild Side Full-Day Eco-Safari

Day 3

Morning: Breakfast
Continental buffet is offered in the Cookhouse from 6:30am - 10am and includes a gorgeous selection of house-made breads, pastries, made-to-order smoothies, and seasonal specialties. A la carte service is offered in the Cookhouse and dining tents from 7am - 10am.

Daytime:  Wild Side Eco-Safari Adventure 
All-day adventure awaits on our most popular excursion: the Wild Side Tour. Get geared up (we’ll outfit you with outerwear to keep you safe and try) then aboard a Zodiac — a hard-bottom, inflatable marine vessel. From there, you’ll head out into the Sound to spot black bears, whales, visit the ancestral village of Ahousaht on Flores Island, and the spectacular beaches in Clayoquot Sound. Enjoy a gentle hike along the Wild Side First Nations Interpretive Trail. A gourmet, packed lunch is provided and enjoyed on the beach of Flores Island.  

Late Afternoon: Restore 
Indulge in a blissful and relaxing spa treatment at the Healing Grounds Spa. Choose from a generous menu of popular and innovative massages and treatments, including Thai, Amma and hot stone massage, energy work, toning facial and body treatments, and nail care.

Evening: Dinner 
Enjoy dinner in the Cookhouse Restaurant. 

Late Evening: Night Cap
Enjoy a tasty after-dinner cocktail in the Ivanhoe Glass Lounge or get cozy outside by the fire and watch a million stars emerge in the ink black skies. 

Horseback Ride & Canyoning

Day 4

Early Morning: Yoga and/or Meditation
Begin your day with a gentle sunrise meditation or yoga class, offered in studio or outdoors on the scenic waterfront deck. 

Morning: Breakfast
Continental buffet is offered in the Cookhouse from 6:30am - 10am and includes a gorgeous selection of house-made breads, pastries, made-to-order smoothies, and seasonal specialties. A la carte service is offered in the Cookhouse and dining tents from 7am - 10am.

Morning Activity: Horseback Ride 
Saddle up for an inspiring horseback adventure in the Bedwell Valley. Ride across river valley meadows, beside gigantic trees, through glacial river crossings and Jurassic fern gardens. All rides customized to your skill level.

Mid-Day: Lunch
Lunch is served in the Cookhouse Restaurant. Enjoy delectable dishes like Ocean Wise spicy spot prawn tacos, fresh burrata and beets salad, or butter chicken roti, or opt for more traditional fare like fish & chips or the organic burger with all your favourite toppings.

Afternoon: Canyon Adventure  
Our canyoning trip was an impromptu adventure that has become one of our most popular excursions and like nothing you've experienced before! A short standup paddle from the top of Bedwell Sound provides access to a glacier fed waterfall channel and some of our favourite hidden water holes.  These deep and calm waters, where hundreds of salmon collect in the fall, offer guests the unique chance to swim, jump, float and explore the crystal cool waters and marine life below the surface.  

Late Afternoon: Cocktails and Cards 
Watch the sun go down over the mountains from the Ivanhoe Glass Lounge as you sip on handcrafted cocktails and play your favourite card game.

Evening: Dinner 
Enjoy dinner at the Chef's Counter in the Cookhouse Restaurant 

Late Evening: S'mores and Stargazing 
Option to gather around the campfire for s’mores and laughs and watch a million stars come out in the ink black sky. The outdoor cedar hot tubs, cold plunge tub and wood-fired saunas are also available at the Healing Ground Spa  to relax, unwind and unplug. Spa services can be booked until 8:00pm.

Half Day Activity & Departure

Early Morning: Yoga and/or Meditation
Begin your final day at the resort with a gentle sunrise meditation or yoga class to prepare your mindset for re-entry into civilization :-)

Morning: Breakfast
Continental buffet is offered in the Cookhouse from 6:30am - 10am and includes a gorgeous selection of house-made breads, pastries, made-to-order smoothies, and seasonal specialties. A la carte service is offered in the Cookhouse and dining tents from 7am - 10am.

Final Morning Activity
Choose one final activity to enjoy before your departure. Perhaps a hike or archery or a fun group paintball game. It's a resort tradition on departure days for our guides to join in on the paintball fun! Or perhaps one more rejuvenating spa treatment is the perfect note to end your visit on. 

Noon: Lunch
A farewell lunch is served in the Cookhouse Restaurant.

Early Afternoon: Luggage Pick Up 

Late Afternoon: Departure
Your horse-drawn wagon awaits to transport you to the dock for your floatplane flight back to Vancouver or boat to Tofino.  Seair Seaplane departures begin from the resort dock at approximately 3:30pm.