2-Day Birding by Kayak / Camping Tour Copeland Islands

The Copeland Islands Marine Park is a string of beautiful islands just north of Lund, situated in the pristine waters of the Salish Sea. Located approx. 160 km (100 miles) north of Vancouver, this archipelago is directly adjacent to Desolation Sound Marine Park on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

Kayaks are the best way to visit this majestic area, as only kayaks can quietly access all shallow nooks and crannies where wildlife likes to spent most of their time. We’ll settle down in the heart of the Copeland Islands on the first day of this tour. A fantastic new scenery around every corner, rocky islands where seals often haul out and steep cliffs where sea birds nest. We will camp on one of the Copeland Islands as this will be a good base-camp for exploring in different directions. We’ll bring stable- and high volume 2-person sea kayaks on this tour in order to be able to transport extra camera equipment and for creating stability while taking photos.

Many bird species call this area their home, permanent or temporarily. A local birding-expert will join us during this tour and the combined knowledge of area and birds will make this an unforgettable birding-tour. This is the season of longer day-light, we’ll take advantage by going on an evening- and early morning paddle. Birds (and other wildlife) will be more active during dusk and dawn. Birds we might be able to see during this tour could include: a variety of ducks and waterfowl, many shore birds, birds of prey, different gull colonies and hopefully some rare migratory birds. Two days of birding-by-kayak in May hopefully gives us about 40 to 50 different bird species …….