NOOTKA SOUND + FRIENDLY COVE
Bring your binoculars and camera for this tour has it all: beautiful scenery, history, wildlife and stunning Nootka Sound. En route to Gold River enjoy a leisurely lunch at the historic Fanny Bay Inn followed by a beautiful scenic drive through Strathcona Provincial Park.
Next morning, we travel to the end of the road to the Gold River dock, where we board the MV Uchuck III. This boat serves as both a passenger vessel and a working freighter which carries all manner of cargo to logging camps, fish farms, and settlements along the way. A fabulous 2½ hour voyage down the Muchalat Inlet and Nootka Sound takes us to Yuquot (Friendly Cove). Once the Capital of all 17 Nations of Nootka Sound it is the ancestral home of the Mowachaht having been continuously occupied for over 4,000 years. Here we have the opportunity to disembark to explore and experience this historic cove firsthand.
On our return we stop at Elk Falls Suspension bridge and finish up with lunch at the fabulous Locals Restaurant in Courtenay before heading home.
*Additional $36 ferry fee for 64 years and under*
Package includes:
Black Car Home pick up
• 2 nights accommodation
• Gold River Chalet
• 2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 2 dinner
• Day Cruise MV Uchuck III
• Nootka Sound