Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Wildlife Kayak

Adventures

Open for the 2025 season

We look forward to welcoming you back to Telegraph Cove Resort for the 2025 season. Despite recent challenges, we remain committed to providing memorable kayaking experiences.

All of our on-water adventures will continue as usual—nothing has changed when it comes to exploring the stunning waters and encountering the incredible marine wildlife that makes this region so special. The beauty and magic of the ocean await you!

We are working closely with Telegraph Cove Resort to arrange temporary accommodations for our office, store, storage, and crew quarters. While our check-in process will look a little different next season, our dedicated team will ensure a smooth and welcoming experience from start to finish.

We are grateful for your continued support and can’t wait to share unforgettable adventures with you in 2025!

Located in Telegraph Cove on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, BC, North Island Kayak has been providing travellers with the opportunity to kayak with whales and other marine wildlife in this spectacular, remote part of British Columbia since 1991.

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Basecamp Adventures

Where the real magic happens. Choose from two to five day voyages at sea kayaking in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in North America! Meals included.

2, 3, 4, & 5 Days

Day Tours

Join us on our day tours for hours of non-intrusive sea kayaking in the dynamic Johnstone Strait! Explore islands, remote beaches, and the rugged coastal shallows of Vancouver Island. Meals not included.

2 Hour, Evening, Half & Full Day Trips

Nomadic Expeditions

These trips are perfect for those who want to go on a one-way nomadic expedition through the incredible Broughton Archipelago. Expect to see spectacular wildlife, ancient village sites and sheltered coves to camp in. Meals included.

6 and 8 days

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Quality service & experienced kayaking guides

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5 consecutive years of consistent high ratings from travellers

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First class camp locations & equipment

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Delicious meals & healthy menus

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Professional tour guides & boats

Fabulous trip!!! What and amazing 4-day trip! Beautiful scenery, comfortable campsites, great food, and wildlife galore - Orcas, humpbacks, bear, deer, eagles, kingfishers, sea lions, porpoises, and more. Our guides were excellent and our traveling companions all fun and excited about the experience (with ages ranging from early 30s to early 70s!). The guides tailored each day to our capabilities and the wildlife opportunities. We had one very rainy day, but it was all part of the adventure Highly, highly recommended.

Jacqueline S
9/25/2024
Peaceful paddling out of Telegraph Cove on a sunny day We paddled out of Telegraph Cove for the 6 hour tour on the most beautiful wind still and sunny morning in September - during the tour we saw a bachelor sea otter (called Fred), bald eagles, we encountered a curious a black bear during our lunch stop on the beach, and saw a pod of resident orcas, that passed exactly where we had paddled just an hour or so before. It was one of the highlights of our trip! Thanks also to our great guide Jan.

Meike d
9/21/2024
AWESOME What can we say ----- This 3 day trip lived up to our expectations and beyond! The conditions were excellent, mostly calm waters and clear skies. from the moment we met our guides Jessie and Naomi we felt in safe hands, they went above and beyond to give us the best experience, the food was excellent, impressed with their ability to cater for all dietary needs, the clam chowder was delicious, big thanks to Matt too.
Jessie and Naomi shared huge amounts of knowledge with the group. The wildlife was fabulous, multiple sightings of orca, humpbacks, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions, bald eagles, star fish, sea urchins ..

The campsites were clean and comfortable located in top spots. Our experience was enhance by being with a wonderful group fellow kayaker's

Highly recommend and a big thank you to all 🙂

Ruth B
9/18/2024
Trip of a lifetime!!!! If I could give 10 stars I would! This is an experience of a lifetime and North Island Kayak is a top notch company. I did the 5 day base camp trip and would highly recommend this trip length to everyone, it just adds to the list of amazing sights and wildlife you will see. And yes, we saw orca (day 3), humpback whales (day 2, 3 and 4 I believe), giant stellar sea lions, seals, porpoise, blue herring, eagles, salmon, lions main jelly fish……the list goes on! Connor and Brad were our guides and they were AMAZING! Knowledgeable, friendly and fun; they didn’t make us lift a finger! And the food! Seeing orca was of course the highlight of my trip but the food was a close second! You will not go hungry and you will ask for seconds and thirds!

dunkeltl
12/06/2023
Feeling one with nature The views and silence were amazing and we had dolphins and sealions swimming close to our kayak. We also saw seaotters. We just felt so one with nature in our kayak. Incredible!

Gijshertje
10/08/2023
“Trip of a Lifetime!!!” What an incredible adventure!!!! This was a trip we had wanted to do for a long time and I had such... read more

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8/29/2022

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Open for the 2025 season