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“We have enjoyed sharing your love and respect for this beautiful part of the world. Thank you for looking after us so well. Howa! Petra and Christoper - Vancouver
Group charters
Copper Sky specializes in charter trips for special interest groups which have included:
National Geographic Television for the Jason Project with Dr. Robert Ballard, who found the SS Titanic.
Howard Hall Productions for the Knowledge Network & National Geographic Television
Vancouver Aquarium with Dr. Murray Newman
Many family & friends vacations and reunions
Corporate team building
Corporate incentive travel
Geodesic surveys
Ecological survey for Parks Canada
Whale watching in the Sea of Cortez with the Maritime Museum of Los Angeles
Scuba diving with whales, dolphins and mantas
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in the Queen Charlotte Islands is a place of unique natural beauty, abundant wildlife, and the home of the Haida people. Nutrient rich water welling up from deep in the Pacific support a large population of plankton which in turn support the abundant and diverse wildlife of the area. This wilderness has old growth temperate rainforest, steep rocky coast lines, sheltered bays, open ocean, and the San Christoval Mountains rising 1,123 meters (3684 feet) from the sea. This is an amazing place for watching birds, whales, and intertidal life or hiking in the quiet moss covered old growth forests, visiting one of the abandoned Haida village sites, or just relaxing and enjoying the slow pace of a day in the wilderness. It is also a great place for photography with an amazing diversity of inspiring subjects.
We make two to three shore excursions for various activities each day. Our evenings are spent in safe & scenic anchorages that we rarely have to share with other vessels.
Although there are several 'can't miss' places we usually visit each trip, no two voyages have ever been the same.
Keeping that in mind, a typical itinerary follows:
Day 1:
There is an afternoon flight to Sandspit from Vancouver. Upon arrival, transfer has been arranged to your Bed & Breakfast, or to Copper Sky on some sailings.
Local options include:
Day 2-7/9:
Transfer to Copper Sky by 800 AM and join us in our continuing exploration of Gwaii Haanas, a 577 square mile wilderness reserve. Here-