Eco Tours BC - The Bear Whisperer
Overview
Located in the heart of British Columbia, in a beautiful location on Quesnel Lake - the deepest freshwater fjord lake in the world. The lodge is just north of Willams Lake, which you can either fly to from Vancouver, or include this on your self-drive itinerary. It is a simple but comfortable lodge, that is all about the wildlife experience. “The Bear Whisperer” is a new tour which will take you with specialist guides, to track the bear’s forest homes, along the river estuaries, and mountain sides and valleys.
Staying for three nights, you will enjoy two tours on consecutive days. From May to mid-October you will take the Bear Whisperer day-long tour with just 4 to 6 participants per guide and a maximum of 12 participants. Along with bear sightings, you may also see moose, beavers, deer, caribou, mountain goats, lynx, otters, woodpeckers, blue herons, eagles and myriad birds.
In spring, travel by vehicle (4X4 or multi-passenger ATV) into the lowlands and hike to where grizzlies, moose, deer, wolves and black bears feed on new spring shoots, and the best chance to catch a glimpse of bear cubs.
In summer, hike into the high country and follow the bears through boreal forest and berry patches to the high alpine of the Cariboo Mountains, or on the Cariboo River that receives an early Salmon run.
In the autumn, the tour is conducted by boat and jet boat. Quesnel Lake estuaries are spawning grounds for Pacific sockeye salmon which lure grizzly bears to prepare for a long winter hibernation period. Wolves may also be seen eating the fish on the riverbanks at this time of year.
