Short Slide Show

A few slides from tours in 2009, Happy New Year and see you in 2010.

Old Dogs, New Tricks...

This just shows that old guides can learn new tricks. This picture is my father and long-time Bella Coola and Atnarko River fishing and bear guide on the sticks of one of Kynoch Adventures' tour rafts!

Les Koroluk is an icon in the guiding and tourism industry in Bella Coola Valley BC, but for years has been holding on to his precious Clackacraft Drift Boat for bear tours and guiding. With low water in the Atnarko River and a raft available for the day, I convinced him to try out the lighter boat for a guided float.


The raft handled better than he thought, and for a 'little' over 65 years old, he handled it like the river pro he is!!! Les guides bears for us in the fall in Tweedsmuir Park, with our tours operated from Bella Coola's Coast Mountain Lodge.


Les Koroluk was practically the founder of Bear Viewing tours in Bella Coola, as he developed this form of tourism over the last 25 years, as angling guiding morphed into eco-tourism and now grizzly bear viewing.


On this trip we had two boats out and saw plenty of grizzly bears with some awesome video footage and great photo opportunities.

Bears of Bella Coola, September 8, 2009

Here is a little bit more video we collected from the trips this week. This stuff was just shot from a camera at the back of the raft by the guide, the clients with the good cameras get the really great shots (that's why we give them the front seats!!!).

These tours are 3-5 hours depending on the bear activity and are guided by a professional biologist to ensure guests get an ecologically satisfying experience and learning adventure in the great bear rain forest that we call HOME!

See everyone soon in Bella Coola for some bear viewing with Kynoch Adventures and Coast Mountain Lodge!

Cheers, Fraser and Holly