Interested in: West Coast 14-day Sea Kayaking

Run by Outward Bound Canada
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Outward Bound Canada

West Coast 14-day Sea Kayaking

  

Run by Outward Bound Canada


About this Overnight Camp


  • Overnight Camp
  • Age 14 - 16 (Coed)
  • Specialized in Adventure (multi) and Leadership Training—offers 14 activities
  • 0 session dates to choose from
  • Cost starting from $4,485
  • Busing not available
  • Special needs support available  

This camp is designed to build the following character traits:

  • Resilience: Participants will step out of the comfort of daily routines and into an adventurous and exciting, yet foreign and uncertain environment. Using the course's challenges, instructors will teach participants how to transfer the skills they learned to their everyday lives.
  • Interpersonal skills: Participants will create a strong sense of community with their peers as they travel through the wilderness, learning how to work together to accomplish daily tasks and make decisions.

*Please note this course is now FULL. Join the waitlist

Experience the incredible West Coast wilderness on this 14-day sea kayak expedition!

Learn new skills, make new friends and create memories that will last a lifetime. This adventure will take you through Clayoquot Sound, on the edge of Pacific Rim National Park. As you kayak through ocean waves and around islands, make sure to keep an eye out for local wildlife. If you are lucky you may even spot a whale or two! 

This course is eligible for a high school credit, PAD4O Grade 12 Healthy Active Living. If you choose to use the course toward a credit, the course work will be done through activities, group discussions and analysis, and daily journal reflections.

AREA & ACTIVITIES

This expedition will travel through the traditional territory of three Nuu- chah- nulth Nations: the Ahousaht, the Hesquiaht and the Tla-o-qui-aht Peoples, who have inhabited the land for time immemorial. Your group will move through the islands and inlets of one of Canada’s eighteen UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, camping on sandy beaches on the edge of ancient rainforests, enjoying west coast sunsets.

Sea kayaking: You will travel in either solo or tandem fibreglass sea kayaks through class 2 water as outlined by the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of B.C. During the expedition, your instructors will teach you paddling strokes, self and assisted rescue techniques, plus basic nautical navigation, including understanding tides, currents and weather. 

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Session Dates and Rates

Date TBD
Vancouver Island, BC
5200 Duncan Bay Main Line Rd

Time TBD
Cost TBD
2023-08-104485

Special Needs Support

Mild Support       Specialized programming

  ADD/ADHD
  Autism Spectrum Disorder
  Cancer
  Diabetes
  Down Syndrome
  Dyslexia
  Hearing loss
  Intellectual disability
  Physical Disability
  Tourettes Syndrome
  Troubled Teens
  Vision loss

Activities

  Recreational         Instructional      
  Intense or Competitive

  Cooking
  Empowerment
  First-aid/lifesaving
  Kayaking/Sea Kayaking
  Leadership Training
  Mindfulness Training
  Nature/Environment
  Photography
  Social Justice
  Swimming
  Travel
  Wilderness Out-tripping
  Wilderness Skills
  Writing

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