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Great Bear Rainforest in Spring - See Canada’s Coastal Rainforest Come Alive

Wild Wonders That We Have Explored and Supported Since 1986


The Great Bear Rainforest is alive with colour each spring. Wildflowers and brilliant green sedges fill the estuaries where grizzlies come out to forage. Enjoy these sights on a Great Bear Rainforest Spring tour where you will explore deep fjords, walk through estuaries, and watch wildlife emerge during the vibrant spring season. 


Some departures may have slightly modified itineraries. Please confirm the itinerary with an Expedition Specialist.

16 May, 2027 to 23 May, 2027
Cabins - Category 1 $8,190 CAD pp
Smallest Cabin Red Alder features an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite head with a separate washbasin area. The cabin also receives natural light through a skylight and sleeps two on up and down small, extra-long single beds (79.5″ x 30″). Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed. Red Alder occupies 57 sq. ft.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 2 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-Sized Cabins Arbutus is located on the main deck. This cabin offers 80 square feet of space and features two large up and down bunks. It includes a small desk and an en-suite bathroom. Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed, a practical and comfortable option for guests.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 1 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-sized Cabins Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock are located on the top deck. These cabins offer 80 square feet of space and feature a double bed with an angled foot. Cabins feature an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite. Cabins provide under bed storage designed to maximize comfort and convenience.
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Cabin - Category 3 $10,560 CAD pp
Largest Cabins Cedar and Douglas Fir, feature outside doors with opening portholes, large private 3-piece ensuite heads, natural light, and small boat queen-sized beds. Cedar has walls on three sides of the bed, while Douglas Fir has walls on two sides. Both cabins offer storage options and occupy 120 sq. ft.
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20 May, 2027 to 27 May, 2027
Cabin $7,050 CAD pp
Semi-Private Sleeping Areas The spacious main cabin is airy and divided by half-walls and heavy curtains into four berths, providing sleeping accommodations for eight guests. Each area contains large comfortable beds (six and a half feet long), space for your belongings, brass reading lamps, fluffy duvets and blankets. They have walls on two-and-a-half sides and thick, heavy curtains on the other one-and-a-half sides. There are three heads (washrooms) aboard, all with hot running water and shower conversions. If you are a solo traveller, you will be sharing one of the quarter berths with a same-sex solo traveller or you will be placed in our comfortable wheelhouse accommodations. Or, depending on the make-up of guests, our wheelhouse lounge seats convert into comfortable beds.
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24 May, 2027 to 31 May, 2027 (reverse)
Cabins - Category 1 $8,190 CAD pp
Smallest Cabin Red Alder features an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite head with a separate washbasin area. The cabin also receives natural light through a skylight and sleeps two on up and down small, extra-long single beds (79.5″ x 30″). Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed. Red Alder occupies 57 sq. ft.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 1 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-sized Cabins Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock are located on the top deck. These cabins offer 80 square feet of space and feature a double bed with an angled foot. Cabins feature an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite. Cabins provide under bed storage designed to maximize comfort and convenience.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 2 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-Sized Cabins Arbutus is located on the main deck. This cabin offers 80 square feet of space and features two large up and down bunks. It includes a small desk and an en-suite bathroom. Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed, a practical and comfortable option for guests.
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Cabin - Category 3 $10,560 CAD pp
Largest Cabins Cedar and Douglas Fir, feature outside doors with opening portholes, large private 3-piece ensuite heads, natural light, and small boat queen-sized beds. Cedar has walls on three sides of the bed, while Douglas Fir has walls on two sides. Both cabins offer storage options and occupy 120 sq. ft.
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01 June, 2027 to 08 June, 2027
Cabins - Category 1 $8,190 CAD pp
Smallest Cabin Red Alder features an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite head with a separate washbasin area. The cabin also receives natural light through a skylight and sleeps two on up and down small, extra-long single beds (79.5″ x 30″). Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed. Red Alder occupies 57 sq. ft.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 1 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-sized Cabins Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock are located on the top deck. These cabins offer 80 square feet of space and feature a double bed with an angled foot. Cabins feature an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite. Cabins provide under bed storage designed to maximize comfort and convenience.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 2 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-Sized Cabins Arbutus is located on the main deck. This cabin offers 80 square feet of space and features two large up and down bunks. It includes a small desk and an en-suite bathroom. Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed, a practical and comfortable option for guests.
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Cabin - Category 3 $10,560 CAD pp
Largest Cabins Cedar and Douglas Fir, feature outside doors with opening portholes, large private 3-piece ensuite heads, natural light, and small boat queen-sized beds. Cedar has walls on three sides of the bed, while Douglas Fir has walls on two sides. Both cabins offer storage options and occupy 120 sq. ft.
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17 June, 2027 to 24 June, 2027 (reverse)
Kitimat to Prince Rupert Cruise
Cabins - Category 1 $8,190 CAD pp
Smallest Cabin Red Alder features an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite head with a separate washbasin area. The cabin also receives natural light through a skylight and sleeps two on up and down small, extra-long single beds (79.5″ x 30″). Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed. Red Alder occupies 57 sq. ft.
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Cabin - Category 2, Option 1 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-sized Cabins Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock are located on the top deck. These cabins offer 80 square feet of space and feature a double bed with an angled foot. Cabins feature an outside door with opening portholes and a private ensuite. Cabins provide under bed storage designed to maximize comfort and convenience.
view cabin photo
Cabin - Category 2, Option 2 $9,220 CAD pp
Mid-Sized Cabins Arbutus is located on the main deck. This cabin offers 80 square feet of space and features two large up and down bunks. It includes a small desk and an en-suite bathroom. Storage options include a tall cupboard with shelves, a small under-sink cupboard, and storage space under the bed, a practical and comfortable option for guests.
view cabin photo
Cabin - Category 3 $10,560 CAD pp
Largest Cabins Cedar and Douglas Fir, feature outside doors with opening portholes, large private 3-piece ensuite heads, natural light, and small boat queen-sized beds. Cedar has walls on three sides of the bed, while Douglas Fir has walls on two sides. Both cabins offer storage options and occupy 120 sq. ft.
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Great Bear Rainforest in Spring - See Canada’s Coastal Rainforest Come Alive itinerary:

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Days 1-3 Welcome Aboard!


Day 1: Board your ship and enter the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, orientation, cruise into Fjordland, viewing spectacular mountains and waterfalls. Rainforest walk.

Day 2: Visit great Fjordland river estuaries, wildflower meadows, and bear habitat. Possible bear viewing.

Day 3: Visit the First Nations community of Klemtu, including a guided tour and conversations at the big house, as well as examples of First Nations artistry, culture, and architecture.

Days 4-6 Into Bear Country


Day 4: Mainland inlet, bear viewing, rainforest walk, waterfalls, inside passage cruising, hot springs visit.

Day 5: Visit the coastal community, sail down whale channel, and view marine mammals, including whales and sea lions. Visit remote whale research station and speak with scientists. Cruise to west coast beach and explore.

Day 6: Sailing the outer coast, exploring remote islands. Intertidal life, whales, seabirds, beaches.

Days 7-8 Coastal Exploration


Day 7: Exploring north coast wolf habitat, cruising from outer coast to inner coast, rainforest walk.

Day 8: Cruising to Kitimat, wildlife viewing.

Please note:

Itineraries are subject to change. 

Great Bear Rainforest in Spring - See Canada’s Coastal Rainforest Come Alive reverse itinerary:

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Please note: *

Itineraries are subject to change. 

Days 7-8 Coastal Exploration *


Day 7: Exploring north coast wolf habitat, cruising from outer coast to inner coast, rainforest walk.

Day 8: Cruising to Kitimat, wildlife viewing.

Days 4-6 Into Bear Country *


Day 4: Mainland inlet, bear viewing, rainforest walk, waterfalls, inside passage cruising, hot springs visit.

Day 5: Visit the coastal community, sail down whale channel, and view marine mammals, including whales and sea lions. Visit remote whale research station and speak with scientists. Cruise to west coast beach and explore.

Day 6: Sailing the outer coast, exploring remote islands. Intertidal life, whales, seabirds, beaches.

Days 1-3 Welcome Aboard! *


Day 1: Board your ship and enter the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, orientation, cruise into Fjordland, viewing spectacular mountains and waterfalls. Rainforest walk.

Day 2: Visit great Fjordland river estuaries, wildflower meadows, and bear habitat. Possible bear viewing.

Day 3: Visit the First Nations community of Klemtu, including a guided tour and conversations at the big house, as well as examples of First Nations artistry, culture, and architecture.

* = Indicative
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Maple Leaf, the ship servicing Great Bear Rainforest in Spring - See Canada’s Coastal Rainforest Come Alive

Maple Leaf

Vessel Type: Schooner

Length: 92f / 28m

Passenger Capacity: 8

Maple Leaf is a 92-foot wooden schooner built in 1904, designed for intimate coastal exploration with a maximum of eight guests. She offers a deeply personal, human-scale experience that prioritises direct engagement with the natural world, accessing remote coastlines, rivers and anchorages unreachable by larger ships. Accommodation is simple but warm: four semi-private sleeping areas, shared washrooms, and communal spaces centred on conversation, observation and shared meals prepared onboard. Stability under sail, long range, and a highly experienced crew make her exceptionally capable despite her modest size.

Constructed from Douglas fir, yellow cedar and mahogany, Maple Leaf blends working-vessel toughness with Edwardian craftsmanship and modern functionality. Life on board revolves around open decks, zodiac landings, kayaking, wildlife observation and, for those inclined, hands-on sailing under crew guidance. Her long history — from luxury yacht to high-performing halibut fishing vessel to pioneering expedition ship — gives the experience a sense of continuity and authenticity. Travel aboard Maple Leaf is immersive, physically engaging, and deliberately unpolished, favouring depth, access and presence over luxury conventions.

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• Picturesque Scenery
Blessed with natural wonders, breathtaking scenery and exotic wildlife, every moment in the Great Bear Rainforest is an event.

• Welcome to Bear Country
Offering stunning scenery with snow-capped mountains, blooming wildflowers, and a chance to see Grizzly bears eating sedges along the water’s edge.

• Wild Waterways
Travel with humpbacks through channels and island groups, watching for black bears along shorelines.

• Indigenous Culture
You’ll see ancient human history and modern First Nations culture with local storytellers.