Canada - Must do's around Calgary - Vancouver
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havoc said:
Possibly depends on the size and the weather.
We (13 years ago) did a half-day (~4hr) afternoon cruise with Eagle Wing, did loads, saw loads (the boats all talk to each other, so a faster boat can reach a sighting quicker, but it's nothing like a safari where 6 jeeps all crowd round a lion with kill...we saw one other boat the whole trip), good crew, who stayed out as late as possible then sat us all down and turned the taps on full to get back before twilight!
The boat we were on was open and had a capacity of ~20 pax or so, so not a little speedboat, but definitely not slow either. Weather was good, so hard to comment on what it might be like in rough seas, but neither my wife nor I (both 30-somethings at the time) had any problems whether cruising, sitting watching or full-chat, and she notoriously gets seasick on sailing boats.
Some photos from our trip on this link...also with Jasper and Banff in.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48052912@N05/albums/...
Seaplane + covered boat sounds like it might be a good alternative, to be fair. You're wrong time of year for the migration of the grey whales, so it'll probably be orca pods, seals and whatever pot-luck might throw-up.
Hi, Thanks for your reply, but also the pictures We (13 years ago) did a half-day (~4hr) afternoon cruise with Eagle Wing, did loads, saw loads (the boats all talk to each other, so a faster boat can reach a sighting quicker, but it's nothing like a safari where 6 jeeps all crowd round a lion with kill...we saw one other boat the whole trip), good crew, who stayed out as late as possible then sat us all down and turned the taps on full to get back before twilight!
The boat we were on was open and had a capacity of ~20 pax or so, so not a little speedboat, but definitely not slow either. Weather was good, so hard to comment on what it might be like in rough seas, but neither my wife nor I (both 30-somethings at the time) had any problems whether cruising, sitting watching or full-chat, and she notoriously gets seasick on sailing boats.
Some photos from our trip on this link...also with Jasper and Banff in.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48052912@N05/albums/...
Seaplane + covered boat sounds like it might be a good alternative, to be fair. You're wrong time of year for the migration of the grey whales, so it'll probably be orca pods, seals and whatever pot-luck might throw-up.
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