HAIDA GWAII 5 Days | Queen Charlotte Islands Tour

TOUR SNAPSHOT

Inspire your students to travel with this 5-day tour of . Stay in a Longhouse, dig for clams, explore the remains of Haida totems, and surf or kayak in the Pacific. Your students will also learn about the history and culture of the Haida as they visit the Heritage Centre, see traditional dance and listen to storytelling. You and your class will leave the trip with a love of nature and a newfound understanding of the indigenous people of Canada’s west coast.

WHATS INCLUDED:

Sites & Activities: Longhouse Massett, Hike and Blow Hole visit, Clam Digging, Traditional Dinner and Dancing, Tlell and , Museum, North End Totem Tour, Haida Art Information Session, Bird Sanctuary Tour, Kayaking or Surfing Lesson

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Gatestone Staff & Students, HWDSB HAIDA GWAII - 5 Days | Queen Charlotte Islands Tour

DAY 1 DAY 3 1:45 PM: Arrive in Haida Gwaii. Your Local Guide will meet you 8:00 AM: Breakfast at the airport. 9:00 AM: North End Totem Tour. Spend this morning viewing the 2:15 PM: Board your washroom equipped, climate-controlled hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida. highway motor coach and depart for Old Massett 1:00 PM: Lunch on your own Village 2:00 PM: Haida Art Information Session. Watch a master artist 2:30 PM: Arrive Old Massett Village. Learn about the culture perform his craft. and traditions of the Haida Nation when you visit the 7:00 PM: Dinner and Traditional Story-Telling Hiellen Longhouse Village where the group will stay in accommodation in a traditional Longhouse. 3:00 PM: Tow Hill Hike and Blow Hole visit. Enjoy a short hike DAY 4 alongside the shores of the Hiellen River. The trail 8:00 AM: Breakfast. meanders through coastal forests - mostly above the 9:00 AM: Bird Sanctuary Tour Visit the Delkatla Wildlife forest floor comprised of ferns, deadfall and salal - walking Sanctuary. Red Tailed Hawks, Peregrine Falcons, Bald along boardwalk pathways. When you get to Tow Hill you Eagles and Pacific Golden Plovers are just some of the will enjoy unobstructed views of the Pacific, of Hecates birds you might see at this sanctuary which has been Straits and the Alaska Panhandle. Then head along the protecting natural wildlife near Masset for over 50 years. Blow Hole Hiking Trail which where you will find a coast- 12:00 PM: Lunch on your own line covered in lava-like rock formations, towering rock 2:00 PM: Kayaking or Surfing Session. Depending on the size of cliffs and shooting surge channels which send the mist 25 the waves, enjoy a surfing session or go kayaking. feet into the air. 7:00 PM: Dinner 4:00 PM: Clam Digging. Dig for clams on the tidal flats (subject to the tides). 7:00 PM: Traditional Dinner and Dancing DAY 5 7:30 AM: Breakfast and check out 8:30 AM: Depart for home DAY 2 2:00 PM: Welcome Home! 8:00 AM: Breakfast 9:00 AM: Depart for Tlell 10:00 AM: Pesuta Shipwreck. See the stunning remnants of the shipwreck on the beach at Tlell. 10:30 AM: Board your motor coach and continue to Skidegate 11:00 AM: Haida Heritage Centre Visit. Celebrate the living culture of the through their language, art and sto- ries at this award-winning indigenous cultural centre. 1:00 PM: Lunch on your own 2:00 PM: Depart for Port Clements 3:00 PM: Port Clements Museum. Created by the Port Clements Historical Society in 1987, the Port Clements Museum is dedicated to preserving the artifacts of Haida Gwaii’s pioneering and logging history. 5:00 PM: Return to Masset 7:00 PM: Dinner

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