Tofino’s waters, known as the Clayoquot Sound, are one of the best locations in the world for a whale tour as the waters are rich with food. In fact, the whales gain over 30 percent of their body weight while feeding in our waters! Typically these are the types of whales you’d be most likely to spot on one of our Tofino whale watching tours.
Our Tofino bear watching tours begin with a relaxing 30-minute boat ride from Tofino through tranquil and sheltered inside passages by Meares Island, Fortune Channel or Tofino Inlet. The black bears living in this West Coast region are sub- species with webbed paws that help them swim in the waters.
Ahhh. You’ve arrived at Tofino’s Hot Springs Cove. You’re at the edge of the continent, backdropped by verdant rainforest with the wild Pacific Ocean beyond. Waves crash. Eagles soar. And you’re taking it all in from a sensuous pool of thermally heated rainwater—a secluded natural hot springs in an off-grid park in Tofino.
Sip on a cocktail while cruising along the shores and in sheltered areas of iconic Clayquot Sound with family and friends. Or gather colleagues for a barbeque on the back deck of Nanuq before swimming in Cannery Bay. Or bring your special corporate group out on a private whale watch or cultural tour.
Tofino and the Clayoquot Sound provide a world class bird watching environment due to the nutrition in the soil within this protected habitat. Birds and their young can store the critical fats they need from the various organisms and worms found within the different habitats here of ocean, mudflats, rocky shorelines and old growth rainforest.
Cultural tours in Tofino and Clayoquot Sound give you access to the ancestral territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations dating back thousands of years. There are five local tribes locally as part of the Nuu-chah-nulth tribal council: Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Toquaht, and Ucluelet.
