New Bella Coola Summer Base

Wild Earth Adventures has a new base in Bella Coola. We'll be there from April/May through to October. We havn't decided yet if we are going to be there for the winter! It is a great space with a two bedroom house, firepit area, large garden and seperate workshop and office space. We also have a 20 foot tipi to put up somewhere around the grounds!

A short walk to all the town amenities and the estuary and ocean. We are really excited to have a functional summer home in the Bella Coola Valley. This area is the focal point of our operations and therefore the best platform for our expansion. And honestly one of the most beautiful places on earth! SO why wouldn't we just move there? Really we have been putting it off FAR too long and there is lots of potential and new energy going into the valley.

We are particularly excited about growing our own food! We hope to be growing as much food as we can to provide our guests with some good organic homegrown salads and veggy dishes for their stay in the valley. AND some organic meats from either the local biodynamic and organic ranch or lamb from the organic farm!

A big change will be organising all the food from our base in the valley. Our food and nutrition expert will be buying lots of organic bulk supplies, dehydrating food and meals and pre-baking goods for the trips. This will make it a lot easier for guides and less time consuming when in the city organising transfers for guests.

AND we are VERY excited about the potential of a co-operative farming project at a friends farm in the valley. Lots of food growing potential and organic lamb!!! There is going to be some serious good eating for our friends and guests this year. As long as I stay out of the kitchen!

We hope you can come and join us soon. It's going to be a great summer!

Bushcraft and Survival Expedition

We are really excited to be offering a NEW bushcraft and survival expedition. A new programme is going to be intergrated into our 27 June Canoe Safari in the Coast Mountains.

Dave is a survival instructor using skills learned in the military and also time spent with First Nation peoples in Canada and other parts of the world. But ultimately his expertise has been gained with spending time with the great Canadian Bushcraft Instructor “Mors Kochanski” from who he gained his Canadian survival instructor qualification. Mors Kochanski is a Canadian bushcraft and wilderness instructor. He has a reputation as one of the world's finest bushcraft instructors and writers.

Bushcraft/wilderness travel skills covered will include:

• Basic shelter building
• Camp craft
• Fire lighting skills
• Traditional cooking
• Hunting weapons and trap settings
• Animal tracking
• Knife skills
• Bear awareness

Canoe Guide

An expert canoe guide will accompany Dave. During the expedition novices and comparatively inexperienced paddlers will have the opportunity to gain skills that are fundamental to wilderness canoeing.

Canoe skills covered will include:

• Solo and Tandem paddling
• The portage, lifting, carrying, loading and launching
• Manoeuvring the canoe: forwards backwards, sideways and turning on the move
• Paddling open water safely and efficiently
• Rescue skills: capsize and self rescue, deep water rescue and towing
• The theory behind the art of expedition canoeing

Some of the places we go...