Explore Haida Gwaii and Gwaii Haanas, including the famed village sites. View wildlife
Remarkable Journeys. Engaging People. Wild Spaces. Expeditions into the nature and culture of British Columbia and Alaska
A coastal company with world-class expertise and a local's passion.
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Alaska trips
Explore Southeast Alaska's glaciers, rainforests, wildlife, and towns aboard a classic wooden tugboat.
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Broughton Archipelago (Whales & Totems)
A shorter trip amid 200 islands, a hot zone for orcas, humpback whales and ancient coastal cultures.
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Desolation Sound
A shorter trip amid stunning scenery: coast mountains, waterfalls, sandy beaches and great cruising waters.
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Great Bear Rainforest
Explores the fjords, rainforest, bears and other wildlife, plus First Nations culture, in this land of the spirit bear.
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Island hopping, dry rainforest, wildlife, beachcombing and village visits in this unique southern archipelago.
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Haida Gwaii
An epic odyssey through the nature, wildlife and Haida culture of this archipelago on Canadians' bucket list.
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Vancouver Island
Different itineraries that explore the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound, Broughton Archipelago and inside passage.
Featured Trips
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28/05/2023Great Bear Rainforest and Kitlope
Dramatic landscape surrounds as you cruise deep into the coastal mountain range.
$5200 CDN
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09/08/2023Whales and Totems
Sail away on summer breezes into Blackfish Sound in the southern Great Bear Rainforest.
$4400 CDN
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16/07/2023Vancouver Island's Wild Side (northwest)
Explore Vancouver Island's rugged and beautiful northwest coast. Brooks Peninsula
$8250, $9700, $11000 CDN
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Your Expedition Yacht
Welcome to Our World
Our Expeditions
Join us to explore the British Columbia and Alaska coast. Over a week, you’ll explore nature and culture among our 50,000 islands and 40,000 km of shoreline. Destinations: Great Bear Rainforest, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), Alaska’s Inside Passage, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, Desolation Sound and the Broughton Archipelago. Looking for the Yacht-Based Heli-Ski Experience? With Bella Coola Heli Sports: Climate positive, 3.25 million acres of prime powder in the Coast Mountains.
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Like Safaris, Where the Water is the Road
This is wild geography. The coastline of British Columbia and Alaska undulates into bays, twists into archipelagos, and stretches far down fjords that slice through mountains. There are no roads. Coastal communities have deep connections to the ocean. Wildlife congregate in or near it due to the rich marine food web. To experience it all, a traveller must use the water as the road, as people have here for millennia.
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Adventure + Attention to Detail
Our trips are human scale. We treat you as an individual, notice your interests, help you to do everything you came for. We have one of the highest guide-to-guest ratios in the industry, providing a very personalized experience. This is a trip for people with adventurous spirits – spirits that a bit of rain doesn’t dampen. Every Maple Leaf team member is welcoming and generous with their time, expert knowledge, and thoughtfulness.
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A Conservation-Based Enterprise
By travelling with Maple Leaf, you are part of the important, emerging conservation-based economy on the coast. Our careful, thoughtful approach to our trips, to nature, and to all of the people we visit, has earned us a reputation as a model for conservation travel. We believe in being the change we want to see in the world, in giving back to our home.
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Safety and Expertise
As a local company made up of people who have dedicated their lives to exploring the coast, we are able to run world-class expeditions that combine engaging and unscripted experiences with solid planning and safety management. Our industry has developed extensive protocols for operating during covid-19, approved by the BC government. For details visit our Safety and Expertise page.
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Yacht-Based Heli Skiing
The award-winning, climate positive heli-ski operator Bella Coola Heli Sports has partnered with us to offer an exceptional winter experience — yacht based heli skiing from the fjords of the BC coast, in the Coast Mountains. Learn about it here.
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What people say
F. Shirley Ontario, CanFrom our first inquiries to the final docking, our trip has been first class all the way.
Jane Robinson Vancouver, BCWhat a magical and awe-inspiring adventure!
Bev Biderman Toronto, ONThis was an outstanding trip! AT last count, I have travelled to 32 countries – but this trip will stand out as one of the best.
Marilyn Samuels Calgary, ABTruly magical! This trip was as fabulous as I had hoped. The crew; always smiling, always considerate, always a great sense of humour.
Chris Hink Los Angeles, CAHow to put into words the trip of a lifetime? The Maple Leaf crew needs to be pinpointed as the glue that held together some of the best days of our lives.
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Alaska trips
Explore Southeast Alaska's glaciers, rainforests, wildlife, and towns aboard a classic wooden tugboat.
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Broughton Archipelago (Whales & Totems)
A shorter trip amid 200 islands, a hot zone for orcas, humpback whales and ancient coastal cultures.
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Desolation Sound
A shorter trip amid stunning scenery: coast mountains, waterfalls, sandy beaches and great cruising waters.
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Great Bear Rainforest
Explores the fjords, rainforest, bears and other wildlife, plus First Nations culture, in this land of the spirit bear.
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Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Island hopping, dry rainforest, wildlife, beachcombing and village visits in this unique southern archipelago.
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Haida Gwaii
An epic odyssey through the nature, wildlife and Haida culture of this archipelago on Canadians’ bucket list.
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Vancouver Island
Different itineraries that explore the Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound, Broughton Archipelago and inside passage.