# Maple Leaf Adventures

> Expedition cruises in Alaska and British Columbia, Canada, by boutique ship\. Rated Best of the World by National Geographic Traveler\.

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## Pages
- [Management \& Headquarters Team](https://mapleleafadventures.com/about/management-headquarters-team/)
- [Special Resource People](https://mapleleafadventures.com/about/special-resource-people/)
- [About Maple Leaf Adventures](https://mapleleafadventures.com/about/)
- [Dates \& Rates](https://mapleleafadventures.com/dates-and-rates/)
- [Careers](https://mapleleafadventures.com/careers/)

## Posts
- [Notes From the Field: Haida Gwaii in Summer](https://mapleleafadventures.com/stories/notes-from-the-field-haida-gwaii-in-summer/)
- [Hiring: Adventure Travel Operations Manager](https://mapleleafadventures.com/careers/hiring-adventure-travel-operations-manager/)
- [Alaska Cruise Sea Conditions: Will I Get Seasick?](https://mapleleafadventures.com/stories/places/alaska/alaska-cruise-sea-conditions-will-i-get-seasick/)
- ["500 Days in the Wild" Filmmaker Joins Haida Gwaii Expedition as Artist\-In\-Residence](https://mapleleafadventures.com/stories/places/haida-gwaii/500-days-in-the-wild-filmmaker-to-lead-haida-gwaii-expedition-in-2027/)
- [Meet the 2026 Canadian Geographic Ambassadors](https://mapleleafadventures.com/stories/expeditions/meet-the-2026-canadian-geographic-ambassadors/)

## Interests
- [Canadian Geographic Adventures](https://mapleleafadventures.com/interests/canadian-geographic/): These special\-edition trips with Canadian Geographic bring you a VIP resource person and special extras not available on other trips\.
- [Bear Viewing](https://mapleleafadventures.com/interests/bear-viewing/): Witness the Fascinating Behaviors of Bears in their Natural Habitat
- [Gwaii Haanas](https://mapleleafadventures.com/interests/gwaii-haanas/): Protected from mountain top to sea floor, this unique Reserve is like no other in the world\.
- [Spirit Bears](https://mapleleafadventures.com/interests/spirit-bears/): Shy, elusive and shrouded in mystery\. Meet the white furred bear of the Great Bear Rainforest\.
- [Sea Wolves \(Coastal Wolves\)](https://mapleleafadventures.com/interests/sea-wolves/): Explore the mysterious world of British Columbia’s elusive coastal wolves on a nature and wildlife tour\.

## Destinations
- [Canada Tours](https://mapleleafadventures.com/destinations/canada/): Explore the Wild Beauty of British Columbia, Canada\.
- [Alaska Small Ship Cruises](https://mapleleafadventures.com/destinations/alaska/): A Sweeping Exploration of Southeast Alaska\.
- [Vancouver Island Tours](https://mapleleafadventures.com/destinations/vancouver-island/): Like You've Never Seen Before
- [Desolation Sound Tours](https://mapleleafadventures.com/destinations/desolation-sound/): Cruise Pristine Wilderness in Solitude
- [Great Bear Rainforest Tours](https://mapleleafadventures.com/destinations/great-bear-rainforest/): North America's Coastal Safari

## Seasons
- [Fall](https://mapleleafadventures.com/seasons/autumn/): The start of autumnal showers are an unwelcome sight for some, but in the Great Bear Rainforest they bring extraordinary wildlife events\. Mid\-August and late October are a peak time to travel due to the Pacific salmon’s return to their natal creeks to spawn\.

These spawning grounds are a smorgasbord for resident wildlife; marine mammals hunt the salmon in the sea, bears, wolves and eagles hunt them in the creeks\. It’s importantly also the best time of year for a chance to see the rare white\-furred Spirit Bear\.
- [Summer](https://mapleleafadventures.com/seasons/summer/): Summer offers peak opportunity to explore the marine world, river systems, and white\-sandy beaches, where the only footprints you’re likely to find belong to the elusive coastal wolf\.

From coastal shorelines to electric\-blue icebergs, glistening glacier\-fed tidewaters to the lush canopies of ancient rainforest, the landscapes of BC and Alaska offer up some of the best summer vacationing in the world\. There are no roads, so the safari moves on coastal yachts, with groups led ashore each day by local guides and naturalists\.
- [Spring](https://mapleleafadventures.com/seasons/spring/): Shake off the winter and join nature’s celebration of life\. The mountaintops are still snow\-covered but the valley bottoms are cloaked in fresh green\. Shorelines bustle with wildflowers and wildlife, as they all take advantage of the season of growth and renewal\.

Birdsong and sightings are common, as well as bears foraging on the sedges and other plants of the estuarine meadows of north of Vancouver Island\. What’s more, our first trips off the dock are filled with the celebratory spirit of being back out in the natural world\.

## Ships
- [Swell](https://mapleleafadventures.com/ships/swell/): Built in Vancouver in 1912, Swell has served communities as a workboat for 92 years\. Converted for 12 guests in 6 private cabins, all with ensuite heads and showers\. Comfortable, handsome, boutique\.
- [Maple Leaf](https://mapleleafadventures.com/ships/maple-leaf/): Built in Vancouver in 1904, with a pedigree as a luxury yacht and a tough long\-liner\. Maple Leaf accommodates 8 guests in semi\-private double sleeping areas, with 3 shared heads with showers\. Comfortable, and the spirit of adventure\.
- [Cascadia](https://mapleleafadventures.com/ships/cascadia/): The youngest of our fleet, though strong\-built and elegant\. She accommodates up to 24 guests in 12 luxurious cabins\. Light, comfortable, and capable of reaching the coast’s wildest places\.

## Itineraries
- [Gulf Islands in Fall](https://mapleleafadventures.com/itineraries/gulf-islands-in-fall/): Island hop in the National Park Reserve, visit wildlife colonies, walk rainforest and rocky bluffs, and tiny islands not visited by ferries\.
- [Gulf Islands in Spring](https://mapleleafadventures.com/itineraries/gulf-islands-in-spring/): Here, snow\-capped mountains ring an inland sea, full of intricate waterways among hundreds of warm islands\.
- [Vancouver Island's Inside Passage](https://mapleleafadventures.com/itineraries/vancouver-islands-inside-passage/): Spend a week cruising up Vancouver Island’s diverse coast with a world\-class crew\.
- [Desolation Sound](https://mapleleafadventures.com/itineraries/desolation-sound/): Explore the stunning waterways, fjords and islands of Desolation Sound, one of the world's most popular cruising destinations\.
- [Great Bear Rainforest in Spring](https://mapleleafadventures.com/itineraries/great-bear-rainforest-in-spring/): Bird migrations, newly awakened grizzly and black bears grazing on green sedges—experience it all on a small ship adventure\.

## Featured
- [Featured](https://mapleleafadventures.com/featured/featured/)

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