The Grizzly Bear Tours by Klahoose Coastal Adventures are soon kicking off for the season and are items on a growing menu of the company’s tourism offerings.

CKTZ News spoke about the wild bear tours with Bruno Pereira, general manager of Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC), which oversees all the business ventures and economic development for the Klahoose First Nation.

He explained that the Grizzly Bear Tour season is short, just 6-8 weeks in September and October, and there has been a lot of interest already. In 2020, it was also public demand, relayed from partners in Campbell River, that made Klahoose Coastal Adventures reconsider their pandemic closure. As a result, they had a highly successful season and hope for the same in 2021.

Intensive safety protocols are in place to protect both guests and wildlife: the visitors are transported from the beach to the bear-watching towers by bus, and food as well as any kind of provocation of the animals is strictly prohibited. The three-hour tour had been a standalone element, but became an add-on to stays at the luxurious Klahoose Wilderness Resort in Desolation Sound as of last year.

Listen to the interview with Pereira below: