If you are a booking a trip to Kayak with Orca Whales in British Columbia the following links will prove helpful in planning your trip
Passports and Visas
Visitor information for required passport, visa and personal identification. Please visit the Canada Customs web site.
Insurance
It is highly recommended that you have adequate medical and personal injury insurance coverage. This short term travel insurance policy should cover nonrefundable trip costs due to personal or family accidents or illness and emergency evacuation.
Travel Medical Evacuation Insurance with World Nomads
There are several places that you can get Travel Medical / Evacuation Insurance, including your automobile club (AAA or CAA). You may even have some form of these policies included with your credit card, please look closely at your credit card details for this information.
You can get a very competitive quote from World Nomads by clicking HERE
Getting to Port McNeill, BC
Nanaimo to Port McNeill – 352 km (219 miles)
If your going to drive, you will need to take a ferry to Vancouver Island and drive north on Hwy.19 to Port McNeill on the north east coast of Vancouver island. You can take a ferry to Victoria, BC, or Nanaimo, BC. It is approximently 220 miles (or 350 km.) from Nanaimo to Port McNeill and 290 miles (or 460 km.) from Victoria, BC.
The most scenic ride (in my humble opinion) would be from Horseshoe Bay, just north of Vancouver, to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. I have included a list of links to ferries, busses, shuttles, airlines etc., to help you plan your route.
BC Ferries
Washington State Ferries
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/index.cfm
Airlines, Airports, Shuttles
http://www.pacific-coastal.com/
https://www.victoriaairport.com/
Buses
If we can be of any other assistance, please let us know. wildernessadventures.ca assumes no responsibility whatsoever for the companies or services listed above. They have simply been put here for your convenience.