BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING, RETREATS & LODGES
COYOTE CREEK WHOLE EARTH
DISCOVERY CENTRE
Experience Adventure Learning at Coyote Creek Art, Craft, Body, Mind and Spirit. Vacation Workshops in the Monashee Wilderness. There is accommodation available for 820 people in a group Tipi Campground and forest huts.
Location: 10km East of Lumby on Highway 6 enroute to the Kootenays.
Contact: (250) 547-9812
E-mail: elzer@bcgrizzly.com
Website: www.artofthewilderness.com.
CANADEC
"The Canadian Adventure and Education Centre" (CANADEC) provides outdoor adventure learning opportunities for people aged 8 to 80. Set in a forest,
farm and wetland ecosystem, it is a place where people are encouraged to "play to learn," and includes the Shuswap's premier high and low ropes challenge course.
Location: Salmon Arm, B.C.
Contact: 1866CANADEC (1-866-226-2332)
Email: playtolearn@canadec.com
Website: www.canadec.com
BEAVER LAKE RESORT
Beaver Lake Resort is located on a high plateau lake chain in the sunny Okanagan. Fishing for Rainbow trout is only one of our many pastimes. Hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, wildlife watching and canoeing are very popular. Location: 6350 Beaver Lake Road, Winfield, B.C. Toll Free: 1-888-737-9427
Email: beaverlakeresort@shaw.ca
COZY CABINS
Snuggled in a valley at the gateway to the steep-sided Monashee Mountains, you will find Cozy Cabins resting on 60 private and secluded acres. Accommodations consist of five cozy cedar cabins, each with a fully equipped kitchen, bath, wood burning stove and a view of our private lake.
Location: Creighton Valley Road, east of Lumby
Contact:(250) 547-6201
Email: cozycabins@telus.net
Website: www.cozycabins.ca
EAGLE ROCK RANCH
Just West of Okanagan Lake less than half an hour out of Vernon, British Columbia, Eagle Rock Ranch is a 630 acre ranch in a scenic wilderness. The facilities include a 14 bedroom lodge complete with conference rooms, gymnasium, pool table, sauna and a hot tub. Spend your day trail riding to remote mountain locations, fishing on site, mountain biking, or golfing nearby.
Contact: (250) 260-3866
E-mail: erranch@telus.net
Web Site: www.eaglerockranchbc.com
HOSTELLING
LODGED INN HOSTEL
Vernon International Hostel includes a meeting room, slide shows, library and map room, bike tours and rentals, close to the downtown, farmers markets and art shows as well as rock climbing, sailing and much more.
Rates: $15 HI Members - $19 Non-members Double, Group and Family Rooms available.
Location: 3201 Pleasant Valley Road, Vernon, B.C.
Phone: (250) 549-3742
Toll Free: 1-888-737-9427
E-mail: lodgedinn@telus.net
Website: www.lodgedinn.com
HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL PENTICTON
Penticton is Salish for "a place to stay forever". The hostel is located in the city centre, minutes from the beaches, shops, cafes, art gallery and the museum. Bike tours, wine tours and rock climbing can be arranged through the hostel. Hike and bike the Trans Canada Trail and the historic Kettle Valley Railway or explore the Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park rock climbing area. Ski packages at APEX Mtn. too. Private rooms available - special rates for groups.
Rates: from $16.00/person
Location: 464 Ellis Street Near bus station, Penticton, BC
Contact: (250) 492-3992
E-mail: mike@hihostels.bc.ca
Website: www.hihostels.com
ACCOMMODATION
RICHMOND HOUSE
This 1894 Victorian heritage home is an elegant retreat at the end of an adventure filled day. Located in the heart of Vernon, B.C. this Bed & Breakfast and Art Gallery offers private baths and air conditioning in all rooms. Gourmet breakfasts are served.
Rates: From $55- $75 per night.
Contact: Toll free 1-866-267-4419 or 250-549-1767.
Email: richmondhouse@shaw.ca
Website: www.richmondhousebandb.com
TOUR SERVICES
BBAY TRANSLATIONS
Year Round multilingual tour guiding and interpretation in English, German and French. Also providing multilingual art such as greeting cards, calendars and art workshops. Can serve up 30 people at a time.
Phone: (250) 832-7480
E-mail: bbay@sunlite.ca
DEBBIE DUPASQUIER
Offering natural and cultural interpretive hiking/walking tours of Summerland, BC
Phone: 250-707-0046
E-mail: ddupasquier@shaw.ca
Bearfoot Canada
Bearfoot Canada is a Canadian Tourism Commission Product Club owned by Adventure Okanagan. Bearfoot Canada works with tourism operators, communities and government establishing nature-based travel routes for the responsible traveller, creating a new Canadian Travel Product that can be promoted on the world stage as a truly authentic Canadian Travel Experience.
EXPERIENCE PROVIDERS
MONASHEE
ADVENTURE TOURS
Bike, hike, or snowshoe for year round fun and adventure! Half day to Multi Day tours including the Trans-Canada Trail, Kettle Valley Railway and more.
Contact: 250-762-9253
Email:info@monasheeadveturetours.com Web Site: monasheeadveturetours.com
WINDS & RIVERS ESCAPES Outdoors! That's what we're all about canoeing, hiking, sightseeing, camping, all in a fun and safe way.
Contact: 250-549-3722
E-mail: info@windsrivers.bc.ca
Website:www.windsrivers.bc.ca
PARAGLIDE CANADA
We offer paragliding instruction and sales. Teaching one day and multi-day courses, tandem flights and tours in Canada and abroad, including Mexico, Brazil and New Zealand.
Contact: (250) 503-1962
Email: glennderouin@hotmail.com
Website: www.paraglidecanada.com
TYKES CAN TOUR
We are a family outdoor adventure company geared towards families with young children, utilizing trail-a-bikes and child bicycle trailers. Hiking/snowshoeing activities as well as cycling.
Contact: (250) 762-9216
Email: tykescantour@home.com
Website: www.tykescantour.com
SELAH OUTDOOR EXPLORATIONS
Using 26' long Voyageur canoes or smaller 2 person canoes we offer part-day to multi-day canoe tours on many of the lakes and rivers in the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap. In the winter time we offer snowshoe tours of Crystal Mountain.
Contact: Toll Free 1-866-695-2972
Email: selahoutdoors@hotmail.com
MONASHEE MOUNTAIN GOLDMINERS
We offer a unique wilderness experience, a chance to goldpan in a goldbearing river, find colours in glacial gravels, possibly nuggets, a pocket of gold...prospect like the original Gold Seekers as they worked their way northward.
Contact: (250) 766-4716
Email: monasheegold@hotmail.com
Website: www.goldprospecting.com
MANDY AND ME TRAIL RIDING
Providing enjoyable experiences for families and people of all ages by uniting people and horses in a safe trail riding environment. It is a place to get back to nature in an atmosphere, which promotes learning and fun, while instilling in its visitors a sense of world community and environmental responsibility.
Contact: 250-769-5735
Email: sshackle@silk.net
Website: mandyandme.com
WILDFLOWER TRAILS
AND WINE TOURS
Wildflower Trails and Wine Tours provides visitors to Kelowna, British Columbia with a unique combination of activity and reward. We help you experience the Okanagan Valley, its beauty and its wines. Learn about a unique variety of ecosystems and reward yourself with delicious food served in wondrous places. Also enjoy "Distinctly Kelowna Tours" capturing the best of Kelowna's art, culture and dining experiences at any time of year.
Contact: (250) 979-1211
Email: info@wildflowersandwine.com
Website: www.wildflowersandwine.com
FOOTLOOSE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Providing visitors from all over the world with a unique outdoor experience to get to know Canada in a 'different way'. Packages are designed for the individual, group or family. Footloose Canada Biking Adventures promotes cycling and mountain biking in British Columbia, where Footloose Canada Outdoor Adventures focuses on a broad range of nature based summer and winter activities, while enjoying the comfort of a picturesque mountain chalet in the Okanagan Valley.
Contact: (250) 503-0868
E-mail: dirk@footloosecanada.com
Web Site: www.footloosecanada.com
GEOQWEST EXCURSIONS
GeoQwest provides access to the hinterland of British Columbia in comfort and security. Our safaris reach deep into the thousands of kilometres of the province's backcountry where even most BC residence have never visited. Our specialty is excursions into historic mining and mineral exploration areas throughout BC. Our tours are tailored to discerning adventurous individuals, families or groups of up to 7 people. Your spirit of discovery combined with our experience and a world of natural exposures combine for an unforgettable Canadian cultural experience.
Contact: (250) 769-0031
E-mail: geoqwest@shaw.ca
Web Site: www.geoqwestexcursions.com
WINDSTAR RECREATION
Windstar Recreation is the Okanagan's windsurfing and kiteboarding specialist. Expert instruction (20+ years experience), excellent equipment and a magnificent setting on the beautiful Okanagan Lake makes learning easy and fun.
Contact: (250) 212-2580
E-mail: mabrillinger@shaw.ca
Web Site: www.windstar-recreation.com
ADVENTURES PLUS
A Unique Five Day Experience in Learning and Craft. Come experience the 'age old' skills of HANDCRAFTING with logs, either by yourself or with a group. Rob Varey will be providing the hands-on guidance with logs. Rob has evolved from a trained Lumber Jack in 1978, to one of North America's "TOP 100" ratings as a log home builder in "The Original Log Home Guide for Buyers and Builders". Groups of 6 participate in the construction on a 12' x 12' cabin within a workshop environment.
E-mail: RobVa@telus.net
Web Site: www. sheeprocklodge.com
Winfield, B.C. Toll Free: 1-888-737-9427
