West Coast Trail add on

Hi Sam – just responded to your PM.

Cheers,

Thanks David. Might try the North Coast Trail but I have heard that WCT is better. Kayaking up there might be just the thing.

Even on the WCT this year we saw many seals, sea lions, and whales. In abundance. Kayaking in the area would be great.

NCT is all board walk and water taxi in and out. the people i know that have done it say it wasn't worth it all(i would have to evaluate it for myself though). There is also the nootka trail water taxi and float plane though…

I think Nootka is kinda pricey. Based on what I read in Explore mag a few months back, you've got a lot of ferry costs to get to Nootka and then you need to rent a car or hitchhike to the point where you can hire a water taxi to get to the trail. You also need to pay the local natives $40/person to use the trail on top of the BC parks fees and then you need a water taxi back etc. Seems like a great trail, but the JDF is much closer and way cheaper so it depends on your situation. The JDF would definitely be busier though….

There's also the sunshine coast trail which might be nice. I've never hiked it:
http://www.sunshinecoast-trail.com/