Tide Rip Bear Tours

Fun way to spend a day in Telegraph Cove. Will see whales too, if you’re lucky. Our guide Jackie was hilarious and very knowledgeable. Plenty of snacks, coffee/tea and a decent lunch is also provided.
9 years ago (06-12-2017)

I loved this trip! We had wonderful views of bears and got quite close enough to take great photos, the Bears were behaving quite naturally and up disturbed, just looking for food among the rocks. The guides are very knowledgable and helpful, and took us home through the Blackfish sound where we saw humpback whales. Brilliant!
9 years ago (20-08-2017)

I go every year on the bear tour. I love seeing them in their natural surroundings. The guides are excellent in their knowledge of grizzly bears. We usually see other lots of other animals too.
10 years ago (18-12-2016)

AS PHOTOGRAPHERS, WE FELT ABUSED BY THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BEFORE BOOKING THE TOUR AND WE DO THINK THAT THIS IS NOT A TOUR TO TAKE. Go on this tour if what you want is watching a lot of grizzlies (and cubs) without paying much attention about how close you get. We enjoyed the food, the kindness of Mat and the boat (we didn't feel like it was too crowdy even if it was fully booked). We also had quite a lot of good and interesting information (even if some were approximative). But we do have something to say about the information we were given before taking this tour. We came directly at the desk of Telegraphe Cove to ask some questions about the tour. As photographers, our main concern was how close we could get from the bears. To be sure we would be well understood, we explained that we had already seen 10 grizzlies during our road-trip so our main concerned wasn't the number of grizzlies we could see but how close we could get from the bears. We were told that the rule was 50 meters and from our undertanding, we could obviously understand that it was the norm. The lady also told us that in some occasions (when the grizzlies go towards the boat), we could get as close as 15/20 meters from them. In these circumstances, we understood that we would have great chances to get up close to 50 meters. But 50 METERS IS NOT THE NORM, even if we could have approached them from a much closer distance (for a great part of the 9 grizzlys we saw, 50 meters could have been reached very easily), we stayed quite far away (at the minimum of 100 meters/150 meters). At the end of our time in Glendale Cove (where the grizzlies are) we saw 1 female with 2 cubs (from this year). The boat stopped much more than the 50 meters “rule”, didn't move even if we would have had a much better view only 20meters in front of us (and it was very deep there), and then left! Yes the time was out! I was myself running a company and I can't imagine I would have said that to a customer for a few minutes. In these circumstancies, we didn't feel respected at all as customers. The lady at the desk was obviously pushing us to go on the tour with wrong information even if there was no chance for us to be happy with it (except if a bear would have swam towards the boat or if one would have been doing a lapdance). 50 METERS IS NOT THE NORM. Nobody gave us the exact rule neither before or after the tour. On the website it is said 50m from the shore which make a big difference with 50m from the bears! We of course went to the office to speak about that and express our feelings about it. But we didn't feel at all like the “manager” - the captain of the boat that day, was trying to understand us. It was obvious that she was only trying to defend the company: “I understand you feel frustrated, it is wildlife” But this was not the point! We sometimes look for one animal during days without any sights! WE FEEL ABUSED BY THE FACT THE INFORMATION WE WERE GIVEN DIDN'T MATCH AT ALL THE REALITY OF THE TOUR. This was dishonest. We would have never gone if we had known 50 meters was not the norm when watching a bear there, it was at least 100 meters. To that she said to us there is never a guarantee. Of course we know how wildlife is unpredictable, but one more time this was not the point. We could have come much closer but we didn't. It is like playing loto. We don't play, but if tomorrow we are told we have 1 chance up to ten to earn 1000 loonys, we would of course start to play! Saying that wouldn't been honest if in reality you had one chance up to 1500. “You didn't win but anyway we said there was no guarantee”! One more time this is not the point and it is normal we feel abuse! We spoke also at the lady at the desk but she was also unwilling to understand our position: it was like: “you saw 9 grizzlys so why are you unhappy” A tourist will probably be, a wildlife photographer (professional or passionate, at least someone with a telephoto lens), won't (except if he likes playing loto).
9 years ago (25-06-2017)

Wij hebben hier een fantastische dag beleefd! De crew is goed geïnformeerd en kan elke vraag beantwoorden over beren, orca's, walvissen, vogels of andere wildlife. Tijdens onze trip zagen we walvissen, bruinvissen, arenden en een 10tal grizzly beren. Een aanrader als je eens echt wildlife wilt gaan spotten. Minpuntje is de hoge prijs voor één dag tour, al is dit het volkomen waard!
9 years ago (06-08-2017)