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Bowen Island Boat Tour with Drinks

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10 Ratings

Vancouver

Discover Bowen Island's beauty with a boat tour. Explore marine wildlife, enjoy scenic views, and savor drinks at Snug Cove. Book your adventure now.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Bowen Island - Disembark at Bowen Island’s Snug Cove, where you can explore the local shops and restaurants. Your tour includes a complimentary beer, wine, specialty coffee, or ice cream. Snug Cove is a charming town on the edge of Bowen Island, offering a nostalgic escape to simpler times. With numerous attractions, this town is sure to delight.
Lighthouse Park - We’ll pause at Lighthouse Park for photo opportunities before entering the UNESCO Reserve known as Howe Sound. This stop is perfect for wildlife spotting and appreciating some of Vancouver’s history. Nearby, we’ll visit a seal colony.
Horseshoe Bay - We’ll approach Bowyer Island to discuss the glaciers and mountains while observing Horseshoe Bay, where island ferries come and go.
Sea to Sky Highway - Although we won’t drive on the Sea to Sky Highway, we’ll navigate the Sea to Sky Corridor by boat, which includes the Tantalus Mountain Range, Tantalus Glacier, Howe Sound UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bowen Island, seal colonies, and much more.
Stanley Park - We’ll view Stanley Park from the boat as we depart from Vancouver.
Gambier Island - We’ll explore the coastline of this island, enjoying the coastal temperate rainforest and looking for sea lions, bald eagles, porpoises, and other wildlife.
Granville Island - Our journey begins here. Please arrive 30 minutes before your tour start time.
False Creek - Our tour will start and end in these waters.
Downtown - We’ll pass by Downtown while exiting False Creek and entering English Bay.
Vancouver Downtown - We’ll pass by Downtown while exiting False Creek and entering English Bay.

What's Included

Beer, wine, specialty coffee, or ice cream included

What's Not Included

Gratuities for the guides

Additional Information

Explore our UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the Howe Sound Fjord. Here, you can ride alongside the Tantalus Mountain range, discover the islands and marine wildlife conservatories, and enjoy a complimentary beer, wine, coffee, or ice cream at Snug Cove on Bowen Island.

This is one of the top experiences you can have while in Vancouver. Reserve your spot on this trip and prepare for an adventure you’ll be eager to share with your friends and family.

Alcoholic beverages are only for ages 19 years old and above

Location

1832 Mast Tower Ln

Mast Tower Lane

Give yourself ample time to find parking. Finding parking can be burdensome on Granville island during busy days.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Mewburn_h

Jun 9, 2024

Quite a safe and knowledge gaining tour of Vancouver from the coadtal water perspective, with an experienced tour captai - Wow! Fabulous! The boat ride was safe and comfortable with the shock absorbing seats. It was a relatively new boat. The tour guide/boat captain was great. He managed the boat well. The ride was comfortable. He knew all we wanted to know about the alignment of the tour path we traversed. The Biosphere talk on the preservation of the system. and the view of the large number of jelly fish in the water was very interesting. He made intermittent stops to brief us on the logging business, the survival of the trees, the mountains, the extent of roads along the mainland, the native villages and their inhabitants. etc. We stopped at the Steamship Company Marina, where I found the floatation system for all the river founded structures there to be quite equipped to deal with the variations in the tides. Great ice cream there as well. My wife, my daughter and her three children (the youngest 5 years of age) were on the tour, and it was very family oriented. I highly recommend it for families.

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V8940dpsierras

May 14, 2024

If you only had 24 hours in Vancouver, this is a MUST do! - As a Vancouver local, this is some of the most fun I've ever had in the city! My mom was visiting me in town this past weekend and she wanted to get out on the water. (We found this tour via google search.) I was a little skeptical it wasn't going to be that great since I've seen most of the spots listed in the tour, but it far surpassed my expectations. The boat ride was super fast and fun, and as my mom said "it feels like you're on a rollercoaster" in the best way. We sat the front row. I could see how maybe someone could get sick if they already weren't feeling well, but I usually suffer from motion sickness in cars and still didn't feel sick at all. We saw a few spots along the sea to sky starting from Granville island and the tour guide, Greg, was great at talking a bit about places and things spotted along the way including impromptu wildlife like bald eagles, seals, porpoises, gulls, herons, starfish, etc. We were worried about our temperature throughout the day and didn't know what to wear since it was one of the first warm days of the year (20+) but we would also be feelings super cold winds from the boat ride. Thankfully they gave us these suits that also had hoods, and were also life preservers. Without those, we would have been super chilly so we were super thankful for those. We also didn't get wet! AND we didn't have to really have to walk much at all, even on Bowen Island, so you could have worn a nice dress and heals if you wanted to. Overall we had a super nice time, it was the perfect mix of adventure and excitement to relaxation and peacefulness. I know my mom had an amazing time, and I did too even as a local! I would love to do it again sometime the next time someone is visiting or even with some friends here. Couldn't recommend more!