Sea Kayaking Adventure Blog

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25 Years in British Columbia

25 Years of Kayaking, Whale Watching and Friendship in British Columbia 25 years ago , Terry Prichard and Nancy Mertz created Sea Kayak Adventures with the dream to design inspiring, nature-rich...
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This is Why We Travel - Scotland

An Adventure Consultant's Journey to Scotland It was Day 6 of our 8-day Scotland Kayaking, Walking, & Whisky Tour and our adventurous group of 9 (including our guide Craig) were landing our...

Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Canada 150

Canada, The True North Strong and Free, is throwing a party: all year long. That’s right, 2017 marks Canada’s 150 th anniversary of Confederation. The country is threaded with celebrations and...
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Creature Feature: Gray Whale

Creature Feature: Gray Whale ( Eschrichtius robustus ) Every winter, thousands of gray whales make an epic journey from the cold waters of the Arctic to the warm, sheltered lagoons of Baja California...
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Guest Interview: Laura Henchman

An Interview with a Long-Time Sea Kayak Adventures Guest Tours: Baja (Loreto, LaPaz, Magdalena Bay, Isla Carmen), Cuba, God’s Pocket Q: What do you love about Sea Kayaking? A: Sea Kayaking is...

Skies are Open for U.S. Flights to Cuba

It’s not just the tropical sun that’s beating against Cuba’s tarmac: commercial U.S. airlines now have the opportunity to touch down on the island. On August 31st, JetBlue took off from Florida’s...

Law of the Sea Part 2: The Albanian Coastline

Is anyone thirsty? In 2011, the RPM Nautical Foundation, an American non-profit, and their Albanian archeologist counterparts discovered a Roman shipwreck lying just 50 meters deep near the port city...

The Lost Colony of Saguenay, Québec

It’s no lost colony of Roanoke, but it’s close. After years of celebrating Champlain’s founding of Québec City, a new chapter of Québec’s history was recently unearthed with the discovery of the site...

Belugas Don't Need Raffi to Make Music

Thar she blows? No, thar she sounds . Belugas, the vociferous canaries of the sea, are way more likely to make waves with their underwater operettas than by showing you their tail fin. In the cold,...