Specialty Tours
See Testimonial here from one of our 2007 Magnificent Seven Marine Mammal Tours!!
Orcella Expeditions
Multi-Day Expeditions Exploring the Marine Mammals throughout the Blackfish Archipelago and Beyond.
Over the past three decades the Borrowman family has been committed to providing a unique experience for each of their clients. To broaden these experiences, your hosts, Jim and Mary Borrowman offer multi-day expeditions that will captivate not only your heart but also your soul. Orcella expeditions has been established due to the populartiy of these multi-day tours.
Seasoned veterans in the charter boat business, Jim and Mary are devoted to the preservation, safeguarding and well-being of the marine mammals that frequent the Blackfish Archipelago and surrounding areas. They are indeed British Columbia's premier marine mammal specialists!
"Beneath the Surface" – School Tours Programme
School tours are conducted by our highly experienced educator and biologist to provide age appropriate marine education from a full ecosystem perspective.
Exposure to the life of the “Emerald Sea” will allow students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the marine ecosystem and develop an understanding of the need for conservation.
The MV Lukwa, with ample space both on deck and inside, is ideal for school groups.
School programmes include:
- A slide presentation illustrating the diversity and classification of marine life
- Service of a highly experienced biology teacher
- Tour of marine mammal artifacts
- Use of an ROV (remote operated vehicle) to view the wealth of invertebrate life
- Interpretative information of all life and historic sites seen
- Acoustic samples of various cetaceans
Programme can be enhanced to include:
- More detailed cultural information
- A tide pool walk
- Information directed specifically at classification of invertebrates
- Multiple day activities, potentially with lodging in Telegraph Cove, also available.
"Beneath the Surface" – Programme, Advanced Educational Tours (Post-Secondary)
The Advanced Education Programmes are tailor-made for post-secondary groups to provide field experience for classes in classification, ethology, environmental science and tourism.
The research that has been conducted in the area attests to its being an ideal location to study marine organisms. The biodiversity of the area, indeed, makes it a marine wonderland. Stubbs Island Whale Watching is able to provide the ethics and expertise essential to the quality demanded for post-secondary purposes.
Our experiences over the past quarter century allow us to develop custom tours - contact us!