Gilakas’la! Welcome to one of the best grizzly bear viewing experiences in the world.
World Class Wildlife Viewing
Knight Inlet Lodge is an Indigenous-owned wildlife viewing destination in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada.
We invite you to spend your days viewing magnificent Grizzly Bears & Incredible Wildlife, and your nights enjoying fine dining and accommodation in the most spectacular natural environment…
We are now booking for the 2025 season (May 21 to October 15).
2026 Reservations will be available early March 2025
Grizzly Bear Viewing & Whale Watching
Knight Inlet Lodge offers unique spring-to-fall grizzly bear tours and seasonal marine and whale watching tours during your 4 to 6 night stay at our west coast-style floating lodge.
Choose from a range of options to see bears and marine wildlife in one of the most magnificent natural settings in the world, surrounded by ancient forests and snow-capped mountains.
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Grizzly Bear Viewing
Knight Inlet is home to a dense population of grizzlies. It is common for numerous bears to be near our lodge throughout the season, and especially during the fall when the salmon are running in nearby rivers.
Enjoy the experience of seeing grizzly bears in the wild on our 2—3 night tour packages.
Learn MoreLocated in the Great Bear Rainforest
Knight Inlet Lodge, 240 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Vancouver, lies in the southern reaches of one of the last intact temperate rainforests on earth, the Great Bear Rainforest – home to Indigenous peoples, ancient forests, and wild bears since time immemorial.
LocationYour Home Away From Home
Arriving at the lodge by floatplane from Vancouver Island in the morning, your adventure begins right away! We will provide you a lodge orientation and safety briefing, then head straight out on the first tour of the day.
After returning to the lodge and enjoying a delicious lunch, you will participate on two more tours, including bear viewing.
At the end of your day come and relax in the privacy of your room, or join other guests in the lounge or on the water front deck before dinner.
Lodge
Accommodation
Our guest rooms feature queen size beds and private bathrooms with showers. Some of our rooms have capacity for families of up to 4.
All rooms enjoy either views of the inlet, or the shoreline behind the lodge, where bears are often spotted.
Dining
Seafood like crab, salmon or prawns are harvested fresh from Knight Inlet allowing our Chef to offer the most glorious West Coast cuisine! Served with fine wines, our tasty menu is locally sourced from Knight Inlet, plus other fresh local ingredients flown in daily.
With advance notice, we can accommodate most dietary needs.
A Sustainable Legacy
As an Indigenous-owned, fly-in wildlife viewing destination, we at Knight Inlet Lodge take our corporate and environmental stewardship responsibilities seriously. We work hard to reduce, reuse, and recycle, and are doing everything we can to minimize our environmental footprint.
Committed to Conservation
We are strong advocates for sustainable fisheries and wildlife management policies in the Great Bear Rainforest.
We also support and facilitate independent research on bear-human interactions, which is integrated into our bear viewing management plans.
In 2017 we successfully helped to end the grizzly bear trophy hunt in British Columbia.
A Dedicated Team
A tight-knit team of dedicated, like-minded people, with years of experience managing and operating a remote tourist destination like Knight Inlet Lodge, offer our guests the highest quality service and expertise.
From our on-site managers to our guides, our chefs to our technical staff – we all can’t wait to welcome you to our own working home away from home!
Decades of Experience
Knight Inlet Lodge is owned by an Indigenous partnership of five First Nations whose stewardship and conservation knowledge and experience goes back to time immemorial
Knight Inlet Lodge, founded in the 1990s, has been a hallmark of not only hospitality, but grizzly bear and pacific salmon conservation and responsible environmental stewardship for decades.