Sentences with word «floatplane»

From there you'll have the chance to check out the beaches and waves you just surfed from above on a 30 - minute scenic floatplane flight!

Here you can hike, explore the village, or take an optional excursion, including flightseeing by floatplane over the lakes and glaciated peaks.

Scheduled flights from the South Terminal at Vancouver International Airport, Nanaimo, and the Pat Bay floatplane terminal in Victoria.

Easily accessible by ferry or floatplane from Seattle, Lakedale Resort is nestled between Roche Harbor and Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington.

Your journey off the path begins with a super scenic floatplane flight to the settlement of Refuge Cove, which borders Desolation Sound.

The Flight: Katahdin Air Service, based in central Maine (along the southern edge of the North Maine Woods), offers scenic tours ranging from half - hour flights to overnight getaways where you're dropped via floatplane at a lakeside cabin for fly - fishing and canoeing (and picked up a few days later).

Residents and visitors alike enjoy camping, biking and hiking in the Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the U.S. Whale - watching is also a popular pursuit, as is exploring the Misty Fjords via floatplane.

You can experience the seasonal floatplane service from downtown Seattle.

In addition, Campbell River is serviced by modern floatplane companies offering turbo - prop service directly to Campbell River.

After all that work, you'll get to take a break soaring high above the beaches you just surfed in a 30 minute, scenic floatplane ride.

Start this full - day excursion with an awe - inspiring 35 - minute floatplane flight to Victoria and the beautiful Butchart Gardens.

Floatplanes fly low, and on clear days the views are spectacular.

You can also charter the entire airplane and land on a remote island for a gourmet meal catered by Northwest Floatplane Picnics.

I had to catch a small four - seater plane and the Beaver floatplane I was in skimmed over the emerald green expanse of Southeast Alaska and ended with a smooth landing on a calm and glassy Lake Naknek finally coasting up to a sandy beach at Brooks Camp.

Modern Alaskan - style Bed & Breakfast in residential area - Walking distance for restaurants, parks and floatplane base...

Chartered floatplane service is also available from various airlines, but is much more expensive than scheduled flights.

Small floatplanes land on the aptly named Crosswinds Lake.

We enjoyed our cozy fireplace and deck area where we could watch the wildlife, boat, and floatplane activity.

Air, land and water excursions include floatplane and helicopter flightseeing, whale watching, bear viewing, glacier cruising, dogsledding, kayaking, fishing, whale watching, ziplining, and more.

Luxmore Jet adventure will take you out onto beautiful Lake Manapouri to view the lake and magnificent snow - capped mountains and also offers a Fly and Boat option with the Wings and Water floatplane and a LORD OF THE RINGS Helijet with Southern Lakes Helicopters.

The seaplane base in Hardy Bay is an arrival point for a variety of floatplanes, including those operated by Kenmore Air and NW Seaplanes out of the Seattle area.

The next morning on the 7:30 floatplane back to the Island, I was thankful the creeping inability to party on has forced me to feel better the morning after a meeting of real estate brokers.

Take off from Tofino Harbour aboard your own private floatplane.

San Juan Islands, Washington: Just a short ferry or floatplane ride away from Seattle, the San Juan Islands offer island camping and activities where you and your friends can run around in the wilderness for days on end.

Floatplane flights over the snow capped volcanoes of Tongariro National Park, Mt Tarawera, Huka Falls and Lake Taupo.

The island has both an airport and a ferry terminal and can also be reached by floatplane and via small marinas.

The 206 is a single - engine Cessna that can be converted to a floatplane, a factoid I happened to know when I read that line late on August 28 because earlier that day I rode shotgun in a 206 that took off from the water strip that parallels the main runway at Juneau International Airport.

Vancouver, Canada — We're on the way from the floatplane dock in the harbor in downtown Vancouver to the craggy mountains above the city on the other side of the bay.

So Mike and a semi-retired pilot friend head off into the deep Maine woods, so remote it is accessible only on foot or by floatplane, on a time - sensitive mission to clear Jack's name.

Plan to enhance your trip to the coast with some Zipline fun, River Paddling serenity or catch a bird's eye view with a Floatplane tour!

Or charter a floatplane to go whale watching like never before or take a scenic flight over the rainforests of Vancouver Island to a remote hot springs and have a picnic

Take a scenic flight of the geothermal region on a floatplane that you can catch from the retreat's own jetty.

Meet the farm animals or, for a delightful adventure take off in a floatplane from the jetty.

I came, like many visitors, into the park by landing on Naknek Lake, our floatplane causing only brief waves and ripples in this giant body of water.

In Ketchikan, take a floatplane to see bears or explore Misty Fjords, or sign up for fishing, kayaking, or backcountry expeditions.

@ Jake: As with most places in Katmai, the answer is floatplane.

Another option is staying in a US Forest Service cabin; the vast majority require a flight on a floatplane to access and offer a true slice of wilderness.

Access to the Shushartie Bay trailhead is by boat or floatplane only.

Floatplane: Numerous floatplane companies fly into and out of Northern Vancouver Island.

Offers spectacular scenic helicopter and floatplane flights showcasing the many crater lakes, volcanic and geothermal landscapes of the Rotorua region.

Or, charter a floatplane or helicopter and arrive in style at our resort.

The spectacular North Island area, under the jurisdiction of the Regional District of Mount Waddington, covers the northern third of Vancouver Island and large tracts of the adjacent mainland, where several remote luxury wilderness resorts can be reached by boat and floatplane.

Just getting to San Juan Island is part of the fun, especially arriving by floatplane, with stunning views of the islands spread out below.

Cruise out of the Marina area, past the millionaires» yachts and cruisers, helicopters and floatplanes, the beautiful Marina Mirage and Palazzo

The local hospitality and history, is enhanced by the final leg of our journey through the Discovery Islands back to beautiful downtown Campbell River, where our journey cumulates, with wonderful memories of rivers, rafts, wildlife, wilderness, pioneers, history, floatplanes and great local cuisine.

Vancouver International also boasts a floatplane terminal, two satellite Vancouver Aquarium exhibits, and one of the best airport hotels in the world, the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel.

Such changes and delays are beyond our control and while we and our floatplane partners do our best to adhere to plans, sometimes, for the safety of passengers, scheduled flights are cancelled or delayed until such time as pilots receive the all - clear to take off from YVR South Terminal to fly direct to the resort, or other destination on Vancouver Island to be supplemented by ground and / or boat transfer.