Mayne Tours and Charters - up to 5 passengers
My tours focus on environment and nature (no fishing). If you want to learn about our resident animals (e.g. seals, oyster catchers) and transient animals (e.g., sea lions, scoters, turkey vultures) as well as s basic knowledge of our geology, these tours are for you. Check out Trip Advisor to learn of the experience of others. 

The Essentials - Departures from Mayne Island with options from Saturna and Pender.
​Charter the boat and choose a tour from below or plan you own. 

Plan your fall eco-tours ... Sea Lions are here Sept to May. Lots of migrating birds and other animals.
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Eco-tour
Belle Chain Tour
See the islands from the water. Slow motor around Horton Bay, Bennett Bay, Campbell  Bay, Boat Passage, Winter Cove, I back trough Robson Channel. Scenic views - islands and islets ; animal life you may see such as seals, river otters, eagles, pigeon guillemots, purple martins, king fishers, ospreys, oyster catchers and other shore birds, possibly free range sheep, sounds of peacocks. BRING YOUR CAMERA. Free photography coaching from tobysnelgrovephotograpy.com WEATHER If the wind is too strong, we will stay on the west side of Samuel Island and head to the north west side of Saturna Island.

Contract the boat for $300
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Charter The Boat. (1.5 hours minimum)
Have a private tour - charter the boat for $150/hour (intermittent speeds), $170/hour full speed. You can bring up to 5 guest, your snacks, and your destination - of course, weather permitting. Go on any of the tours listed below but have the boat to yourself.
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The Belle Chain Nature Circuit (2-hr): 
$300 Charter  MAP
We leave Horton Bay for Bennett Bay, Campbell Bay, Belle Chain Islets, Boat Passage, Boot Cove, Georgeson Passage and back to the Government Wharf. (Image: Surf Scoter)
Things you will see: Majestic ocean scenery, the coast of Horton, Bennett, and Campbell Bay, multitudes of sea and shore birds, protected islets, seals and seal pups, sea lions - californian and stellar (early spring and late fall), lambs and rams on Samuel and Curlew Island, the narrow channel between Saturna and Samuel Islands.
(IMAGES: Boat passage, April sea lions, lambs on Curlew.)
The Pender Island Adventure (2-hr): 
$370 Charter MAP
Leave Horton Bay  for Port Browning, under the bridge joining North and South Pender, around Bedwell Harbour. The return home will either be via Browning Harbour or (weather permitting) around the tip of South Pender and back through Plumper Sound to Horton Bay. (IMAGE: Hope Bay Pender Island.)

Things you will see: Majestic ocean scenery, multitudes of sea and shore birds, narrow channel between North and South Pender (under the bridge)  seals in Browning Harbour, Poets Cove, and more. 
Circumnavigate Mayne Island (2-hr):

$370 Charter MAP
Our adventure leaves Horton Bay through Georgeson Channel, around St. John Point, up Navy Channel, into Active Pass, up to Lighthouse Park ... and, weather permitting, down Georgia Strait, into David Channel, Around Edith Point, onto Campbell Bay and Bennett Bay, past Curlew Island and back to the Governent Wharf. (IMAGES: Lighthouse Park top, Boneaparts Gull Active Pass, Pup feeding in Campbell Bay)

Things you will see: Above and beyond the landmarks above, you will see the resident costal animals - seals, shore birds, eagles - Mayne, Galiano and Pender from the water, busy active pass. We can spend extra time in areas of interest to guests.

Our adventure leaves from Horton Bay
WEATHER: If the winds are up on the strait or Navy Channel, we will take an alternative route. 
Cabbage Island Marine Park (3-hr):
Weather dependent $500 Charter Map
Our trip leaves Horton and ventures out to the Belle Chain Islets, Anniversary Island then down to Cabbage Island Marine Park. Get your feet wet on the sandy beaches of this the small the island then returning through boat passage and Lizard Island to Horton Bay. It is a fabulous photographic opportunity. Pack snacks and drinks. (IMAGE: Sunset on the northern tip of Cabbage Island, Oyster Catchers on Anniversary Island)

Thing you will see. Majestic ocean scenery, multitudes of sea and shore birds, the wonders of the Belle Chain Islets and the seals of Anniversary Island, stunning beauty of Cabbage Island, more.