Whistler Canoe Tour With Canadian Wilderness Adventures

Summer is headed our way, and the BC bucket list of adventures is never ending. With an ocean, mountains, forests and trails surrounding us, Vancouverites and visitors get their pick of adventures on a daily basis.

We've showcased some amazing local outdoor activities and micro adventures you can plan this summer, but one of our favourite things to do is head up to Whistler and hang out with our friends at Canadian Wilderness Adventures. These guys know how to play outdoors. We've gone ATVing, snowmobiling, horseback riding, and snowshoeing with them, and we always have an amazing day out in nature with their guides.

They recently invited us up to try their new Canoe Tour. Of course we cleared our calendars and joined them. Here's our River Of Golden Dreams Canoe Tour recap....

How To Create A Mid Week Micro-Adventure In Vancouver

Micro adventure: a brief break from your routine, often done in the evening hours between when you quit work for the day and arrive back at the office the next morning. You're a little tired at your desk the next day, but it's absolutely worth it. The concept has been growing globally thanks to adventurer Alastair Humphreys, who even wrote a book about it.

Last summer we showed you have to plan an overnight local island kayaking micro adventure, and had Vancouverites share photos of the micro adventure that we inspired them to take.

It had been too long since our last micro adventure, so we went on another one, this time an "Urban Camping Trip" to Brae Island in Fort Langley.

Here's how easy it was to do....