Spirit (or Kermode) Bear @ Hartley Bay, British Columbia
We were asked to not give specific locations of the Spirit Bears which were shown to us by our native guide (Marven Robinson) and we will respect that request.
However, if you'd like a view of what experiencing the bears was like back in 2016, there is a very nice little book that tells you much more about the Spirit Bear viewing experience that is available on Amazon and which has an accompanying SmugMug website that shows pics and videos of Spirit Bears in action.
I bought a copy of the book ("Spirit Bear Hartley Bay") after we returned from our recent trip and it's very illuminating with regards to what it was like to interact with the Spirit Bears a decade ago.
It's changed a bit since then, not for the worse nor the better, but it has changed, as the Bears that were around a decade ago have moved on and the younger Bears are not quite as habituated to visiting photographers as the old Bears were. I'm told that the years that this trip was not offered (during the Covid pandemic) may have caused a slight regression in the "tame-ness or habituation" of both the Black and White Kermode Bears towards people.
There is an online copy of Spirit Bear Hartley Bay at this link.
Spirit (or Kermode) Bear @ Hartley Bay, British Columbia
We were asked to not give specific locations of the Spirit Bears which were shown to us by our native guide (Marven Robinson) and we will respect that request.
However, if you'd like a view of what experiencing the bears was like back in 2016, there is a very nice little book that tells you much more about the Spirit Bear viewing experience that is available on Amazon and which has an accompanying SmugMug website that shows pics and videos of Spirit Bears in action.
I bought a copy of the book ("Spirit Bear Hartley Bay") after we returned from our recent trip and it's very illuminating with regards to what it was like to interact with the Spirit Bears a decade ago.
It's changed a bit since then, not for the worse nor the better, but it has changed, as the Bears that were around a decade ago have moved on and the younger Bears are not quite as habituated to visiting photographers as the old Bears were. I'm told that the years that this trip was not offered (during the Covid pandemic) may have caused a slight regression in the "tame-ness or habituation" of both the Black and White Kermode Bears towards people.
There is an online copy of Spirit Bear Hartley Bay at this link.