
GUIDED TOURS
Full Nuk Tessli Package, which includes accommodation in a tent or cabin, food and guiding - $140 per person per day
If you bring and cook your own food - $110 per person per day
- For large groups requiring food, a deposit of 25% should reach The Nuk Tessli Alpine Experience, Nimpo Lake, BC, VOL IRO, Canada by the end of April.
- Prices do not include flights. On a fully-occupied plane, seats will cost approximately $80 to $100 one way.
What to Bring (click to view or download)
Many people like to use a guide for only part of their stay. You can design your own tours or day hikes.
GUEST CABIN
SELF CATERING
Daily fee:
(includes the use of a cabin or tent if required.)$110 for two
$15 for each extra person.
Children under 16 freeMeals: $50 per person per day, if I cook; $30 per person per day if you cook
Day Hikes: $60 per person per day but parties of more than four will have a reduced rate per person. Children under 16 free.
Large Tour Groups (bus tours): $450 per day
FLOATPLANE INFORMATION
New float plane company operating out of Nimpo Lake.
Lakes District Air Services Ltd. have operated in the North Tweedsmuir Park for a number of years. Recently, Nick and Mary Hawes have taken over the Burns Lake end of the business and have hooked up with Sid and Cora Blackwell of Nimpo Lake to cover the south end of the park and surrounding country. They also plan on offering a plane on skis for winter flying. Sid and Cora were born and bred on the Chilcotin and both are very experienced pilots.Tweedsmuir Air Services will continue to operate as before.
Prices to Nuk Tessli One Way for 2009 - in Canadian dollars
Tweedsmuir Air Lakes District Air 1 800 668 4335 1 866 235 2155 1 250 742-3388 1 250 742 3508 fax. 1 250 742-3383 fly@tweedsmuirair.com sid@lakesdistrictair.com Cessna 185 (holds 2 or 3 people plus gear) $285 $285 Beaver (holds 5 or 6 people plus gear) $435 $414 Both companies offer good deals on flight-seeing tours because Nuk Tessli is already part way there. (Flight-seeing tours are best organized on the way in to Nuk Tessli because of the extra weight of the fuel.)
Both companies also offer accommodation.
ACCOMMODATION NEAR THE FLOAT PLANE BASE1. Tweedsmuir Air Service operates their floatplane base on Nimpo Lake at Stewart's Lodge so you are right on site. Good road access via Highway 20. Lake side log cabins, self serve laundry facilities and gourmet meals are available at the Lodge.
Visit... www.stewartslodge.com. OR call... toll free 1 800 ON THE FLY or 250 742-3388. fax... 250 742-33832. Lakes District Air operates out of the Vagabond RV Camp Site. Fully-equipped cabins available, hot showers and self-operated laundry facilities. 1 250 742 3508. sidb@telus.net. Bakery with breakfast, soup and pizza two minutes' walk away.
3. River's Edge B and B, 30 Minutes east of float plane base. Cabins. Dinners provided, with prior notice.
Phone 250 476 1345; email cottages@moose-mail.com; website: www.riversedgeguestcottages.com4. Nimpo Lake Resort, 15 minutes drive west from the float plane base. Cabins; camping. Good for birders
email info@nimpolakeresort.com, phone 250 742-32395. Eagles Nest Resort, 30 mins drive west of float plane base. Cabins; camping; meals. Best for birders.
Visit... www.eaglesnest-resort.com, email info@eaglesnest-resort.com, phone 250 742-3707, toll free 800 742-90556. For more options: www.visitthewestchilcotin.com
BUS TOURS
Dates: August 22, Wells Gray Tours
HORSEBACK ADVENTURES IN THE WEST CHILCOTIN
1. One Eye Outfit. The outfitter now operating in the same area as Nuk Tessli.
2. Rainbow Mountain Outfitters - see Horse-Supported Botany in Wildflower Magazine.
3. Itcha Igatchuz Mountain Outfitters. Pack-horse trips and snow-machine tours. Roger and Wanda Williams. Phone 250 742-3495
I looked at the beauty all around me and listened to the west wind blowing and then listened to the silence. Thank you for sharing this home you have built in the wilderness with those whose lives have taken us along other paths. - Kay Worral, Victoria, Canada.
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For reservations and further information:
Write - Chris Czajkowski, Nuk Tessli Alpine Experience, Nimpo Lake, BC VOL IRO, Canada
Phone: Summer - 250 742 3222. Winter - 250 476 1171.
E-mail - nuktessli@lincsat.com