Kiixin Tours

great location

Awesome

Been there before the tours started.

Very fortunate to have both Stella and Wish Key as our guides. Highly recommend this educational tour.

This was the most memorable historic site we have seen in over 50 years of travel. Stella is an exceptional guide with long, long family ties to Kiixin. As she mentioned, how many people can stand where their great-grandmothers great-grandmothers stood and who can trace her lineage back 13 generations in one place. Stella is a gem.

Agree with other reviewers, the Kiixin tour is a national treasure. Stella was an amazing and generous host and interpreter. We’ll cherish this experience for years. Thank you Stella and Huu-ay-aht First Nation!

Are you ready to hike into history and come back transformed? Enter Kiixin and experience something that is truly special. Stella and Wishkey are two remarkable humans who will teach you about Huu-ay-aht history. There is a reason this gem is a Canadian National Historic Site, it's highly recommended you go find out why - located just outside of the town of Bamfield on BC's west coast

This was my second time doing the Kiixin tour and it was just as amazing as the first time I did it. Both times I had Wish-key as our guide who is a gem of a storyteller conveying with emotion and detail the "journey through time" of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations. We arrived via boat and were shuttled out to the trailhead within 10-minutes at which time we began our walk through the rainforest. Along the way Wish-key stopped to explain Culturally Modified Trees and other important cultural details about the rainforest. After about 20-minutes in the rainforest, walking along a boardwalk, we descended a staircase which brought us to an opening that leads to one of the most beautiful bays you will ever see. This bay/beach is the traditional village site of Kiixin. Here, Wish-key gave us about 15 minutes to explore the beach, take some photos and soak up the stunningness that surrounded us. Afterwards, Wish-key gave us what he called "Huu-ay-aht 101" - an introduction to the people who lived along this sliver of coastline for over 5000+ years. After our introduction and a welcoming song, Wish-key lead us into the forest again where we were shown the remnants of longhouses. These houses included that of the chief which features remains of whale bones that were collected hundreds of years ago during a traditional hunt. It's absolutely incredible to see the remains of these structures, especially knowing that over time, they will decompose and be absorbed back into the forest. Before the conclusion of our tour, Wish-key took us to a corner of the beach where he continued to inform us about the traditional whaling techniques followed by another song. Having done this tour twice, I really loved that the two tours were quite different. Wish-key has soooo many stories he can share throughout the duration of the tour which makes each experience completely unique.