Tour #1: "Oregon's N. Coast in a Nutshell - Short Version" (#1 & #3 combined; 8-10 hours) - Select stops in Seaside/Cannon Beach & Astoria, AS TIME PERMITS - This is your tour if you are most interested in learning about/ seeing Oregon coast nature with a backdrop in history. Each tour is a custom itinerary, and any or all of it may be changed. To customize or view alternate options, please inquire or click HERE.
Your tour may go something like this:
Your tour may go something like this:
SEASIDE/ CANNON BEACH & HISTORIC ASTORIA - (8 hours out-n-back to Seaside/Cannon Beach or 10-hour loop to Seaside/Cannon Beach & Astoria. 90-120 mins from DT Portland) -
- Have coffee or breakfast with lumberjack's 20 minutes from the Coast; then a 'few' hours of...
- a 'terrible' lighthouse & whales*
- beach walk, volcanic sea-stacks, rugged coastline
- 500 year old beeswax & buried treasure tales, a secret old-growth forest & cove and another beach walk
- a secret cauldron over-look & ocean views.
- a quick glance at Oregon's famous resort town and lunch at the cafe with the freshest seafood --for the 8 hour option or...
- Enjoy a late lunch at either Fort George Brewery (default; the place that reinvigorated the Astorian economy), Bowpicker Fish n Chips (best fish 'n chips) or famous chowder at a local restaurant.
- We'll see a few sights in Astoria (Fort Astoria {the 1st Columbia R anchorage with comfort & security} & Tidal Rock used by the Astor party) as time permits. Then...on the return, search for Bald Eagles in the marsh at the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary - 100 acres of wetlands and forest at the approximate site of the Lewis and Clark campsite on November 26, 1805.
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We'll see most or all of these sights, as time permits. Madre mía!
***Bring camera and/or camera w/zoom, binoculars, snacks, rain gear & rugged foot gear****our whale watching opportunities are seasonal. See right To customize or view alternate options, please inquire or click HERE. |
Season is December/January & March/April/May
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