In addition to our flexible-scheduled year-round private day tours, we offer very small group hiking and nature tour packages that are 8 days and 7 nights, focusing on
We'll visit the highlights of a vacation to Olympic National Park while focusing on a shared passion for wildflowers, birds, or tidepools. We've planned all the details, so please join us. Email us today at tours@experienceolympic.com and we will send you an expression of interest form.
Olympic Peninsula Botanizing with a Focus on Spring Wildflowers, June 5 – 12, 2024
June 5 – Arrival in Port Angeles (transportation from Seattle Airport). Port Angeles Inn
June 6 – Salish Sea Tidepooing & Seaweed, Sequim Garry Oaks, & Rhododendrons. Port Angeles Inn
June 7 – Hurricane Ridge Subalpine Early Wildflowers & Lake Crescent Cedars. Port Angeles Inn
June 8 – Coastal Tidepooling, Spruce Foggy Forests, & Quillayute Boggy Wetlands. Forks Motel
June 9 – Ozette Praire, Makah Museum, and Cape Flattery overlook to Tatoosh Island. Forks Motel
June 10 – Hoh Rainforest mossy loop trails and Kalaloch Plant Wonders (Tree of Life). Forks Motel
June 11 – Sol Duc Falls and Lover’s Lane Big Trees & Ferngully on the Sol Duc River. Forks Motel
June 12 – Elwha River Restoration deciduous tree zone (departure on Clallam Transit 123 12:30 PM)
Birding with a Focus on Northwest Seabirds, Songbirds, and Shorebirds, July 10 – 17, 2024
July 10 – Arrival in Port Angeles (transportation from Seattle Airport). Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
July 11 – Hurricane Ridge, Elwha River Restoration, and Madison Falls. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
July 12 – Dungeness River, Sand Spit and Railroad Bridge Park. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
July 13 – Ediz Hook, Fish Hatchery, Port Townsend, Puffin Cruise. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
July 14 – La Push beach, Quillayute River estuary, and Lake Crescent. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
July 15 – Hoh Rainforest, Neah Bay Makah Museum, and Cape Flattery. Butler’s Motel, Neah Bay
July 16 – Hobuck Beach, Makah Passage Road, and Neah Bay town and bay. Butler’s Motel, Neah Bay
July 17 – Salish Sea Tidepooling & Birding (departure on Clallam Transit 123 12:30 PM)
Olympic Peninsula Tidepooling during a Low Tide Series, August 15 – 22, 2024
August 15 – Arrival to Port Angeles (transportation from Seattle Airport). Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
August 16 – Hurricane Ridge mountain vista & Feiro Marine Life Center. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
August 17 – Puget Sound tidepooling and Port Townsend Aquarium. Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles
August 18 – Salish Sea tidepooling and Lake Crescent’s Marymere Falls. Forks Motel
August 19 – La Push Beach tidepooling, coastal forest, & Hoh Rainforest. Forks Motel
August 20 – Kalaloch Beach tidepooling, seastacks, and sea otters. Forks Motel
August 21 – Rialto Beach, Hole-in-the-Wall, and Sol Duc Falls. Forks Motel
August 22 – Elwha River Restoration (departure on Clallam Transit 123 12:30 PM)
Experience Olympic's guided hiking and nature tour packages start and end in Port Angeles, Washington (accessible without needing to rent a car). Please request an expression of interest form by emailing tours@experienceolympic.com
June 5-12, 2024: Wildflower Focus; Cost is $2,600 per person, based on hotel double occupancy ($3,200 single).
July 10-17, 2024: Bird Focus; Cost is $2,900 per person, based on hotel double occupancy ($4,200 single).
August 15-22, 2024: Marine Focus, Cost is $2,500 per person, based on hotel double occupancy ($3,500 single occupancy).
Cost includes hotel accommodations for seven nights, transportation, entrance & museum or aquarium fees, boat trip (birding tour only), and guiding by Carolyn.
Cost does not include food costs, trip insurance, and travel to and from Port Angeles on the day the tour starts and ends. We will help you organize your own transportation to/from Seattle, WA.
