Haida House

Getting to Haida Gwaii

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Getting to Haida Gwaii
Although All-Inclusive Haida House packages include transportation from Vancouver, there are several options for travel to and around Haida Gwaii if you choose to do so. We have provided the following information to our guests to make trip planning a breeze.

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Arrival by Air

Air service to Haida Gwaii is available daily from Vancouver. For schedules and fares please check with the following carriers:

  • Air Canada flies daily between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Sandspit International Airport (YZP).

  • Pacific Coastal Airlines flies daily between Vancouver's South Terminal and the Masset Municipal Airport.

  • West Coast Resorts flights during the summer months from Vancouver's South Terminal to Sandspit International Airport (YZP).

  • Inland Air Charter operates summer charter flights and is based in Queen Charlotte. 

 

Arrival by Sea

An alternative to flying to and from Haida Gwaii, is to arrive by boat:
  • BC Ferries provides regular scheduled ferry services to Skidegate from Prince Rupert. Connector services are available in Prince Rupert for the Inside Passage route to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island or north with Alaska's Marine Ferry System.

  • Personal motor vessels can be accommodated throughout Haida Gwaii.  Many of the Islands' communities have Marinas and services available catering to recreational boaters. 


Guests that want to rent a car can so from the Sandspit Airport or from Queen Charlotte and Masset.

 

Budget Car & Truck Rentals 
Sandspit > 250-637-5688
Queen Charlotte > 250-559-4262

 

Island Auto Rentals
Queen Charlotte > 250-559-4118

 

National Car & Truck Rental
Masset > 250-626-3833

 

Airport transfer services are included in your best of Haida Gwaii package and provided by the Haida House.
Other transportation services include: 

 

Sandspit Taxi 
Sandspit > 250-637-5655
Queen Charlotte > 250-559-4262

 

Eagle Transit
Queen Charlotte > 250-559-4461

 

Gwaii Taxi & Tours
Skidegate > 250-559-8622

 

Mile Zero Taxi
Masset > 250-626-8999

 

Tiiyaan Taxi
Old Masset >250-626-7997
 

 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

FROM MASSET [NORTH]

  • Head SOUTH on Highway 16 for 61 kilometres [50-55min]
  • Turn LEFT just past the Tlell River bridge onto BEITUSH ROAD. Continue down to the end of Beitush road [2 km] and the Haida House at Tllaal is on your right.

 

FROM QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY [SOUTH]

  • Head NORTH on Highway 16 for 47 km [35-40 minute drive]
  • Turn RIGHT onto BEITUSH ROAD [just past the south end of Naikoon Provincial Park]
    *If you go over the Tlell River bridge-you’ve gone too far!
  • Continue down to the end of Beitush road [2 km] and the Haida House at Tllaal is on your right.
  • Please use caution when driving Highway 16-watch out for wildlife along side of the road!
  • Service stations are few and far between on Graham Island; it is recommended that you fuel up when leaving either Masset or Skidegate.