Taking a Liard river tour offers the chance to enjoy an immense and wonderful wilderness while floating along a beautiful and powerful river. The Liard river is lengthy, and its upper reachers are rarely traveled save for by guided canoe tours. The Liard river valley offers spectacular views, and guided canoe tours will give you the opportunity to experience them.

Most Liard river tours begin at the Caribou Lakes, where travelers can practice their canoe technique and get into shape for the canoe tour ahead. The headwaters of the Liard river are in this area, and the Caribou Lakes offer great fishing for those interested. From this area visitors are exposed to forests, spectacular mountains and a fair amount of wildlife.

Liard River Tours by Canoe
If you take a Liard river tour by canoe, there's a very good chance that you'll see a great deal of wildlife. The upper reaches of the Liard river are not often visited by people, so instead they are home to moose, grizzly and black bear, Dall sheep and beaver. Many of these animals remain in view as you canoe down the river, feeling unthreatened by your presence.

There are also a great number of birds in the area, and guides will often point out eagles, mergansers, geese, various ducks and shore birds. The sky is relatively wide open, and the sights and sounds of birdlife provide a musical accompaniment for travelers all summer long. The remote parts of the river are long enough that canoeing for a week without seeing another person is definitely possible.

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