Had a simply splendid experience spelunking with our guide Lee! We tried the Explorer Tour. This…read moretour has a bit of everything! Splashing through glacier fed spring water, short rock climbs, rope assisted climbs (even up a small waterfall!), ladder climbs, tight squeezes, very tight squeezes and tons of amazing calcite formations from stalagmites, stalactites, straw formations, drapery formations, cave pearls.....all very cool. We were the first guests in the cave this year and were even treated to the sight of hibernating Daddy Long Legs Spiders . Highly recommend this caving tour experience.

I had always thought about checking out what the Cody Caves tours were all about. This dated back…read moreto over 20 + years ago when I had lived in Nelson BC for a short period, but never managed to make the time. Well today was the day and boy what a fantastic experience it was! There are a variety of levels for their cave tours depending on what you want to experience and how long you would like to spend in the caves. Reservations must be made ahead of time in order to secure your spots on the tour. Once booked, they will email you information on how to get there along with most everything you will need to know before you go. We chose the family tour which takes you about 300 meters into the cave. This tour is a great introduction to caving for anyone feeling apprehensive or claustrophobic. In terms of attire, definitely bring a change of shoes and socks as you will trek through many wet parts of the cave and past an underground waterfall. Long pants that do not constrict movement and range when your climbing over rock formations is recommended. I had a T-shirt and shorts and was totally fine in the 5 degree temperature. Most may prefer long pants for warmth and additional protection for your legs if you accidentally stumble. In the event you wear shorts, pack bug spray for when you hike to the caves from the park parking lot at the top. The road entrance leading to the caves from the highway is a 10 km-ish dirt forestry road. You do not need a 4x4 or truck to drive it. In fact two people from our tour group drove up in a Mazda 3 front wheel drive vehicle. The initial 2.5 km may appear a bit intimidating at first, but the rest of the route is smooth sailing. You should allow 30 minutes to get yourself from the highway entrance to the Cody Caves Provincial Park parking lot. If you start your trek up about an hour before you tour start time, you will less likely run into traffic flowing the opposite route (from previous tours). Something you will want to avoid as the road is narrow and would require you to back up to an area passable in the road. Once you arrive at the top and meet your guide, they will walk you through your adventure ahead and show you on a map where you will be going. After setting ever one u on with gloves, helmet and head lamp. You begin a short hike (20 minutes or so) up a couple hundred meters to the cave entrance. From that point you will be in for an amazing and memorable adventure! Our guide was fantastic! This was his 7th season as a guide for Cody Caves and he was incredibly knowledgeable and informative throughout the entire tour. The one cool thing that you do not notice is that there is absolutely no light coming in to the caves from outside in only 5 minutes into your trek. It's incredible how much your group's' headlamps fill the caverns during your trek in the caves. Depending on the pace of your tour group, you should allow about 2 hours from your scheduled start tine to return back to your vehicle from the caves (sometimes previous group may be slower return back to the tour cabin too) so allow yourself time if you had any plans following your tour adventure. Cody Cave tours is definitely a must do on your list especially if you plan to pass by Ainsworth. We will definitely return to check out their other style of tours the next time we are back in the Kootenays.

This was both a fun and educational experience - living history and good for individuals as well as…read moregroups.

This is a must see when you are in the region, located at Kootenay Lake this Historic Site features…read morethe world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler! Step back through time to the 1890's, see how folks travel in style in those days! Worth the trip, family friendly and staffs are very helpful too!

Grea place to learn to fly. Instructor is a career instructor not some kid building hoursread more

I cannot recommend this business more. Terry, our pilot was fantastic. Professional, cool and…read morerelaxed during our flight. He was friendly and took the time to explain where we were going, what we were seeing and just about anything else you wanted to talk about. His aircraft was well maintained, clean, and as comfortable as a small plane can be. Our flight was smooth and lasted about 90 minutes. We took the "Jumbo Glacier" tour. Wow. Did Terry deliver. The glaciers were beautiful and his flying got us up and close enough to see all the details. I recommend this particular tour as it gives you a huge variety of different glaciers and mountain tops. Make sure to take your cameras. From take off to landing at no time did I feel like the flight was unsafe. Normally I am leery of small aircraft but Terry's professionalism and well maintained aircraft put me at ease and we all had a great time.

First off: our guides, Cassie and Bri were excellent and kept us safe and secure and also eased…read moreour nerves as we took off on this high flying adventure. This involves no climbing or other physically taxing activity except walking from the van to the zip line start and a small walk from one zip line to the next. Basically, anyone under 265 lbs can do it. There is the option after the first zip line to bow out, if you find you really hate it, so you should definitely at least give it a go. The views are exhilarating and it's wild to go flying across a deep mountian canyon. Again, while it seems scary, it's very safe and very fun. Thanks for the great adventure!

If you've never been on a zip line this is a fantastic one to start with. Great management with…read moreoutstanding service and very safety oriented. Guides were super through the six zip lines making sure you were having fun and safe on the platform. Fantastic scenery as you crisscrossed the valley with views of the creek, lake and mountains.