Yellow Bear
Journeys designs, plans, and guides EcoTours primarily in the
Pacific Northwest and Hawaii with a unique focus: Restoring the
hope, strength, and joy of the participants, and bringing clarity
to their next step in life.
Our Journeys are designed to
reconnect everyday people with nature in gentle ways that allow
enjoyment without overwhelming the participants. The rich,
life-giving ecosystems of ocean beaches and rainforests are ideal
environments to refresh those beleaguered by a modern lifestyle
disconnected from nature, and those who have a nagging suspicion
they’ve lost touch with their truest self and purpose.
Most of our Journeys include more than a taste of local flavor. For instance, we offer a tour on Whidbey Island, WA. At the start of the tour you are offered Whidbey Island Ice Cream - straight from Whidbey Island, made with ingredients locally grown on Whidbey Island. As the tour continues, we help you see what makes that place so special. In most cases it’s they way in which people interact with the environment to make a place more special than when they arrived. It is our intent to follow suit and do likewise.
We offer Soul Refreshing Ecotours and Consulting Centering
on Wholeness Following
the Wind Reveling
in the Moment!
We Offer These
Types of EcoTours:
• EcoTours. An EcoTour is
a Tour of nature, a chance to get to know nature better, perhaps on
a first name basis. EcoTours are also referred to as Nature Tours,
Environmental Tours, Ecological Tours, Nature Walks, Beach Walks,
Rainforest Walks, and Outdoor Adventures. Some of our EcoTours
explore other aspects of the environment – these include
Green Cars, EcoEating, and EcoShopping. Ecotours typically take
between 1/2 hr and two days. Ecotours typically require a minimum
of 4 people and typically have a maximum limit of 20. Our tours
involve bus rides, walking, and boat rides. Occasionally we take
kayak trips. Other types of activities, such as rafting and
ziplines are also available, but not included in most tours unless
requested.
• EcoJourneys.
EcoJourneys are for those who are ready to take their next step in
life. On these Journeys, we help you connect with nature on a deep
level. This will help you connect with others and with yourself on
a deeper level. Deepening those connections helps you take your
next step in life. If you feel your life is in a trance, these
EcoJourneys are for you. We’ll help you get out of the
trance. EcoJourneys include some low-key Life Voyage Consulting,
time for self reflection, a celebration, and a time to share our
awakenings. EcoJourneys typically take 5 days. EcoJourneys
typically require a minimum of 4 people and typically have a
maximum limit of 20.
• EcoVoyages. EcoVoyages
are for those who know their life is about to make, or is in the
midst of making, a significant transition. You’re about to
discover who you really are; perhaps you already know on some
level. EcoVoyages are for deep revelations, deep understandings,
and mountain top living. On an EcoVoyage, we immerse ourselves with
you in nature and in your transition. We invite you to step into
your heart and live there. When you do so, you may experience what
it’s like to walk on water. Your life will never be the same!
EcoVoyages are EcoJourneys with additional non-low-key Life Voyage
Consulting. EcoVoyages typically take as long as they need to take.
They usually last somewhere between 5 days and one month.
EcoVoyages are typically for 1 to 4 people, but can be arranged for
larger groups (up to 20). EcoVolunTours. EcoVolunTours are Volunteer Tours or Voluntours focused on saving the environment. These are sometimes called Tours for EcoVolunteers.
Collectively we could refer to our EcoTours,
EcoJourneys, and EcoVoyages as EcoExplorations. Instead, we refer
to them as EcoTours and EcoJourneys interchangeably. EcoJourneys
can be taken as EcoTours or EcoVoyages. EcoTours can be taken as
EcoJourneys or EcoVoyages. The difference is the amount of Life
Voyage Consulting you will experience, if any. If you have any
questions about this, please ask.
We Offer the
Following:
• Scheduled EcoTours –
Sign up to join others on these.
• Flex-Scheduled EcoTours
– Sign up to take one of these. Unless otherwise stated,
Flex-Scheduled EcoTours and EcoJourneys require a minimum of 4
people. If you don’t have four people, sign up anyway. When
three others have signed up, we can decide on a schedule that works
well for all. Flex-Scheduled EcoTours require advanced notice, in
order to schedule them. If lodging is required, they often require
more lead time.
• Customized EcoTours –
You want to go on an EcoTour, but you want something different from
what we offer. We have connections around the world who will help
us provide you with a customized EcoTour.
• Resources for your EcoTours
– Travel Gear, Clothes, Beach/Nature, Personal Care,
Celebration, Awakening, Energy, Bears, Links, Books, and Language
Helps.
• Speaking Engagements
• Consulting and Research in the
following areas: Travel, Life, Career, Computer (including
Information), Green Car, Non-Toxic Living, Celebration, Awakening,
and Writing.
Each
of Our EcoTours Include:
• Fun, Relaxation, Exploration,
Discovery
• A Chance to Share the
Experience with Others
Each
of Our Longer EcoJourneys Include:
• Time to Refresh your Soul,
Connect with Nature and with Others, and Find your Next Step in
Life
• A Tour, A Celebration, and An
Awakening – Visit Nature in Her Own Backyard, Rejoice in the
Hope that You Find, Come Alive to the Possibilities
Our EcoTours
Focus on, but are not Limited to:
• Beaches
• Rainforests
• The Pacific NW (Washington,
Oregon, British Columbia)
• Hawaii
We
also cover a variety of other subjects:
• Green Cars
• Peace is Eco
• Organic Wine
• Natural Plant Nurseries
• EcoEating
• EcoShopping
• Etc.
Who
Can Participate:
Our EcoTours are designed to be
enjoyed by people of all ages, in most levels of physical fitness,
unless designated otherwise. If you have special physical needs,
please contact us to see if we can arrange alternative
transportation and lodging to meet those needs.
Our
Commitment to the Environment:
On each EcoTour we strive to balance
the needs of the environment, the needs of the people (including
comfort), and financial reality. We will always seek the most
environmentally friendly lodging, food, and transportation choices
within a reasonable travel budget.
We try and make our EcoTours as
non-toxic as possible. We look for lodging choices which use no
pesticides or other toxic chemicals. We discourage the use of toxic
insect repellants.
At Yellow Bear Journeys, we are
committed to making our EcoTours as fragrance-free as possible. We
believe this is best for the health of all participants. We travel
at close quarters and showing consideration for the air we share
helps avoid dangerous asthmatic, allergic, and migraine triggers.
See our Fragrance-Free Policy for
more information.
We will help you purchase carbon
offsets to make your trip carbon neutral.
We ask you to pack out what you pack
in and to recycle when possible.
We Also Offer
EcoTours from Other Companies:
From time to time we find a great
EcoTour that we think you would be interested in. When that happens
we add them to our offerings, but let you know up front that it is
offered through a third party. EcoTours offered by third parties
may have different policies with regard to the environment than we
do. They also do not usually include any Life Voyage
Consulting.