See a spirit bear in British Columbia Canada

Why? These rare bears roam only here. Even for a country big on big empty Canada s Great Bear Rainforest takes some beating. What the GBR does have though is lots of lovely wildlife: grey wolves grizzlies cougars orca sea otters humpback whales and uniquely Kermode or spirit bears. These unusual ursines are black bears with a recessive gene which renders about 10% of them creamy pale. Like spirits though they re tricky to spot only around 1 200 are thought to exist and fewer than 200 of those are white. But if you head to the right part of this roadless fjord cut river riven rainforest you might be in luck. The area around Klemtu is a known Kermode hang out and lodges accessible only by floatplane have guides expert in tracking them down.