King Pacific Lodge

One delicious irony resulting from Northern British Columbia's extreme lack of development is that its virgin beauty is now a huge commercial draw. King Pacific Lodge feels as though it's sitting on the edge of the earth, and people love it.

Upon arriving at the lodge - by floatplane, it's completely inaccessible any other way - say goodbye to counting minutes, hours, and calories. Here, time slides by with the sun and moon. There are only four things to do at King Pacific Lodge: eat, sleep, relax, and explore.

The attractions around the lodge don't have publicists; they're jewels of nature and they speak for themselves. Kayak, fish, or track orca whales in the early morning - catch them at the right time and you might see them breach, as if trying to touch the sky. Or take a helicopter up to the Rockies and go hiking through its hidden canyons. After dinner, lie back on the dock with a book and listen to the loons cry into the night.