Nimmo Bay Resort

Remote coastal rainforests stretch as far as the eye can see, and a ring of snow-capped mountains meet the shoreline of a wide, calm bay. It's there you first spot the Nimmo Bay Resort. Your pilot points to the collection of inter-tidal chalets, while the main lodge that actually floats on the bay comes into view. Beside the heli-pad, two cedar hot tubs steam away at the foot of a cascading waterfall.

But they're for later. Because first, it's adventure time. Depending on your appetite, that can be a morning of heli-fishing and grizzly bear spotting in a quiet valley, river rafting, whale watching, or heli-hiking atop some of those sparkling mountain peaks. Or perhaps all of the above.

No matter how you get your daily adventure fix at the Nimmo Bay Resort, evenings are best spent eating fresh salmon and Dungeness crab, enjoying local wine and a sing-a-long, or perhaps treating yourself to a massage and some personal time at Nimmo's.