Escaping the City: Haida Gwaii Fishing Charters

At Krakit we talk a lot about escaping. That’s no surprise: it’s sort of what we we’re all about.

But we’re fans of all kinds of escaping—not just the kind that involves clues and puzzles and locks and keys. Playing a round at our Vancouver escape rooms not only gives you a chance to literally escape a locked room, but a chance to escape into your mind and forget about the real world for a while. A bit of classic escapism, one might say.

But sometimes you need an even bigger escape. The holidays are hectic enough on their own, then work starts to pile up while you’re away (beware the inbox avalanche!), and the rains of Vancouver just never seem to cease as January and February roll by. Luckily, we know of a spot that’s sure to wipe the brain-slate clean.

Just a two-hour flight north of Vancouver lies the island of Graham in the Haida Gwaii, and on it, Escott Fishing Lodge.

As much as we at Krakit Escape Game love delving into the worlds of zombies and Jigsaw and Halloweentown, sometimes you just can’t beat the total escape offered by spending an entire day out on the fishing boat, casting the old rod, and pulling in a salmon or halibut or two. Then, passing the evening back in the lodge by playing pool, eating and drinking with friends, and hunkering down in a big comfy bed.

Ah, we’re making ourselves relaxed just thinking about it.

Maybe you need a chance to unwind far away from the city, surrounded by some of the best Mother Nature has to offer. Maybe you just need an escape from all the zombies and monsters in your life (OK—that may just be us, maybe the cast of iZombie, too).

Either way, a voyage out to the calm and beauty of Haida Gwaii and Escott Lodge, where there’s nothing to do but fish, will do you just right.

We’d be remiss if you didn’t let you in on this little secret of ours. But we still expect to see you back in our Vancouver escape room, when you get back!