Nature Trek offers a seven-night, full-board "Cruising the Great Bear Rainforest" trip, which includes daily shore excursions to explore the forests, estuaries and coastlines on foot.

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These contracts would have allowed Discover to explore for oil in places such as Madre de Dios in the rainforest region and Pisco in the coast of Peru.

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Kayaks are available for hire to explore the Pieman River and its tributaries, and several walking trails radiate out through the rainforest.

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