About

Québécois guides working in the adventure tourism industry since 1999.

Who we are

We are a team of guides based in the northern suburbs of Quebec City with over 25 years of professional experience in the field. We began our guiding careers serving a Quebec clientele wishing to discover and travel to nearby and international destinations, under the banner of the company Éco Plein Air. Building and guiding new international circuits still drives us and still takes us to different continents today. Nepal, Costa Rica, Hawaii, the parks of western North America, Turkey, Crete, Norway, etc.

Here we are now with the desire to introduce our Quebec destination to travelers from around the world. We are working on creating unique packages highlighting the most spectacular panoramas and attractions in Quebec, offered to travel professionals in their respective markets and privates tours.

Nice to meet you

En résumé…

  • We are locals. We guide mountain biking, road biking, hiking, snowshoeing, backcountry skiing , canoeing and sea kayaking. This has been our passion and our way of life for 30 years.
  • We are more outdoors adventure sports enthusiasts, contemplative than motorized activities enthusiasts. But don’t worry, yes there is snowmobiling in some of our winter circuits, it is here in Quebec that snowmobiling was developed!
  • We love creating new packages that are not offered elsewhere.
  • We work with the best guides in the industry. Those who teach the guiding profession in schools, those who write safety protocols, those who are leaders and who are not afraid to push the limits to improve the quality of the customer experience.
  • Over the years, we have built a very nice Villa Éco located in the heart of the glacier Valley de la rivière Bras-du-Nord to welcome travelers looking for authenticity, generous nature and Quebec experiences. Surrounded by numerous waterfalls, cascades, dizzying cliffs and generous boreal forests, this territory benefits from exceptional snowfall during the cold season and is ideal for winter activities.
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Our business philosophy

Quality before quantity. We are against the idea that a business must absolutely grow in order to ensure its sustainability. Especially not in the guided tour industry. We all know that the success of a guided tour depends largely on the quality of the guide service provided at the destination. A motivated, rested, well-paid guide supported by generous resources and working with the best equipment is much more likely to offer exemplary quality of service, according to the expectations of travelers. It is a priority for our company to plan well and not overload the annual calendar in order to balance the workload and ensure that each of our trips offered is unique. If you are looking for authenticity and uniqueness, avoid the large agency networks, you risk coming across exhausted organizations that chain circuits continuously for an entire season. We have been tangible actors of our philosophy for more than 25 years.

Live communication with guides.

We strongly believe that the best way to purchase an adventure trip is to communicate and exchange directly with those who will be in charge of the trip on the ground, the guides. The precision of the details of the itinerary, the information on meals, the type of accommodation and the configuration of the rooms, the trail details, the difficulty and the distances covered, etc. Be sure to have the answer on all these details when purchasing your voyage in Quebec.

Perfect match mission.

Your vacation is among the most precious moments of the year. Travel makes us dream for several months before departure, we need to save money, take vacation and for some, leaving the residence or traveling by plane represents non-comfort zone.

This is why we want to make sure that travelers adhere to the right circuits. Québec Pure Expérience emphasizes the essential aspect of choosing the right circuit for each person. This is an integral part of the success of your vacation.

First, you must understand that we are an agency specialized in nature adventure tourism recommending small group trips to destinations in Quebec, Canada. Most of our proposed circuits include days with travel on foot, by bike or by ski and include some elevation changes and are aimed at an active clientele.

It is not always easy to categorize the difficulty of an adventure trip. What does an intermediate caliber or a trip rated 2 on a scale of 5 really mean? Thus, you will find for our tours a description in the form of questions and answers in order to determine with the greatest precision who each of our trips is intended for. It is possible to consult this description at the bottom of the page of each of the tours under the tab “Is this the right trip for me?”

Involvement in our community

We are very involved in the development of our community. We are on the board of a tourist destination in the area. We are active players in the development of activities in Quebec through the creation of snowshoe trails, forest management for back country skiing, marketing and promotion of the ski Hok in Quebec, a new activity created right here in the Quebec City region. We invest in our community and own a nice mountain Villa located in the heart of a glacial valley.

Legal

  • We are a legally incorporated company registered with the Quebec Business Registrar.
  • We have a civil liability insurance policy of 5 million and have no claims since the company was created in 1999.
  • We are a travel agency with a Quebec travel agent permit. Permit number: 703518. Travelers who use the services of Quebec Pure Experience are therefore protected by the FICAV, the compensation fund for clients of Quebec travel agents. Consequently, customers obtain financial guarantees in the event of a service not provided by the Quebec Pure Experience agency.
  • We have a bus and chartered transportation permit.
  • We have permits for the parks visited and business permits for activities on public lands.
  • We are a member of Aventure Écotourisme Québec, Office du tourisme Québec, Tourisme Portneuf, producer member of the Vallée Bras-du-Nord.