Lake Ozette Kayak Camping Trip
This a two day camping trip in the remote regions of the Olympic National Park. Paddle to Tivoli Island and set up the campsite. Tivoli Island provides great hiking and swimming opportunities and it has many diverse trees. The next day paddle to the trailhead and hike 2 miles through the rain forest to the pristine Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary where you can have lunch and walk on the sandy beaches and climb the sea stacks to view wildlife and then paddle back to Swan Bay. This trip provides an opportunity to see a unique and diverse portion of the Olympic National Park. It is designed for people of all ages and is particularly suited for families with children.
Paddlers enjoying the waters on Lake Ozette while on their way to the South Sand Point Trail.
The water of Lake Ozette is warm and a great place to learn sea kayaking skills.
The Olympic coastline is only accessible by foot and is a wild place
Lake Ozette borders the Makah Indian Reservation and is a two hour drive from Sequim. The lake is fed by numerous creeks and its outlet is the Ozette River which empties into the ocean. The lake is positioned just below Cape Flattery and Neah Bay. The town of Neah Bay offers visitors one of the most awesome displays of Indian artifacts on the Pacific Northwest coast. The musuem houses the remains from the Ozette village that was covered by a landslide. Neah Bay is about an hour drive from Lake Ozette. You can also walk the boardwalk out to the western most tip of Cape Flattery.
Visit http://www.northolympic.com/makah/. This is a quote from their website: In 1970 tidal erosion uncovered an ancient whaling village at Ozette, parts of which had been covered by a mud slide hundreds of years ago. The subsequent artifacts which were found have now classified Ozette as one the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in North America! In 1979 the Makah Cultural and Research Center opened to the public in order to share this great find. This nationally recognized museum features full scale replicas of cedar long houses as well as whaling, sealing and fishing canoes. On display are about one percent of the 55,000 artifacts recovered from Ozette. These artifacts are between 300-500 years old.