Anticosti Island
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We meet you in Montreal
Clients are met in Montreal and remain overnight in a designated hotel with early-morning departures to the island. From this hotel, they are bussed to our special charter departure area that is not situated at the main terminal building of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau airport. Our expediting and handling facility for all personal luggage and firearms is located at our designated hotel. Clients driving to Montreal can choose a free long-term parking lot or another that is designated as a secure parking lot for a slight fee. There is also a taxidermy pick-up area, a refrigerated meat storage locker and a scale to weigh all the baggage. On your return flight from Anticosti Island, everything will be marshalled back to this area for the pick-up of all meat, racks and luggage. Meat is transported from Anticosti Island in quarters, wrapped in wax paper and put in specially reinforced boxes for the flight back to Montreal. For those of you overnighting in Montreal after the return from the island, there is also an optional deer meat butchering service available to you on arrival. The butcher will deliver your meat, cut up and vacuum sealed, back to the hotel the next morning prior to your departure.
Jet accessible with a paved runway
The Safari Anticosti sector encompasses most of the entire eastern part of Anticosti Island or 25% of the entire island land mass. We have 2 private airports that serve our 3 distinct sectors of Chaloupe River, Bell River and Salmon River. One airport is situated at Salmon River in the north east of the island and another one at Bell River, in the south east. The Salmon River runway is 5,500 feet in length, paved, lighted and jet accessible. The Bell River runway is not paved and 6,000 feet in length.
Direct flights to Anticosti Island
Hunters fly to Safari Anticosti direct from Montreal on our private charter aircraft. Depending on the number of passengers, the plane could be either a Boeing 737 Jet or a Convair turbo-prop. Flight time from Montreal direct to the island can vary between 1 hour and twenty minutes to 2.5 hours depending on the aircraft selected.