For the first 5 years of operating as a formal tour company, GeoQwest attempted to satisfy all requirements of Canada's regulatory bodies in becoming British Columbia's only fully licenced full time Overland Safari Company.

But the time, cost and bureacracy of British Columbia's travel, tourism and insurance industries has made that effort costly and restrictive. Our efforts to comply with all the regulations put GeoQwest at a cost and service deficit to a number of unlicensed operators.

In 2006, GeoQwest stopped formal tour service as a registered tour company. However, GeoQwest will continue to provide wilderness interpretation access as a geological and landscape consulting company.

Our trips into the BC backcountry will be conducted just as if you hired GeoQwest on a mineral exploration contract.

GeoQwest will continue to maintain a high level of safety, service and respect for the environment as it has since it first applied for formal licensing in 2001.