Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures
Tourfrom $77.28Seasonal
Swallow Tail suits food lovers who want to learn wild mushrooms in the woods near Vancouver with a specialist, and its season is short: the two-hour Vancouver field trips run on weekends from 17 October to 29 November 2026. The adult ticket costs $77.28 with fees and tax, and the meeting point in West Van arrives by email the week before.
What they offer
| Offering | From | Duration | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Mushroom Field Trip, VancouverThe booking calendar gives the meeting point as West Vancouver, and the exact spot arrives by email the week before. A mushroom specialist leads it, ages 5 and up, and the group studies mushrooms where they grow without harvesting. | $77.28 per adult | 2 hours | Weekends from 17 October to 29 November 2026, at 10 am and 12:30 pm in October and 12:30 pm in November |
| Wild Mushroom Trip, Squamish | $133.75 per person | 3.5 hours | 17 October 2026 at 12:30 pm |
| Wild Mushroom Trip, WhistlerSwallow Tail runs the Whistler trip every October. | $133.75 per person | 3.5 hours | 24 October 2026 at 11 am |
| Wild Mushroom Trip, Intermediate ClassFor harvesters, led by a mycologist at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, 14500 Silver Valley Road, Maple Ridge. | $140 per person | 2 hours | 7 November 2026 at 10 am |
| Matsutake Pop-Up Dinner | – | – | 7 November 2026 at 6:30 pm |
| Sea Foraging AdventureNo dates were listed in October 2026. | $132.41 per person | 2 hours | – |
Swallow Tail runs foraging field trips and pop-up dinners from Vancouver, and its site names Robin Kort as the chef behind the Swallow Tail Supper Club. A mushroom specialist leads the two-hour Wild Mushroom Field Trip, and the group studies edible mushrooms where they grow. Nobody harvests on the trip. Swallow Tail tells guests that harvesting is illegal in all BC parks, on private land and on reserve lands.
Trips start higher up on Vancouver's North Shore in September and October and move lower in November and December, and Swallow Tail says the late October and November dates are easier to reach by transit. In 2026 the booking calendar lists the Vancouver trip from West Vancouver at 10 am and 12:30 pm on October weekends and at 12:30 pm on November weekends. You get the exact spot by email in the week before.
Up the highway, the Squamish trip on 17 October 2026 and the Whistler trip on 24 October each take three and a half hours from $133.75. On 7 November an intermediate class for harvesters meets at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge from $140, and a Matsutake pop-up dinner follows that evening at 6:30 pm.
The calendar shows no field trips after 29 November 2026, and Swallow Tail keeps many dinners for a members list it doesn't publish.
Worth knowing
- Pay $72.45 by e-transfer, which is $69 plus GST, to skip the $5 online ticketing fee on the Vancouver field trip.
- Bring children aged 5 to 12 for $29 each on the Vancouver field trip.
- Pick a late October or November date if you're coming by bus, because Swallow Tail says those sites are easier to reach by transit.
Quick answers about Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures
Can you pick mushrooms on a Swallow Tail field trip?
No. Swallow Tail's Wild Mushroom Field Trip studies mushrooms in their habitat and harvests none, and the company says harvesting is illegal in all BC parks, on private land and on reserve lands.
When is mushroom season near Vancouver?
Swallow Tail puts prime mushroom season in British Columbia from September to December. In 2026 its Vancouver field trips run on weekends from 17 October to 29 November.
How much is the Swallow Tail mushroom field trip?
Swallow Tail's two-hour Vancouver Wild Mushroom Field Trip costs $77.28 for an adult with fees and tax in 2026, and $29 for a child aged 5 to 12.