• Duration: 10 nights
  • Distance (approx): 675 miles
  • When to visit: May - July
  • Price: Call for info
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Vancouver Island & Sunshine Coast

Pacific Rim Tidepools, Whales and Grizzlies

North of Vancouver, the fjorded Sunshine Coast beckons with its coastal communities linked by ferry, sparkling coastal waters, secluded beaches and vast forests. Boat excursions from Sechelt can take you deep into Desolation Sound and to Chatterbox Falls in Princess Louisa Inlet, rated by Conde Nast as one of the world’s ten most beautiful places. Walk for miles along Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park and amidst Douglas Fir in Catherdral Grove.



Totem pole on Vancouver Island
Vancouver skyline


Additional accomodation

A Place by the Sea

Sechelt, British Columbia


Painter's Lodge

Campbell River, British Columbia


Desolation Resort

Desolation Sound, British Columbia


Wedgewood Hotel

Vancouver, British Columbia

Itinerary

1 nt Vancouver at the Marriot Residence. Includes buffet breakfast
 
 Ferry and 40 miles to Victoria
2nts at Magnolia Hotel. Includes continental breakfast
 
180 miles to Tofino
2 Nts at Middle Beach Lodge. Includes continental breakfast
 
170 miles to Campbell River
1 nt at Painters Lodge.
 
95 miles to Telegraph Cove
2 nts at The Telegraph Cove Resort.
 
125 miles to Powell River
2 nts at Desolation Resort.
 
105 miles return to Vancouver
 

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Highlights

Vancouver

Gastown,Chinatown, Stanley Park, Capilano Gorge, Robson Street shops and cafes.

Victoria

Inner Harbour, Butchart Gardens, Royal British Columbia Museum.

Whale-watching

From Tofino into Clayoquot Sound in search of Gray whales, and from Telegraph Cove into Robson Bight in search of Orcas.

Sunshine Coast

Fjorded coast between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound.

Skookumchook Narrows

Walk from Egmont to see raging tidal rapids.

Pacific Rim National Park

Seven mile beach with shells and driftwood; West Coast Trail, Headlands Trail, huge Douglas Fir and Old Hemlock rainforest.



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