The Cape Scott trail is a fun backpacking trip that’ll allow you to walk to the northwesterly tip of Vancouver Island. The most popular place to camp along the way is the beautiful beach called Nel’s Bight. This area is known for it’s gorgeous wild coastline, mud and changeable weather! I’d read that the trail can be a bit of a slog until you reach the beach, but if you like hiking through gnarly old growth forest, it is an…
Could this be Vancouver Island’s most beautiful beach? San Josef Bay is a gorgeous sandy beach on the northwest of Vancouver Island in Cape Scott Provincial Park. You do need to hike in to this beach BUT the trail is short and very easy, so much so that some folks pull wagons with their picnics or camping gear! We hiked in and then camped on the beach. It was my favourite place to go camping in 2024 as it was…
Englishman River Falls Provincial Park features two waterfalls set within a lovely, calming forest near Parksville on Vancouver Island, BC. The upper falls are not like any other waterfall I’ve seen in BC; There is a super narrow canyon carved out by this waterfall that makes it look like the earth is swallowing the waterfall whole! Then, in addition to the amazing upper falls, there is a second waterfall as well as a nice-looking swimming area if you visit on…
Sometimes even the teeniest waterfalls are fun to visit! While we were staying in Port Alberni, I asked some of the locals about their favourite local waterfalls. Two people mentioned that they loved this Provincial Park. Stamp Falls had not shown up on my various searches of road trip sights, as you need to drive 14km out of the way. However the rushing white waters and easy to visit salmon-filled river was a really pleasant mini adventure near Port Alberni….