Please comment revised Vancouver Coast itinerary
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Please comment revised Vancouver Coast itinerary
Following advice I have revised my itinerary which now looks like this. I have checked driving times and they seem ok. Just a little worried about the ferries.
Does this look like a good feasible itinerary? (we like moving around a lot and changing hotels)Are Parksville and Sechelt good places for stopovers?
Thanks!!
Day 1-5
Vancouver
Day 6
Drive to victoria 2 nights
Day 8
Victoria to parksville 1 night
Day 9
Parksville to campbell river 1 night
Day 10-11-12
Knight Inlet 3 nights
Day 13
Campbell river to Comox, ferry to – saltery bay - ferry to earl’s cove to Sechelt 1 night
Day 14
Sechelt to whistler 3 nights
(via Langdale ferry to Horse Shoe bay)
Day 17
Whistler to Vancouver 1 night
Does this look like a good feasible itinerary? (we like moving around a lot and changing hotels)Are Parksville and Sechelt good places for stopovers?
Thanks!!
Day 1-5
Vancouver
Day 6
Drive to victoria 2 nights
Day 8
Victoria to parksville 1 night
Day 9
Parksville to campbell river 1 night
Day 10-11-12
Knight Inlet 3 nights
Day 13
Campbell river to Comox, ferry to – saltery bay - ferry to earl’s cove to Sechelt 1 night
Day 14
Sechelt to whistler 3 nights
(via Langdale ferry to Horse Shoe bay)
Day 17
Whistler to Vancouver 1 night
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It looks like it could work. However, I just think it would be a shame to come to this part of the world with that much time, and not see Tofino.
So, I would take a night away from Vancouver and one either from Victoria or Whistler, and not stay in Parksville for that 1 night, and spend 3 nights over there in between Victoria and Campbell River (it's about a 5 hour drive from Victoria to Tofino, and about 3, maybe 4 hours from Tofino to Campbell River so a Parksville stopover really isn't necessary). I do think that if you're going to go, you should go for at least 3 nights (2 full days) to make it worthwhile.
As for where to stop on the Sunshine coast, I think the Ruby Lake cottages are very cute for a one night stay. That's a little north of Sechelt but anywhere on that lower peninsula will be ok to break up the trip to Whistler the next day, I think (it's just not that far from one end to the other). I've also stayed at Lord Jim's but it's been years--not sure if that's even still around--ah, I just googled it and it's now called the Rockwater Secret Cove Resort.
So, I would take a night away from Vancouver and one either from Victoria or Whistler, and not stay in Parksville for that 1 night, and spend 3 nights over there in between Victoria and Campbell River (it's about a 5 hour drive from Victoria to Tofino, and about 3, maybe 4 hours from Tofino to Campbell River so a Parksville stopover really isn't necessary). I do think that if you're going to go, you should go for at least 3 nights (2 full days) to make it worthwhile.
As for where to stop on the Sunshine coast, I think the Ruby Lake cottages are very cute for a one night stay. That's a little north of Sechelt but anywhere on that lower peninsula will be ok to break up the trip to Whistler the next day, I think (it's just not that far from one end to the other). I've also stayed at Lord Jim's but it's been years--not sure if that's even still around--ah, I just googled it and it's now called the Rockwater Secret Cove Resort.
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I was under the impression that if we drove to Tofino we would have to drive back the same way. Am I wrong? is it a scenic drive?
The reason we thought of stopping in Parksville was because we wanted to do a full day of winery visits from Victoria to Nanaimo.
Thanks for accommodation suggestions. Will look them up.
The reason we thought of stopping in Parksville was because we wanted to do a full day of winery visits from Victoria to Nanaimo.
Thanks for accommodation suggestions. Will look them up.
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You need more than a day if you want to drive to Tofino. It is doable but you wouldn't have a chance to see anything. You can drive directly from Victoria to Tofino - spend a night or two there and then on up to Campbell River. If you have to take a day off one of the locations I would cut Whistler to two nights.