Vancouver Island camping is an experience nature lovers should put on the bucket list. Picture an island with forests and meadows, lakes and snow-capped mountains, with rivers full of salmon and trout. Large swathes of the island are protected parkland covered in forests of fir, cedar and rare groves...
In Capilano River Regional Park, it’s hard to believe you’re only 10km from the centre of Vancouver's CBD. From Cleveland Dam, looking across Capilano Lake, the snow-capped twin peaks of The Lions loom large before you.
The park is one of the best places to visit in Vancouver for the...
Vancouver Island, simply put, is paradise. It’s the Land of the Mighty Yellow Cedars and Giant Sequoias and stands of ancient Douglas Firs in a forest called the Cathedral Grove because the church-spire trees are older, taller and many say holier than the medieval churches of Europe. It’s no...
The Butchart Gardens Victoria BC is an ideal backdrop to while away the time. Shed the stresses and city pressure and escape to one of Canada's most wondrous gardens. As Jack Frost leaves, Mother Nature steps in to welcome the garden with a righteous explosion of colour.
A visit to this...
14,000-year-old tools to light fires, fish hooks and spears are some of the discoveries unearthed on Triquet Island in British Columbia. Anthropologists believe the ancient village 500km north-west of Victoria is older than the pyramids. What's really exciting is that stories passed down from generation to generation among the First...
Going to Whistler Blackcomb in winter is the ultimate big mountain experience for skiers and snowboarders. And there are plenty of reasons why Whistler Blackcomb is Canada’s top ski resort. After all, the host of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is world-famous. But should you go to...
Banff in Winter
Banff and its iconic mountain range and vibrant blue lakes are famous around the world as a mountain escape. Banff's stunning scenery helped put...
