May 4, 2019
Ucluelet is at the other end of Long Beach from Tofino, and has a quite different feel to it. If Tofino is chic and fashionable, Ucluelet is more casual, dingier and more dowdy, but I felt it had a more easy-going and authentic feel. We walked along the Wild Pacific...
May 4, 2019
We went on to the Wiccaninnish Inn, which turned out to be much posher than I had expected. I thought it would be a bit faded and run-down, but it is a high-end venue for weddings and the like, and we decided that we were probably rather under-dressed for dinner in...
May 4, 2019
Various companies offer Whale- and Bear-watching boat trips, and there is also a longer trip to the Hot Springs at Hot Springs Cove, which is around 1.5 hours north of Tofino in Maquinna Provincial Park in the northern end of Clayoquot Sound. The boat trips from...
May 4, 2019
We went on to the Nuu-chah-nulth trail further down the coast towards Ucluelet. The visitor centre resembles one of their long houses and had a good selection of audio-visual exhibits, so you can hear them speaking the Nuu-chah-nulth language which sounds amazing. It...
May 4, 2019
After Long Beach, we went further along the coast to a stretch of rainforest, also awe-inspiring. The trees are higher than those we saw in Cathedral Grove, and the wooden path that they have built through the different levels of forest allowed you to get a sense of...
May 4, 2019
We also went yesterday to the Tofino Botanical Gardens – a fabulous place which was useful in terms of learning plant names as well as being a calm and quite spiritual experience. There is a friendly coffee-shop with interesting paintings by local artists, and the...
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