Accommodation and Experience Providers

Leaf Modern Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and workshop, where West Coast Kwakwaka'wakw MFA artist Rande Cook makes and features beautiful art.

Gallery Merrick is a contemporary commercial art gallery featuring both emerging and established Canadian artists. They have paintings and mixed media for sale, with layway plans as an option. Beautiful, thought-provoking, and sometimes challenging paintings for sale by some of the best in Canada's art scene.

Fun and passionate ecotour guide My name is Noemie and I am the owner operator for Tales on Trails. I am passionate about Vancouver Island and all the wilderness it has to offer. With a strong background in guiding, hospitality and nature education programs, curating tours to get you the perfect once-in-a-lifetime experience is my jam!

We are a little farm based in Lantzville (seven minutes north of Nanaimo) on beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We are Nanaimo area's family destination for fun! Stop by and visit the adorable miniature animals in our petting farm, and peruse the delightful home decor shop on site where you can pick up a t-shirt or a locally made soap! Pick up a farm-grown bee-friendly hanging basket, or bring a picnic lunch to enjoy outside. We offer birthday parties, workshops, and often host concerts. Tidy modern washrooms on site. Check out our calendar on our website to take in one of our exciting events soon. Open March-Christmas.

Grizzly Bears, return each August for the salmon run in Toba Inlet. A cycle that has taken place for a millennial on the traditional territory of the Klahoose First Nation. Against a breathtaking backdrop and from viewing platforms, we have optimal sight lines to view the bears in their natural habitat. Tours led by Klahoose guides and partners from Campbell River from late August to mid-October.

AWE Adventures offers multi-day kayaking tours and kayak rentals for Johnstone Strait, Blackfish Sound, and the Broughton Archipelago from our base in Telegraph Cove, BC. Northern Vancouver Island is one of the best places on earth for kayaking with whales. Our expedition-grade kayaking gear is the best in the business, so your paddling experience will be superior. Self-guided tours available.

Experience life within the forts walls as you fall asleep to the ocean and natures soothing sounds; and be taken back over 50 years ago when soldiers families inhabited Fort Rodd Hill during their summer camp-out. The oTENTik tents, exclusive to Parks Canada, offer a unique blend of homey comfort and a taste of outdoor adventure. They provide a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy camping with the comfort of a bed, inside the fort, already set up and ready to go. Take advantage of the exclusive right to stay overnight in Canadas best preserved west coast artillery fort!