Take the passenger ferry from Nanaimo’s waterfront to Newcastle Provincial Marine Park for a day of hiking, cycling, and wildlife watching.
Explore Nanaimo’s scenic harbourfront and have lunch or dinner at one of many great restaurants. Get on your bike and explore cycle-friendly Central Island on two wheels.
Sign up for a diving adventure and find out why Jacques Cousteau named Vancouver Island’s waters the Emerald Sea. Drive the Oceanside Route all the way from Parksville through the scenic splendour of Lighthouse Country. Experience golf heaven by teeing off on a Central Island course.
Follow Highway 4 west of Parksville to Arrowsmith Coombs Country where you’ll find art galleries, gift shops, fun family attractions, and goats grazing on the grass roof of the country market.
Head west along Highway 4 and see the towering trees of Cathedral Grove.
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