PLACES AND ACTIVITIES

Victoria and Vancouver Island travel experiences allow you to view some of the most spectacular landscapes found anywhere in the world. Vancouver Island is an amazing place in which you can be surrounded by untouched nature, take part in world-class adventures and relax the finest modern comforts. Our goal at Travel Victoria is to provide active travelers with exceptional vacation to our neck of the corner.

To assist in your search for a trip best suited to your interests, we have compiled an extensive site for use in planning an active luxury vacation.

The Greater Victoria region covers the extreme southern end of Vancouver Island, including the Saanich Peninsula, Victoria, Esquimalt, Colwood, Metchosin, and Sooke, with almost half of Vancouver Island's population of 750,000 living within the Capital Regional District (CRD) around Victoria.

There is a rich diversity of landscapes within the cool Mediterranean climate of the region, ranging from the Douglas fir forests along the coast to the drier, exposed conditions of the higher, rockier elevations, which support arbutus (madrona) and Garry oak forests. Victorians display their love for the natural world by cultivating flower gardens at every turn. As you'd imagine in a region where a large urban population interacts with such a delightful natural tableau, a vast network of walking, hiking, and biking routes leads through the many parks with which the city is blessed.