Nanaimo
Hiking – Scuba Diving
Enjoy exploring Nanaimo, BC and Vancouver Island while using our bed and breakfast (B&B) as a home base for all of your day trip adventures
Here are some local sport for exploring
Bowen Park
This 90 acre parkland offers a network of well established trails that meander past a waterfall, a fish ladder and a nature centre. Colourful gardens surround the variety of amenities available in the park from lawn bowling to swimming. (3 minute drive from hotel, 10 minute walk to entrance)
Buttertub Marsh
4.5 km of comfortable trails through Buttertub Marsh offer superb opportunities for wildlife observation. Surrounding wetlands provide important habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife species. Trails ramble through 49 acres of natural paradise for the bird viewer enthusiast
Westwood Lake
Walk or cycle around this 152 acre man-made lake, stocked periodically with Cutthroat Trout. A 5.51 km trail following the contours of Westwood Lake offers beautiful scenic viewing opportunities. It is an excellent swimming and picnicking retreat
Millstone Trail Way
A 2.8 km multi-purpose path starts at the Lion's Great Bridge at Maffeo-Sutton Park and follows the Millstone River ending at the Quarterway Bridge west of Bowen Park. (Adjacent to hotel)
Colliery Dam
27 acres of natural beauty and a perfect spot for swimmers, cyclists, joggers or hikers. Over 2.5 km of trails wander along the banks of two lakes offering scenic and wildlife viewing
Harbourside Walkway
Whether your taste is for a vigorous 8 km run, a quiet nature walk, a step into history, a leisurely stroll to one of the many restaurants and pubs along the way, or simply the best seat in the house for the many harbor activities, the Harbourside Walkway offers it all.
Nanaimo Art Gallery
Nanaimo Art Gallery's Campus Gallery is located on the beautiful Vancouver Island University overlooking a panorama of the city of Nanaimo and east across the Strait of Georgia to British Columbia's mainland mountains. The Gallery's mission is to enliven and enrich the Nanaimo and central Vancouver Island region with exhibitions and educational programming that encourage active public involvement with the visual arts.
Linley Valley
With a total area of approximately 1,100 acres, is the last remaining large expanse of natural habitat located within the boundaries of Nanaimo. It contains a mix of mature Douglas fir forest with many old growth trees, open meadows and woodland, sun-drench bluffs and hidden wetlands
Morrell Nature Sanctuary
This 278 acre second growth forest allows a first hand look at the flora and fauna found in the region. Over 11 km of walking trails thread their way through a mixed Douglas Fir forest which surrounds Morrell Lake, a small creek and a beaver pond
Parkway Trail
The backbone for Nanaimo's trail system, provides 20 kilometers of paved multi-use trail way through Nanaimo. With convenient access points, route maps and distance markers, the Parkway Trial lets you navigate to all of your favorite destinations in Nanaimo.
