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7-Day Active Vancouver Island Road Trip (Friends, Car)

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7-Day Active Vancouver Island Road Trip (Friends, Car)

to Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

An action-adventure route across Vancouver Island with waterfall hikes, old-growth rainforest, coastal viewpoints, and earned recovery stops between island hubs.

Days

7

Stops

7

Style

adventure

7-Day Active Vancouver Island Road Trip (Friends, Car)

About this Trip

Embark on a 7-day road trip from Victoria Inner Harbour through Duncan, Campbell River, Nanaimo to Victoria International Airport and 1 more stop.

This itinerary is designed for groups of friends, with a mid-range budget, a mix of adventure & outdoors & active travel, so you can feel like you're travelling with a local rather than following a tour bus timetable. You'll move at a comfortable pace, with travel days that stay manageable and plenty of time in each stop for unhurried walks, viewpoints, and slow meals that actually let you taste the place.

Think of this as a ready-made framework rather than a script: each day suggests a clear path and one or two anchor experiences, but always leaves room for spontaneous detours, extra coffee stops, and the kind of small discoveries that make trips feel personal.

Active route with hikes, water or mountain experiences, scenic drives, safety notes, and earned recovery stops.

1d

Victoria Inner Harbour

Day 1
Victoria Inner Harbour
1 restaurant
•
4 activities
1d

Duncan (Cowichan Valley)

Day 2
Duncan (Cowichan Valley)
•
5 activities
1d

Campbell River

Day 3
Campbell River
•
4 activities
1d

Nanaimo

Day 4
Nanaimo
•
4 activities
1d

Ucluelet

Day 5
Ucluelet
•
4 activities
1d

Victoria Inner Harbour

Day 6
Victoria Inner Harbour
•
4 activities
1d

Victoria International Airport

Day 7
Victoria International Airport
1 restaurant
•
4 activities
1d

Victoria Inner Harbour

Day 1
Victoria Inner Harbour
1 restaurant
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •The Vic West Cafe

Activities

  • •Butchart Gardens
  • •Ogden Point Breakwater
  • •Fisherman's Wharf Park

Did you know?

Start on the South Island: Victoria Highlights + Coastal Walks

1d

Campbell River

Day 3
Campbell River
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •Local cuisine spots
  • •Traditional restaurants

Activities

  • •Buttle Lake Trailhead
  • •Discovery Passage
  • •Quinsam River Provincial Park

Did you know?

Campbell River: Old-Growth Forest + Coastal Adventure

1d

Ucluelet

Day 5
Ucluelet
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •Local cuisine spots
  • •Traditional restaurants

Activities

  • •Morden Colliery & Coal Museum
  • •Englishman River Falls
  • •Vancouver Island Conference Centre

Did you know?

Parklands to Mountains: Rainforest Trails + Views

1d

Victoria International Airport

Day 7
Victoria International Airport
1 restaurant
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •Lindholm Restaurant

Activities

  • •Craigdarroch Castle
  • •Royal British Columbia Museum
  • •Beacon Hill Park

Did you know?

Victoria Old Town Finale + Departure-ready Route Closure

1d

Duncan (Cowichan Valley)

Day 2
Duncan (Cowichan Valley)
•
5 activities

Restaurants

  • •Local cuisine spots
  • •Traditional restaurants

Activities

  • •Malahat SkyWalk
  • •Thetis Lake Regional Park
  • •Cowichan Bay Visitor Centre

Did you know?

Malahat + Waterfalls to Cowichan (Earned Adventure Day)

1d

Nanaimo

Day 4
Nanaimo
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •Local cuisine spots
  • •Traditional restaurants

Activities

  • •Telegraph Cove
  • •Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park
  • •Maffeo Sutton Park

Did you know?

Telegraph Cove Sea-Adventure + Wildlife Views

1d

Victoria Inner Harbour

Day 6
Victoria Inner Harbour
•
4 activities

Restaurants

  • •Local cuisine spots
  • •Traditional restaurants

Activities

  • •Tofino Botanical Gardens
  • •Chesterman Beach
  • •Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Did you know?

West Coast Icons: Rainforest Coast to Tofino Peninsula

Trip Summary

Duration
7 Days
Best For
adventure
Stops
7 Locations

Trip Highlights

  • Butchart Gardens
  • The Vic West Cafe
  • Fisherman's Wharf Park
  • Malahat SkyWalk
  • Englishman River Falls
  • Quinsam River Provincial Park

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