Take a break from the beaches, mountain biking and golfing to experience some of the culinary experiences Courtenay has to offer.
Farms & Orchards
Seaview Game Farm
Best known as the largest fallow deer farm on Vancouver Island, Seaview also produces organically raised chicken, lamb and venison.
Tours guide visitors past fields of deer and into their mini farm of goats, lambs, peacocks, turkeys, llamas and alpacas. The farm tour also includes the greenhouses and orchards. Family fun includes a petting zoo and playground, as well as the opportunity to stay overnight in an authentic teepee
Specialty Food Producers
Natural Pastures Cheese Company
These artisanal cheeses are made with the milk produced by free-range cows on a certified heritage farm.
Visit the cheese shop in Courtenay, and "try before you buy". Plus, be sure to sample the award-winning Comox Camembert, popular Boerenkaas, and flavoured Verdelaits.
Fanny Bay Oysters
Seafood lovers must not leave the area without indulging their passion in the area's ocean-fresh Pacific oysters and Manila clams. Fanny Bay plants baby oysters in the inter-tidal zone, an area under water at high tide, but exposed at low tide. The exceptionally high tidal conditions in this area encourage the oysters to flourish.
Tour the processing plant and learn how oysters and clams are grown and harvested (book in advance).
While Pacific oysters and Manila clams are available year round, a variety of other seafood is offered as seasonally available.