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Tips From Travellers

A West Coast Experience!

  On November 2nd, 2009 at noon my friends and I went out for lunch at...

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Campbell River

  There was so much to do on our last vacation we didn't know where to...

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Tarina Rissanen, Campbell River

A Torch Relay Day 1 Experience

  On Friday October 30, 2009, I was in Victoria to watch the start of the...

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Vancouver Island Bus Travel

Bus services between the mainland and Vancouver Island are available all year round. Coaches make the ferry trip along with passengers, so there's no need to unload your luggage until you reach your final destination. Relax and enjoy a comfortable ride from downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria or Nanaimo. There are also scheduled sightseeing tours available.

On Vancouver Island, bus travel is concentrated mainly along the heavily populated east coast. Highway 1 runs north from Victoria as far as Nanaimo; Highway 19 runs through central and northern cities and towns; and Highway 4 extends west through Port Alberni to Tofino and Ucluelet on the rugged and largely uninhabited west coast.

Several sightseeing tour operators offer fully narrated trips and holiday packages between Vancouver and Victoria or Tofino/Ucluelet, via BC Ferries.

Bus Services

Greyhound Canada

Greyhound Canada provides scheduled bus services between downtown Vancouver and Nanaimo, with connecting services to cities and towns along Vancouver Island's east coast, as well as to Tofino and Ucluelet on the west coast.
> Greyhound Canada details.

Pacific Coach Lines

Pacific Coach Lines provides scheduled services from various locations in Vancouver to downtown Victoria.
> Pacific Coach Lines details.

Tofino Bus Services Inc.

Tofino Bus offers daily scheduled service linking Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and Parksville with Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino.
> Tofino Bus details.

West Coast Trail Express

West Coast Trail Express provides seasonal bus services from Victoria, Nanaimo and Port Alberni to the trailheads of the West Coast and Juan de Fuca Marine trails.
> West Coast Trail Express website

BC Transit

BC Transit provides public bus transportation in several Vancouver Island towns and cities, including Victoria, Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Courtenay/Comox and Campbell River.
> BC Transit website