Picture this: spurred by the first light of day, I sip my coffee slowly, watching the steam rise from my mug. The sun hangs low in the sky and warms my face, the rays filtering through immense mountain peaks in every direction casting long shadows over a still valley below. I feel wonderfully small in […]

It’s pretty amazing when a short ferry ride off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island can transport you to another world, but that was pretty much what happened to us when we recently visited the isolated village of Sointula on Malcolm Island. The name Sointula means place of harmony, which should come as no great surprise […]

There’s just something about BC’s Gulf Islands that’s hard to explain – a certain laid-back vibe of their relatively few but passionate residents, an untamed, yet contained wildness, a slight slowing of time… if you’ve ever spent time on any of them, you’ll know what I mean. The closest to Vancouver of the southern group […]

If you’ve ever dreamed of doing a road trip solo through BC, follow along with our Instagrammer of the week, @blackdotswhitespots, who just came back from a month exploring our fair province! “Road tripping through BC gave me a sense of freedom and adventure and an ease of mind.” Enjoy! Highway 16, somewhere between Prince […]

Penticton is home to some of the best mountain biking around and offers options for beginner to advanced riders. Take, for example, the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) trail, which is an abandoned railway bed that winds between Midway and Hope. Thanks to efforts of numerous groups, volunteers and patrons, it is a multi-use corridor and […]

By Carla Mont, Travel Media Relations Specialist   “I’m pretty nervous.” Andrea Visscher’s enthusiasm is real, but the half-frozen smile on my adventure companion’s face belies another emotion: trepidation. It’s not hard to determine the source of her hesitation; she’s about to sail along her first zipline of the day, courtesy of Superfly Whistler — […]