When we moved from Alberta to British Columbia in September 2010, I was excited to start exploring. BC really is “beautiful British Columbia,” as their license plates claim, and there is so much to do here! We’ve had a lot of fun hiking, camping, playing, learning, exploring, and visiting many places around this amazing province. Whether you also live here, or are planning a visit, here’s a list of 100+ things to see and do in British Columbia.
No, I haven’t done everything on this list. (I wish!) I started my list with all the places we’ve been and loved, and then I asked my fellow BC bloggers to share their favourites. So this is my bucket list too!
Things to See and Do on Vancouver Island
Around Victoria, BC
Visit historic Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse
Take a ride around the harbour on the Victoria Harbour Ferries
Explore Craigdarroch Castle
Hike around Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
Explore past and present at Miniature World
Stay at the Oswego Hotel
Walk the Breakwater at Ogden Point
Visit the Victoria Bug Zoo
Camp in an oTentik
Explore the Royal BC Museum
See the salmon run at Goldstream Park
Climb Mount Finlayson
Learn about BC’s seafaring history at the Maritime Museum
Hike Mount Work (BONUS: read about Chief Factor Work and his family)
Play at Beacon Hill Park
Relax at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel Spa
On the Peninsula
Take a trip to the tropics at the Victoria Butterfly Gardens
Explore the local ocean at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre
Splash in Coles Bay
Ride the ferry to Sidney Spit Marine Park
Wander through Butchart Gardens
Towards Sooke and Beyond
Explore the tide pools at Botanical Beach
Hike East Sooke Park
Day trip to China Beach
Play at Sombrio Beach
Tour Hatley Castle and Gardens
Taste the mead at Tugwell Creek Honey Farm & Meadery
Explore Mystic Beach
Over the Malahat and Further North
Camp at Rondalyn Resort
Ride the train at the BC Forestry Discovery Centre
Hike the Morden Collieries Trail
View the Totem Poles in Duncan
Go underground at the Horne Lake Caves
See the Murals in Chemainus
Spend a day on the farm at Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
Walk to the Kinsol Trestle
Tofino and the West Coast
Visit Tofino
Explore Ucluelet
Soak in Tofino’s famous hot springs
Take a walk through a rainforest
Ride the Port Alberni Steam Train
Hike the Englishman River Falls
Explore Port Renfrew
Take a whale watching tour
Learn to surf in Tofino
Things to See and Do around Vancouver, BC
Bike the Stanley Park Sea Wall
Tour the Lighthouse Park Adventure
Visit the Vancouver Aquarium
Explore Granville Island
Watch a Vancouver Canadiens baseball game
Get a bird’s eye view from the Vancouver Lookout
Learn and play at Telus World of Science
Visit the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum
Explore the Bloedel Conservatory
Take a staycation in downtown Vancouver
Explore Deep Cove
Do the cliff walk at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Play at 6-Pack Indoor Beach
Walk around Rice Lake
Explore the Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Spend a day at Wesbrook Village (UBC)
Cross the suspension bridge at Lynn Canyon
Around Greater Vancouver
Hike Tynehead Regional Park (Surrey)
Ride the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum
Explore Surrey Bend Regional Park
Play at Barnet Marine Park (Port Moody)
Explore White Rock
Hike Admiralty Point Trail (Coquitlam)
Dress up at the Gulf of George Cannery (Richmond)
Taste the honey at the Honeybee Centre (Surrey)
Pick berries at Krause Berry Farms (Langley)
Ride the simulators at Richmond Olympic Experience
Learn and play at the Surrey Museum
Cool off at Williams Park (Langley)
Snowshoe at Cypress Mountain
Daytrip from Vancouver
Hike Joffre Lake
Ride the cable car at Hell’s Gate
Splash and play at Harrison Lake
Hike the Othello Tunnels
Ride the Westcoaster Slide in Whistler
Visit the Apple Barn in Abbotsford
Ride the Sea to Sky Gondola
Get pampered at the spa in Whistler
Visit Harrison Hotsprings
Hike the Stave Dam Interpretation Trail
Be electified at the Stave Falls Powerhouse
Play in the snow in Whistler, BC
Snowshoe at the Sea to Sky Gondola
Ride the Superfly Ziplines
Picnic at Shannon Falls
Visit the Vancouver Zoo
Pet the bunnies at Taves Family Farm
Stay at the First Tracks Lodge in Whistler
Dig for copper at the Britannia Mine Museum
Smell the flowers at the Abbotsford Tulip Festival
Go downhill skiing on Whistler Mountain
Pan for gold at Fort Langley National Historic Site
Things to See and Do in Central British Columbia
Tour the Enchanted Forest
See the Spiral Tunnels
Plan a Girls’ Weekend in Radium, BC
Ride a horse at the Sundance Guest Ranch
Eat out in Prince George
In the Okanagan
Pet the animals at Kangaroo Creek Farm
Take an eco-retreat at Athena Organic Farm
Eat at the Restaurant at Watermark
Visit Davison Orchards
Ride the Kettle Valley Steam Railway
Play at Rattlesnake Canyon
Visit the Hillcrest Farm Market
Stay at the Watermark Beach Resort
Explore Summerland
Go on a winery tour in the Okanagan
What are your favourite things to see and do in British Columbia?
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