We
can help you with
all the information you will need to get to Victoria. As you can see from
the map below, our City is on the south east coast of Vancouver Island,
just a short ferry ride from Vancouver, B.C. Port Angelese, and Seattle, Washington.
Victoria,
BC is accessible by airplane and car ferry
. The following transport
links will give you all of the information you need to not only find the
most convenient way to to get to Victoria, our kayaking AND sailing base,
but from your hotel in Victoria to the exact street location from where
we will be departing.
1)
TO GET TO VICTORIA BY AIR, FERRY AND CAR from anywhere
in Canada or the USA Click on the following
Link: http://www.tourismvictoria.com/Content/EN/482.asp
2)
WHEN YOU REACH VICTORIA
and you want to find more detailed instructions
on how to drive from your hotel to Victoria departure point, use
Google's useful internet tool for providing map directions: Thistool can be accessed by Clicking on
the following Link:
http://maps.google.com/
For
Starting Points when you
can use your hotel or if downtown,near the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria (next to the inner Harbour),
use 721 Government Street.
For
Destination Points,
use whatever tour departure point we have decided upon. For example,
1) If you are kayaking or sailing the Oak Bay area in the vicinity of the Discovery-Chatham Islands, then we usually meet at the Oak
Bay marina launch point
: Threfore use 1350 Beach Drive, Oak Bay, BC. as
your destination point (we meet adjacent the small park called Queens Park, which is located on Beach Drive, about 100 yards
north of the Oak Bay Marina . Look for our Dodge van and kayak trailer. You can park anywhere on the road beside me.
2) If you are advised to meet at Cadboro
Bay launch point (also in Oak Bay) use 2640
Sinclair Road, Saanich, BC. as your destination point., and drive into
Gyro park where our vehicle and boat trailer will be waiting for you.
3) Esquimalt Harbour - Maple Bank Road launch site (when doing the Fisgard
Lighthouse & the Seal Islands tour) use 1200
Admirals Road , Esquimalt, BC. as a destination
point and meet at the intersection of Admirals Road and Maplebank Road
.
4) Brentwood Bay (Todd Inlet Tour) use 849
Verdier Avenure, Brentwood Bay, B.C. and meet at the small park adjacent the Brentwood
Bay Ferry (also called the Mill Bay Ferry) and the Brentwood Bay Resort.