Getting to Vancouver Island
From Vancouver
Nanaimo Route
Travel time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
-Take the Horseshoe Bay BC Ferry to Departure Bay, Nanaimo
Victoria Route
Travel time: 3 hours
-Take a BC Ferry out of Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay -Take Highway 17 South to Victoria
From Seattle/Port Angeles
Anacortes Route
Travel time: 3 hours and 30 minutes from Seattle
-Take the Anacortes ferry to Sidney, BC
-Take Highway 17 South to Victoria
Port Angeles Route
Travel time: 3 hours and 20 minutes from Seattle
-Take the Port Angeles Ferry to Victoria
Getting to Ittatsoo Bay
From Victoria
Travel time: approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes
1. Take the Trans-Canada Highway (N/BC-1 N) to Nanaimo
2. Merge onto Nanaimo Parkway (BC-19 N) via the ramp to Parksville/Campbell River
3. Take Exit 60 towards Port Alberni and merge onto Memorial Ave to get to Pacific Rim Highway (BC-4W)
4. Turn left onto the Tofino Ucluelet Highway
-Continue to go to Ucluelet-
5. To go to Ittatsoo Bay, turn left on Port Albion Rd.
6. Turn left on Thornton/Barkley Road
7. Follow the signs on your left down dirt road to Ittatsoo Bay
From Ucluelet
Travel time: approximately 20 minutes
1. Take Peninsula Road to Highway 4
2. Turn right off Port Albion Road
3. Turn left on Thornton/Barkley Road
4. Follow the signs on your left down dirt road to Ittatsoo Bay
From Nanaimo
Travel time: approximately 3 hours
1. Take the Inland Island Highway (BC-19N) towards Campbell River
2. Take Exit 60 towards Port Alberni and merge onto Memorial Ave to get to Pacific Rim Highway (BC-4W)
3. Turn left onto the Tofino Ucluelet Highway
-Continue to go to Ucluelet-
4. To go to Ittatsoo Bay, turn left on Port Albion Rd.
5. Turn left on Thornton/Barkley Road
6. Follow the signs on your left down dirt road to Ittatsoo Bay