Ucluelet

Getting there & around

Now affiliated with Greyhound Canada (you can book via the www.greyhound.ca website), Tofino Bus (250-725-2871, 866-986-3466; www.tofino bus.com) runs an ‘Express Service’ from Vancouver ($53 plus ferry, 6½ hours), Victoria ($58, five hours), Nanaimo ($34, 3½ hours) and Port Alberni ($19, two hours). The route runs daily year-round and twice daily from mid-March to mid-November.

The company also operates a localized ‘Tofino Transit’ service around the region ($2), as well as a ‘Beach Bus’ between Ucluelet and Tofino (one-way adult/child $10/5).