Sooke, Port Renfrew, Salt Spring Island Pacific Spirit Marine Circle Tour

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Sooke, Port Renfrew, Salt Spring Island Pacific Spirit Marine Circle Tour July 15 - 18 3 nights 4 days 7 Meals Highlights: Day One: Vancouver – Salt Spring Island Meals: D Vancouver Island • Salt Spring Island • Travel to Salt Spring Island to begin your journey. Enjoy a tour of the island by coach followed by Lake Cowichan • Pacific Spirit Marine free time to explore the town of Ganges. Check in to the Harbour House Hotel for our one night stay and join the group for dinner at a local eatery. Circle tour • Harbour House Hotel • Sooke Prestige Oceanfront Resort • Day Two: Salt Spring Island – Sooke Meals: B, L, D Sooke Regional Museum • Whiffin Spit Depart the island on the 20 minute ferry ride to Crofton. Travel on scenic backroads to the quaint • Port Renfrew • Hatley Castle and community of Lake Cowichan, Vancouver Island’s second largest lake. Enjoy lunch at a local eatery. grounds • Victoria Continue on your journey on the Pacific Spirit Marine Route, home of both the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail and the historic West Coast Trail. After a coffee stop in Port Renfrew arrive in Sooke for your two night stay at the Prestige Sooke Oceanfront Resort. This resort offers breathtaking Tour includes: views of Sooke Harbour, Sooke Basin, Juan de Fuca Strait, and the Olympic Mountains. Each Three nights accommodation room offers a harbour view. Complete the day with scrumptious west coast cuisine. Three breakfasts Two lunches Day Three: Sooke Meals: B, L Two dinners After a leisurely breakfast, explore the hamlet of Sooke including a stop at the famous Whiffin Meal gratuities Spit and the Sooke Regional Museum. Lunch is served in the museum. Travel back to the resort All side tours and entrance fees early afternoon and enjoy everything the resort has to offer including a waterfront spa, indoor pool, Ferry tolls and hot tub. Day Four: Sooke – Vancouver Meals: B Accommodation: Continue on the Pacific Spirit Marine Circle tour. Today’s highlight is magnificent Hatley Castle. Salt Spring Island Harbour House From family home to Military College to University Campus to National Historic Site, tour the castle Hotel and grounds and learn of its history. Spend some free time in Victoria for lunch on your own before Sooke Prestige Oceanfront taking the ferry back to the lower mainland. Resort AGELESS PEACE OF MIND: $100.00 Price Per Person: Double or Twin: $1,386.00 Single: $1,848.00 Adults 56 - 64 or Non BC seniors 65+: Uneven ground on portions of this tour Add $30.00 to the above rates Prices include all taxes Ageless ADVENTURES 604-542-5566 / 1-877-277-5577 www.agelessadventures.com.

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