Campbell River Attractions

While you are staying at Heron's Landing Boutique Hotel enjoy the many attractions Campbell River has to offer, from world class museums to the suspension bridge over the Campbell River canyon there is something there to keep you busy for weeks.

Bear Watching

Grizzly bears or Black bears! Take your choice; the BC coastline's reputation for viewing these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat has grown to legendary significance the world over. Tours are available from Campbell River offering safe passage and outstanding possibilities for photographing these impressive beasts.

Fishing

The name of Campbell River and Salmon Fishing are synonymous, declaring some of the best sport fishing opportunities in the world.  With five species of salmon returning home to the Campbell River to spawn your chances of landing the big one are dramatically increased in any season.

Golf Courses in Campbell River

Campbell River holds the distinction of possessing five regional golf courses. Beginning in Black Creek with Saratoga Beach Golf Club, move up the highway to Storey's Creek Golf Club, in town we have Sequoia Springs Golf Course then on to Rainbows End Golf Course and Clubhouse in the Sayward Valley just 40 minutes north and the Quadra Island Golf Course just a 7 minute ferry ride from downtown Campbell River.  Challenge yourself try them all.

Hiking Trails

Nothings says the Great Outdoors like a variety of exceptional hiking trails and Campbell River has plenty of them. Choose from a casual evening stroll along the Rotary Sea Walk or challenge yourself with a strenuous uphill grind in Strathcona Provincial Park the choice is yours.   

Kayaking

Interested in lake kayaking, try any number of lakes on the Sayward Forest Canoe route, or as an alternative an estuary paddling in the Campbell River.  Your ocean kayaking expedition can be launched from a number of starting points on the Quadra Island side and if you are an extreme paddler Campbell River also provides the opportunity to challenge your skill on some serious class five rivers.

Mountain Biking

Campbell River is building a reputation for its world class mountain biking, particularly on Vancouver Island, Campbell River offers riding trails from the most extreme novice in Beaver Lodge Lands to the ultimate intense and severe downhill terrain offered at Menzies Mountain. If you are more of an intermediate rider try the Snowden Demonstration Forest or the Pumphouse trails in Elk Falls Provincial Park, the possibilities are endless.   

Parks

City Parks, Regional Parks and Provincial Parks and reserves, we have it all.  This is one of the primary reasons Campbell River is such a great place to visit, we have numerous parks including the crown jewel of the province - Strathcona Provincial Park encompassing 250,000 hectares of supreme wilderness.  If that is a little intense for you, take a day and visit Elk Falls Provincial Park with its old growth forest, waterfalls and the newly built suspension bridge.

Photo Galleries

Representing over 1000 photographs of Campbell River and area rewarding you with a testament to the spender and beauty of the area in a way that only pictures can achieve.

Campbell River Tourism Centre

Salmon Viewing

Five species of salmon migrate home to the Campbell River to spawn, this is a primary factor in the excellent sport fishing and in particular salmon fishing opportunities here. However; you can also view the migration from a number of vantage points, offering you  the opportunity to swim with the salmon in the Campbell River presenting a vantage point not offered anywhere else in the world. Up close and personal.

Tours

There are dozens of quality tour operators in the Campbell River area.  From cycling to bear watching to custom designed multiday excursions.  Choose your tour and decide which tour operator you would like to work with.  The choices are many.

Whale Watching

The British Columbia coastline and the Campbell River area in particular Johnstone Strait has one of the most studied communities of killer whales anywhere in the world. The reason for this is simple; because the whales frequent the inside passage in summer months in chase of the salmon they are easy to find and easy to access. Not only does this afford the opportunity to study these endangered populations but it also exposes the world to their plight. Tours are available from June until late October. 

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