Ocean Island Victoria Guide

Nestled in spectacular natural settings, WildPlay Element Parks outdoor activities entertain and challenge guests both young and old. Climbing from tree-to-tree brings out the monkey at heart – while leaping off a 150’ foot bungy bridge and zipping through the sky at up to 100km/hour thrills even the bravest adventure-seekers. The West Shore location features [...]

Ocean Island loves these guys! Springtide offers whale watching tours, harbour cruises, sport fishing tours and even private charters. Check their website for more information!

If beer’s what you’re after, why not get it right from the source? Heck, why not rent a keg and throw a REAL party? Maybe even take a brewery tour while you’re there.

Word on the street is that Urge is the best in town but there’s like a two week waiting list, so if you’re just in town for a couple days and want a tattoo of the Canadian Flag on your butt, forget it, you won’t be getting it at Urge. Piercing is available Friday through [...]

Lyle’s Place has been *the* place to buy music in Victoria for over 30 years. They have low prices for used CDs, over 1,200 different posters and they also promise to buy your used CDs and DVDs for the best prices in town! Note: they have T-shirts with the shop’s cool logo on them, sweet.

A local favourite. Seriously, they have everything. It’s hard to fathom how they could fit pretty much whatever you’d like to listen to from almost every genre (well, except modern pop, modern rock and Top-40, naturally), into such a nicely-sized shop. Not too small, not too big. Their selection is pretty evenly split between records [...]

This heritage house converted into a brew pub makes some of the best beer, and their patio is hard to beat on a warm summer afternoon. All their food is made from fresh, sustainable, local ingredients. Not to mention, they sell gourmet chocolates (the pepper chocolate is amazing) out of the little shop attached to [...]