Tailor Made Holidays in British Columbia, Canada: Introduction

'Beautiful British Columbia' is boldly written on all the province’s car licence plates and BC, as it is commonly known, is where you’ll find many of Canada’s most fabulous natural features.

A good place to begin is BC’s largest city, Vancouver, a young and vibrant metropolis that is consistently voted one of the world’s most attractive cities to live. This is easy to believe as it is overflowing with rich cultural experiences, exceptional wildlife viewing and plenty of outdoor activities for everyone. On Vancouver Island the provincial capital, Victoria, is a colonial gem, with an old-world charm and a mild Pacific climate.

The province’s spectacular scenery includes the famed coastal Inside Passage, the old-growth rainforests and big surf beaches of Vancouver Island, the vast cowboy country of the Cariboo, the orchards and vineyards of the Okanagan Valley and the Kootenay Rockies with their bears, elk and eagles. The First Nations of the Pacific seaboard are renowned for their totem poles and longhouses and after many years of oppression the native cultures and arts are now resurgent.

BC is four times the size of Great Britain and its northern half, bordered by Alaska and the Yukon, is a largely pristine wilderness of glaciers, fjords, lakes and waterfalls.

Selected Highlights

Our specialists have travelled the length and breadth of the country to research the best places to stay and things to do. Here they list a few of their favourite “unmissables”. Click here for more highlights

Go black bear watching on the shores of Clayoquot Sound

Watch wild black bears from close quarters in the beautiful, calm water environment of Clayoquot Sound between May and October. The bears are seen on...  [more]

Visit the giant Douglas firs at Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island

Nature’s awesome spectacle is on full show at Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island. A stop here en route to Tofino will take you to a land of giants;...  [more]

Cruise around the Queen Charlotte Islands by Yacht

For those with an adventurous spirit and an enquiring mind this adventure is hard to beat. Travelling by small yacht ensures the accessibility of tiny...  [more]