The Cowichan Valley is about a 30 minute drive north of Victoria and a 30 minute drive south of Nanaimo.
A satellite map of the Cowichan Valley is available from Google.
How to get here
Fly to Vancouver International Airport, on the West Coast of beautiful British Columbia. Change planes and fly for just 20 minutes to Vancouver Island, arriving in either Nanaimo or Victoria. Your host family will greet you at the airport and take you to their home.
Victoria can be reached by air or by ferry. B.C. Ferries from Tsawassen (just south of Vancouver) to Schwartz Bay (just north of Victoria).
Nanaimo can be reached by air (Cassidy Airport), or B.C. Ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay, or from Tsawassen to Duke Point, just south of Nanaimo.
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