Travel Reference
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miles).Withtheoceanononesideandpilesofdriftwoodpushedupagainstlushrainforest
on the other, you'll never tire of the scenery.
Don't be put off by the unappealing name of the
Bog Trail
(allow 20 minutes), which
makes a short loop off the road between the Pacific Rim Highway and the Wickanin-
nish Centre. Poor drainage has created a buildup of sphagnum and stunted the growth of
trees such as shorepine that struggle to absorb nutrients from the waterlogged soil. From
the Wickaninnish Centre, an 800-meter (0.5-mile) trail (15 minutes each way) leads south
around a windswept headland, passing small coves and Lismer Beach, then descending a
boardwalk to pebbly
South Beach.
Back up the hill, the
Wickaninnish Trail
leads 2.5
kilometers (1.6miles) overtoFlorencia Bay;allow50minutes eachway.Thebeachalong
the bay can also be accessed by road off the Wickaninnish Centre access road. Continuing
northwest toward Tofino, the
Rainforest Trail
traverses an old-growth coastal rainforest
in two 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) loops (allow 20 minutes for each). Farther north, at the back
of the Combers Beach parking lot, is the trailhead for the 1.6-kilometer (1-mile)
Spruce
Fringe Loop.
This trail leads along the beach past piles of driftwood and through a forest
of Sitka spruce.
