Naa'Waya'Sum Gardens·13 hr 33 min by bus · 200.9 km
✓ Fits your group
Cost
Free
no cost at all
Children aged 0 to 12 are free. Anyone 13 or older needs a $10 day pass. The site mentions discounted rates for seniors and youth on memberships but does not publish those prices.
Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.
What it actually looks like
Photos from Naa'Waya'Sum Gardens's website
Our note
Children 12 and under get in free, so most of what a group pays is the adults at $10 each. The site says nothing about washrooms, anywhere to eat a packed lunch, or a rate for a group, and a notice on the site says the gardens are closed for the season, so call before you set a date.
What the children do
Admission to the 12 acre gardens and trails is by a $10 single day pass or an $80 annual adult membership. Nuu-chah-nulth citizens and children aged 0 to 12 are free. The site says to buy tickets on arrival or to show proof of purchase at check in, and passes can also be bought through the online store. A map of the gardens and the surrounding campus can be downloaded from the gardens page. The site does not describe any guided tour, workshop, group rate or group booking route, and no minimum or maximum group size is published.
Walk the trails through 12 acres of coastal temperate rainforest, stopping at viewpoints that look out over the inlet and at carvings set along the way. The site asks visitors to move slowly, listen to the cedar trees and notice the moss on the branches.
Good to know
The address, opening hours and admission are published, and the whole visit is outdoors on rainforest trails. Washrooms, indoor lunch space, rain backup, bus parking and any group rate are not stated anywhere, so it is worth a call first.
Sources disagree. Their site says two different things about opening hours. The gardens page says open seven days a week from 9am to 5pm, and a notice on every page says the gardens and cafe are closed for the season. Worth a phone call before you set a date.
Sources disagree. Two of their pages give different numbers for bookings. One says 236-233-2518 and the other says 236-312-6727, which elsewhere is listed as the cafe. We use the first. If it does not get you anywhere, try the other.
Washrooms
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Lunch space
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Rain backup
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Strollers
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Wheelchair access
Needs confirmation
Bus parking
The lodge parking lot can accommodate a maximum of 10 cars.
