Botanical Beach

Botanical Beach is a well graded trail to several beaches with a good hike through the woods. It was a pleasant walk.

Mystic Beach (almost)

Mystic Beach is one of the first Southern places you can visit in the Juan de Fuca provincial park and is the start of its trail which goes 47 km.

It starts well marked by the passage of people but starts to thin out over a short period of time.

We did not do any research so we didn't know to stay more inland and missed the rest of the trail to the beach. Instead we veered towards the shore and saw this lovely waterfall. Unfortunately it was down a steep ravine so we decided to save our energy and head back to the car to explore other trails. We will come back here again some day to finish it.

Pointe No Pointe Trails

The trails at Pointe No Pointe are pleasant, do not take much time to walk around, and available to people eating at the restaurant.

This beach area is also available to people staying here and has a fire pit.

Also caught a glimpse of daffodils with multiple bees happily getting energy.

Sheringham Lighthouse

The Sheringham Lighthouse was a pleasant place to spend an hour tootling around, seeing the daffodils in bloom, and just relaxing. It was built in 1912 to deal with the many ships that crashed on the nearby shores of Vancouver Island and is being taken care of by a historical society..

Shirley Delicious

Shirley Delicious is a fantastic cafe beyond Sooke and before Pointe No Pointe in the community of Shirley. Twice we stopped here for drinks and once for pastry desserts, which were all tasty. The music is quite good too.

Pointe No Pointe Resort Restaurant

The restaurant at Pointe No Pointe is very good. We had lunch and supper here. The anteroom is also the resort lobby, is the only place in the resort with wifi, has a decent bar, and contains comfy chairs with a fireplace.

Lunch for me was crispy confit of chicken leg, preserved lemon Israeli couscous, roasted root vegetables, Moroccan curry, almonds, and cilantro.

 My wife had the grilled Marinated Wild Salmon with herbed goat cheese phyllo, roasted beets, pickled apple, and apricot.

For supper I had as an appetizer the Rockefeller soup, crispy fried oysters, and creamed spinach.

 For my main I had the Cured pork tenderloin, five spice spring roll, plum, pork belly, and almond vinaigrette.

My wife had the Grilled beef tenderloin (blue) with tartiflette, beef bacon, and remoulade.

 We would eat here again when in the area.

Pointe No Pointe Resort

Pointe No Point is about 35km West of Sooke that offers cottage rental and a restaurant to eat lunch or supper. There are 25 cabins to choose from and every one has a view of the Straights of Juan de Fuca. We rented one side of a duplex cottage for our first stay.

 It was a one bedroom with optional bed for a third person in the living room. Kitchen is stocked with basic objects for making a meal.

 There is also a fireplace, for cold nights or the winter time. Each cottage also comes with a hot tub for all year round enjoyment.

 Bathroom was basic but good.

 The bed was comfy with great views out the bench window.

 The views were fantastic with great sunsets and the structures were built so that none can look into your place or hottub.

 Hmmmm...hottub.

We would stay here again any time of the year.