Vancouver Island

Welcome to Rainforest Tours Guided Day Hiking

Operating Eco Wilderness Tours Since 2010

We walked with RFT 2x & wished we had time for a 3rd adventure

After looking at several walking tours, we are glad we selected Rainforest Tours for our 2 adventures of easy hiking along the west coast of Vancouver Island. The pace, the vistas, the birds (our first ravens!) the sea otters in the water & the otter & deer tracks on the beach (the deer on the … Read More

Our hike w/ Toni

Our hike with Toni and her team was excellent, everyone was well looked after with a delicious home made lunch included for the day. We went at our own pace, and had an amazing chilled afternoon at Mystic Beach with plenty of time to explore the surrounds and a stopover at local winery to end … Read More

An amazing and wonderful day

I found Rainforest Tours through recommendations on Tripadvisor, my go to for places I haven’t been and things I want to do. It was so beyond better than I had hoped for! Toni was our guide – a very down to earth, knowledgeable and out going young woman with a great sense of humor. She … Read More

Bear Aware

Being bear aware British Columbia is lucky enough to have amazing varieties of wildlife in our forests.  Some of them can be seen on one of the trails Rainforest Tours utilizes for their day hikes, The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail. Some of these breath-taking hikes lead to the most amazing campsites. While our group’s … Read More

So long to another fabulous season of adventures!

….and what a season it has been! The weather (after the June we shall not speak of) was unprecedente, our guests were ALL a treat to meet and spend time with, and some beautiful nearby old growth forest was saved from logging, yahoo! Some memorable tour moments from this past season? Stopping on the way … Read More

Rainforest, whales and ziplining adventures….not a bad way to spend a day!

A quick photo story of a recent fabulous afternoon adventure. After a morning of ziplining and whale watching, this lucky group spent the afternoon playing in East Sooke Park. While checking out the ancient petroglyphs we were fortunate enough to witness the Juan de Fuca’s resident orcas, J-Pod, passing right by! The promised rain never … Read More

New adventures for a new season!

We are a bit past due for an update! Bad Blogging 101. Lots of changes to share for the new season – season #3! The biggest change being that we’ve added a number of brand new premium packages that we’re especially excited about. Along with our current Whale Watching, this season we’ve also added Ziplining, Spa days, and … Read More

Snow Day

They do happen every now and again here in Lotus Land. They are always unexpected and they are always an adventure. Today we woke up to at least a foot of snow and it was still coming down heavily with no signs of letting up. No school for the kids, and then listening to the … Read More

“a photographer’s paradise”

In the last few weeks fall has returned to this coast with decisiveness. The temperature has dropped, leaves are changing and quickly covering the forest floors, and of course – the rains have returned. This summer was an amazing time to guide, as the temperatures were perfectly mild and the entire season remained quite dry. … Read More