CANADIAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

Maximum Group Size: 24
Level: Easy

Take a holiday trip to Vancouver Island’s favourite Christmas Traditions: Ladysmith Festival of Lights, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Crystal Garden Christmas Fair and the Habitat Victoria 18th Annual Gingerbread Showcase. Check in for three nights in the charming town of Chemainus including a bus mural sightseeing tour. Spend an evening at the theatre, dining at the Theatre Buffet before enjoying a live Christmas Performance. Attend the Ladysmith Festival of Lights, which includes the countdown to light up, the town’s annual Craft and Artisan Fair. Lastly, visit Victoria adorned in Christmas splendor for annual Christmas events and the Gatsby Mansion for Afternoon Tea Lunch at Pendray Tea House. Let Canadian Christmas Traditions bring your season to life with lights, music, and the spirit of a West Coast Christmas.

*Additional $36 ferry fee for 64 years and under

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

ITINERARY:

November 24

10:30am Horseshoe Bay BC Ferries

11:05am Sailing

12:47pm Arrive Departure Bay Ferry Terminal

1:00pm Carlos O'bryan's Pub Lunch

2:20pm Depart

2:30pm Nanaimo Museum

3:30pm Depart

4:30pm Chemainus Inn Best Western Check in

5:45pm Depart

6:00pm Fox and Hounds Ladysmith Dinner

November 25

7:00am Breakfast at hotel

9:30am Depart

10:00am Mary Fox Pottery

Pottery Demonstration

11:00am Depart

11:30am Cowichan Valley Arts Council

Current Exhibition

12:30pm Depart

Duncan Totem Poles

Free Time Lunch (on your own)

2:00pm Depart

2:30pm Merridale Cidery & Distillery

Christmas At The Farm

3:15pm Depart

3:45pm Chemainus Free time or

Hotel Free Time

5:45pm Depart

6:00pm Chemainus Dinner Theatre

7:30pm Performance

November 26

7:00am Breakfast at hotel

9:30am Depart

Chemainus Mural Coach Tour

10:30am North West Raptors

11:15am Depart

11:45am Cowichan Bay

12:15pm Lunch Cow Bay Pub

1:45pm Depart

2:00pm Blue Grouse Estate Winery

Wine Tasting

2:45pm Depart

3:15pm Hotel Free time

4:45pm Depart

5:00pm Festival of Lights Ladysmith

Dinner (on your own)

November 27

7:00am Breakfast at hotel

8:45am Hotel Check out

9:00am Depart

10:30am Crystal Garden Holiday Market

11:30am Depart

11:45am Gatsby Mansion Pendray Tea House

High Tea Lunch

1:30pm Depart

1:45am Hotel Grand Pacific

Gingerbread House Competition

2:30pm Government Street Free Time

3:30pm Depart

4:30pm Swartz Bay ferry terminal

5:00pm Sailing

6:35pm Arrive Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal

*Itinerary subject to change