Once you choose a home in Nanaimo, British Columbia on the otherworldly Vancouver Island, prepare yourself to welcome guests and show them around Nanaimo s natural and cultural playground. The mild climate is enticing any time of the year that they would like to visit your new home in Nanaimo. So, too, do not be surprised if they start asking about Nanaimo real estate for themselves.
Nanaimo is home to one of the most boater-friendly harbours anywhere along Vancouver Island’s real estate options. If the timing is perfect, you can laugh at the silly sailors from around the world racing bathtubs in the Strait of Georgia or see the brightly colored dragon boats paddling through the sparkling seas while they are here.
Always begin with a stroll along the 5-km Harbourside Walkway with ice cream cones in hand. Just moseying along the promenade, there are tide pools to discover and a sandy lagoon beach to squish through your toes. Find out why readers of Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure magazines consistently rank the island among the best island destinations in the world. Standing at the edge of the ocean shore, you will look out over the Pacific Northwest paradise. Cruise ships come and go as do yachts, fishing boats, and other rigs ready for deep-sea diving.
The sheltered waters are perfect for kayaking excursions. In spring and summer, kayak tour companies lead paddlers out to sea under the light of each month’s full moon. During light rains, the water calms down nicely for kayaking. Rainy season is from November through February and that is a good time to have a waterproof jacket in your pack.
Your adventurous guests will definitely want to go diving. Three artificial shipwreck reefs just outside the harbor draw divers from around the world. Divers swim alongside seals and wolf eels. Scuba Diving magazine continues to rate the area as a top five spot for healthy marine environment, small animal encounters, wall diving and more.
In fact, your visitors may enjoy some island hopping themselves. There are a few main islands such as Newcastle Island not too far out. Pack a picnic lunch and return in time to haggle on the dock for the catch of the day to fry up for supper.
Try to catch some dinner one night yourselves. One of the quickest places to catch a crab for supper is the fishing pier at the harbourfront. Knife-carved grooves in the side of the pier mark the regulation width of keepers. However, you can charter a sailboat or hire a guide to take all of you out to where the fish are biting.
For a peek at history, tour the oldest building, the Bastion that the Hudson Bay Company built. If your guests come during summertime, they will hear its cannon fire at noon. Climb the harbourfront staircase, a replica of the 1854 Princess Royal’s mast. Newcastle Island Provincial Park displays evidence of boat building, herring salteries, and stone quarries.
Truth is your guests will have to come back again to experience the abundant life on our harbourfront. Good thing you got here first.
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