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Where to stay on Vancouver Island

15 hotels and lodges chosen to cover the island's real choices: a harbour hotel in Victoria, an oceanfront room for storm season, a fishing lodge in Campbell River, cabins on the Telegraph Cove boardwalk. Shortlist by the trip you want, then book with the hotel directly.

Not sure which part of the island? Read Choosing where to base yourself first.

1 of 15 hotels. Price tiers are relative bands, not rates

Cabins, Historic

Mid-range

Telegraph Cove Resort

Restored cannery-era cabins and rooms on the boardwalk over Telegraph Cove, with a campground behind, a pub and the whale and kayak operators as neighbours. The only place to stay in the village that the orcas made famous.

Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill & the North Island

On the waterfront

Wildlife trips
Families
Groups