Hakai Beach Institute is an amazing place which was once a fishing lodge. The Hakai Beach Institute (www.hahai.com) is a teaching, research and conference facility that occupies approximately 215 acres. The Conservancy on Calvert Island is beautifully maintained and landscaped. They are very welcoming to visitors as they have a public dinghy dock, a Welcome Centre and free public wifi. There are several pathways leading to over ten beaches as you can see on the map. Today we went to West Beach. This is definitely a place to stop by again. 
The trail to West Beach was like walking in an enchanted forest. As we got closer to West Beach, we could hear the waves crashing against the shore. The view as we emerged from the path was like entering a forbidden paradise. Just before entering the beach area, there were several beach toys for people to use (volleyball, a boccie set &. badminton).
We kicked off our sandles and walked to the crashing waves then along the sandy beach making many amazing observation: jellyfish, sunstar, tide pools, variety of birds etc.
Having a great evening dinghy ride and popped over to visit Kim & Scott on board SVNordri from Sidney, BC. They know a lot of people we know from Rupert and Campbell River.
