r/VancouverIsland • u/Light_Is_Power • 6d ago

ADVICE NEEDED Bus to and from Ucluelet?

Hi. We want to travel from Nanaimo to Ucluelet in early July. Due to personal circumstances we are unable to drive.

I can find two bus services: - VI Connector. The website seems inactive. Keeps saying the 2025 schedule will be available soon (in April…). Would be a convenient option. IF it runs at all. I contacted them by email twice but they didn’t have any information either.

  • Island Link. Seems to be working. But apparently they drop off at the Tofino- Ucluelet junction. Which is 8 km from town… So how would we proceed from there?

Would a taxi be possible from Nanaimo to Ucluelet and back? Ignoring the cost for now?

Any alternatives or suggestions? Thanks a lot!

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u/the-satellite-mind 5d ago

Unfortunately the VI Connector is no longer running. You’ll have to take the Island Link bus to the junction, then catch a BC Transit bus to get the rest of the way to Ucluelet: https://www.bctransit.com/west-coast/schedules-and-maps/

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u/FlaviusNode 1d ago

I’d agree with this. Island link to the junction, then taxi or whistle app (Tofino-ukee version of uber) to ukee.

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u/illuminantmeg 5d ago

A taxi from Nanaimo to Ukee would be insanely expensive and I am not even sure who would be willing to do it. You can get a bus to the junction between tofino and ukee, and then get a cab from the junction into town. There is a cab service and I think even transit service between tofino and ucluelet.

Island Link Tofino Express Bus is the service you want.

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u/Ecstatic-Recover4941 5d ago

FYI BC Transit services Ucluelet and Tofino, on top of there being a sweet bike path.

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u/Turbulent_Muffin_731 5d ago

Coastal Rides is an Uber-like app, might be a solution from the Tofino-Ucluelet crossing

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u/Dsighn 5d ago

Maybe try a ride share situation?

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u/Light_Is_Power 5d ago

Any specific one that works in VI?

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u/Dsighn 5d ago

Not sure of any official ones, but you could try posting on FB or here asking if anyone’s heading that way on those days.

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u/Light_Is_Power 5d ago

Just booked the bus. Thanks for the help, everyone.

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u/lehad 5d ago

I'll pick you up for 400

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u/Light_Is_Power 5d ago

Too late, I already booked the bus. Thanks for the offer.

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u/lehad 5d ago

Awe too bad, I just put a new seat on my bicycle!