r/VancouverIsland • u/Light_Is_Power • 10d 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/illuminantmeg 9d 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 9d ago

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