Trip Snapshot
- 📍 Location: Sooke and Port Renfrew, BC
- 📅 Dates: April 15-18 or May 6-9, 2026
- 👣 Hiking: Moderate (1–2 miles/day)
- 💲 $1,250 USD (50% deposit to hold your spot)
- 🧍 Limited to 3 photographers
Why Choose This Vancouver Island Waterfall Photography Tour?
This Vancouver Island Waterfall Tour is designed for photographers of all skill levels and focuses primarily on waterfalls, lakes, rivers, and bodies of water on Southern Vancouver Island.
Join our guided photographic experience led by a local photographer with over 10 years experience who knows this island intimately—its waterfalls, beaches, tides, rivers, creeks, and lakes. Engage with the Four Elements – Earth, Water, Fire, Air – while leaning into the fundamentals of waterfall photography.
Group size is limited to maximum 3 participants so I can offer you hands-on support, custom coaching, and plenty of space for everyone’s creative process.
What You Can Expect
This is a 4-day photography adventure across Southern Vancouver Island for photographers of all levels. This isn’t just a photo tour; it’s an immersive experience in one of my favorite corners of the island.
We will visit waterfalls along the Wild West Coast of Vancouver Island, while taking in the rugged coastline ambiance.
With over a decade behind the lens and 45 years spent exploring this region, I’ll take you to some of the most magical, moody, and photogenic spots around. Depending on the weather we’ll chase waterfalls like Mary Vine Falls, Mystic Beach, and Sombrio Beach Hidden Falls.
I’ll also share a few of my favorite hidden gems along the way; those off-the-map waterfalls and some end of the road beaches that I have enjoyed more times than I can count.
Expect moderate activity: 1 – 2 mile hikes through forest trails with dirt, mud rocks and roots, rocky beaches, uneven ground, and early mornings. You’ll need to be mobile, but we’re not sprinting to any of the spots; we wander with intention, enjoying the scenery of the journey as much as the destination.
Itinerary
Your itinerary is weather responsive; we’ll follow the weather’s lead, chasing the best light and moody skies.
Day 0 – Arrival and Mingle
- Mingle and grab a bite together
Day 1 – Misty Forest Falls – Sooke
- Sooke Potholes Cascades along the Sooke River – River and forest photography
- Mary Vine Falls – Humble waterfall along the rainforest trail
- Tod Creek Falls – Soft, fern-lined cascades perfect in overcast conditions with leading lines.
- Sitting Lady Falls – Beautiful emerald green hike to these falls and the seaside
- Sunset shoot along Whiffin Spit—for reflections, driftwood, and big-sky seascapes.
- Stay the night in Sooke.
Day 2 – Hidden Gems + Ocean Meets Forest – Port Renfrew
- Grab to-go Breakfast at Shirley Delicious (I recommend a lunch too!)
- Hike to Sandcut Beach for a waterfall: a short, lovely forest walk to a coastal falls that flows over sandstone ledges.
- Hike to Mystic Beach Waterfall – a seasonal waterfall that spills directly onto the beach.
- Drive and hike to Sombrio Beach Waterfall – a magical hidden fall tucked inside a mossy canyon (2.5 miles rnd trip). Enjoy the beautiful tide pools, sea stacks, & wildlife. Eat Lunch on the beach.
- 2nd “hidden” waterfall at Sombrio; enjoy from the trail or climb the large boulder at low tide for an immersive experience
- Botanical Beach/Botany Bay for Golden hour
- Night in Port Renfrew
Day 3 – Untouched Falls – Port Renfrew
- Eden Grove – immerse ourselves in a hidden gem of a waterfall and old growth rainforest atmosphere
- Photograph the Famous Big Lonely Doug Tree
- Forest shoot at Fairy Lake for reflections of the famous tiny tree
- Visit Botanical Beach tide pools when the tide is out
- Golden hour at Botany Bay, perfect for slow shutter shots w/water motion & moody sky drama
Day 4 – Saying Goodbye
- Farewells are done – Travel home
Spots fill fast—join the waitlist if your dates are full.
Personalized 1-on-1 Immersive Custom Tours are Available; Inquire for Pricing.
All Prices are USD. Payments accepted Venmo, Zelle, Check, Cash.
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