ROTARY ROUTE

The 'Rotary Route' is a cycle touring route of Southern Vancouver Island . This carefully laid out route takes you through some of the Island's most scenic towns and countryside including Sidney, the Saanich Peninsula near Victoria, Mill Bay, Duncan, the Cowichan Valley, Chemainus, Ladysmith and the Cedar area south of Nanaimo. It also incorporates three beautiful ferry rides from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay , Brentwood Bay to Mill Bay and Duke Point back to Tsawwassen. The route involves a total of approximately 110 kms of ocean travel by ferry and 110 kms... The tour starts at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, 37 kms. south of Vancouver . Here you can leave your car in a safe parking lot before taking the ferry trip from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay just north of Victoria , BC . From Swartz Bay you follow a well marked cycling route through southern Vancouver Island until you arrive at Duke Point (just south of Nanaimo ). Do not worry about highway riding. The Rotary Route is predominantly on..