Getting to Victoria

Flights & Ferries - Getting to Victoria BC

Vancouver Island

From Vancouver BCBC Ferries provide service between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay as well as from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo. Check the BC Ferries website for sailing times.
 
Victoria Harbour at Night
Victoria Harbour at Night
From Seattle - Clipper Navigation has a passenger-only ferry. Check the Victoria Clipper website for sailing schedule. Passenger ferries travel time is approximately 2 to 3 hours.
From Port Angeles – Blackball Transport operates the MV Coho; this ferry takes cars as well as people. Peak summer season, crosses 4 times a day, 90-minute travel time.  This is a very popular form of travel to Vancouver Island and reservations are recommended.
From AnacortesWashington State Ferries departs fromdeparts from Anacortes, Washington and travels to Sidney on Vancouver Island, a 40-minute car ride from downtown Victoria.
Kenmore Air – offers floatplane service harbour-to-harbour from Seattle to Victoria.
Harbour Air – offers floatplane service from Vancouver BC to Victoria and the Gulf Islands, harbour to harbour.
Helijet Airways – helicopter service from downtown Vancouver, or the Vancouver airport to downtown Victoria.