Port Alberni - Ucluelet (day 14)

After breakfast we left for Ucluelet, but on our way we first stopped at a visitor centre. Here you could find a museum (entrance free of charge) about the history of the location (and a little bit about the Nuu-chah-nulth native tribe from this region) and the wildlife that you can encounter here. Mainly about the sea creatures like the humpback whale, gray whale, killer whale and sea lion. Next we drove a little further to a location where there are two board walks, through the ancient rain forest.

This one rain forest is about 800 years old where you can mainly find cedar trees. On the otherside of the road there's a forest which has been replanted in the '50's after the old forest had been demolished to make space to build a radar station. After making these two hikes of one kilometer each we drove on to Ucluelet. Here we will stay for the next two nights. After checking in we drove aout 1,5 kilometer further towards the bay. Here we parked the car and we walked a bit on a trail, passed an old lighthouse (this lighthouses has a fog horn which is steam-powered) and through a dense and dark forest. Next we walked back to the car to find a restaurant, we were really hungry by this time. Eventually we found a good restaurant, where we even had to sign up for the waiting list. After dinner we walked back to the motel (which was walking distance away). The rest of the evening we spended in the room, to make plans for tomorrow. Then we really are going to do the whale safaritour!

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