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Victoria forum: Goldstream Provincial Park - great camping near Victoria

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   Santa Barbara, CA
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angiebombshell
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Posted on: 3:39 pm, July 08, 2008

Hi All,

I just returned from a road trip up to BC, and it included 2 nights of camping at Goldstream Provincial Park just outside of Victoria. This is a GREAT campground. It is heavily wooded, so each campsite is very secluded and quiet. The facilities are also clean and better than any I have seen in California! The campground is about a 20 minute drive to downtown Victoria, and also not far from Sooke (which is worth a visit). It's also a short drive to a shopping center that has grocery stores and a starbucks. However, you feel like you're in the middle of a lush forest with nothing around when you are at your stie!

There aren't a lot of campgrounds reviewed on Trip Advisor, so I wanted to share my positive experience with others.

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Posted on: 3:48 pm, July 08, 2008

Thanks for sharing but you should really add this as a tip so that it won't get lost in the forum over time.

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Posted on: 12:26 pm, July 09, 2008

We had a six day visit to Victoria a couple of years ago based at Goldstream, and I agree, it was great. A perfect location to base yourself to see Victoria and the surrounding area. The standard of the park is typical of all our BC Provincial Parks campgrounds, which I should note, do not have services, which will be a deterrent to some.

I would also agree with dforce - put in a traveller's review or a goList for future reference.

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Breezed
Posted on: 1:28 pm, July 09, 2008

Goldstream doesn't have electricity, but does have showers and flush toilets which is far more services than most provincial campgrounds on the Island!

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angiebombshell
Posted on: 2:00 pm, July 09, 2008

Thanks for the suggestion - I just created a goList of all the campgrounds I visited on my trip:

tripadvisor.com/GoListDetail-i17682-Pacific_…

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Posted on: 5:48 am, July 11, 2008

Good morning Angie, My wife and I are hiring a motorhome in Sept and spending a couple of weeks on the Island. Goldstream Park seems an ideal 'first night' place to stay.

Question:- Do they take RV's there?

Many thanks, Tony

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Breezed
Posted on: 1:09 pm, July 11, 2008

Tony, they take RV's, but they don't have hook-ups for water or power.

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