How to Plan a Spa-Hopping Trip Across Vancouver Island

By Adrienne Matei

I'm sitting neck deep in a hot tub, watching a float plane land. Moments earlier, I was in a cold plunge pool and soon I’ll be scooping handfuls of magnesium-infused salt from a glittering pile and scrubbing the mainland off my skin. I’m at HAVN, a floating sauna experience built on a refurbished naval barge moored in the harbor of Victoria, the biggest city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia—and the first stop on a trip around Vancouver Island that I’m referring to as a spa safari, thanks to the abundance of nature-infused wellness offerings available here.