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Descanso Bay. Camp By the Sea all Year Round.

Camp by the sea all year round at Descanso Bay Regional Park on scenic Gabriola Island. Descanso Bay Park is a Regional District of Nanaimo Park is located at 595 Taylor Bay Road, only a short distance from the ferry terminal. The Regional Park offers 32 camping sites on a beautiful 40-acre oceanfront property. Two oyster bays provide many delights for kayakers and other boaters as well as picnickers, campers and hikers. The Regional Park is also adjacent to the 113 acre Cox Community Park which has a network of trails through a well established forest setting. For information on other Gabriola parks, click here.

Reservations and Information:  (250) 247-8255

GaLLT Walks Descanso Bay Regional Park & Campground

There are easy walks on the rocks around two bays and headlands. In winter, rocky beaches are very slippery. Consult the trail and facility map in the park. Day use parking is straight ahead through campground. To the left of the car park there is a trail through a wooded headland leading to views of Nanaimo and Protection Island. Along the south boundary of the park there is a trail through a fence to a public right-of-way that connects to Ivory Way. There is a steep trail up the bluff to McConvey Road. A licensed trail across private land connects McConvey Road to Malaspina Drive, or you can turn right to reach Taylor Bay Road and turn right again to return to the Park entrance.