Reviews of Tourism Nanaimo Visitor Centre (Zoo)

Laura Sturgeon

Nice little visitor center. Helpful staff. Good place for a rest stop. Walking area next to it and behind it. You can easily get right back on the hwy from here.

Tom

Great place to stop for a pea brake.I bike around Nanaimo a lot and this place comes in handy.

Em von Euw

Great place to make memories.

tony slade

Great place

Albert Vogelzang

It a good place to walk your dog get into internet and me3y people who don't know directions. Lot of parking usually and if you know about Nanaimo.you can see some old mines over the edge going north on the trail. Bathrooms aren't open all the time but clean when they are open.

Billie-Jo Vermeylen

Great Toilets!

Mike Wilson

Informative staff. Amazing view. Clean washrooms. What more do you want

Kat E

Great place to run the dog, stretch your legs and use clean bathrooms.

Chris Lewis

Just a good place to park

David Yelligadu

Helpful staffs and lots of pamphlets available. Also free wifi available to the public.

Thomas Carr (Mysticronin)

Great off leash fenced dog park and walking trails, fantastic view.

Neil Frelick

Utilitarian bathroom and info booth. Gets the job done. Long lines of there's more than two people needing to use the facilities.

amy wood

Love the off leash dog area

Lacey McLeod

Clean bathrooms great convenient location

Micah Jakobs

Great place to go if you’d like to know more about the area. Man with glasses was so kind.

Sonya Haffner

So clean! The bathrooms were nice, too. I hope the community and any tourists can agree to keep this place nice. It was so great to be able to use a clean washroom with nice amenities.

Cj Rice

Very helpful

vickie gould

This location is small. I was in there for 10 minutes and didn't get any help. The employee was talking to a person about her B&B and their wracking fees. Which was okay but it would have been nice to be greated when I walked in the door. Overall it was just an okay experince.

James Reid

Nice place to rest with a clean bathroom

Carolina Arias

Wonderful service here, they explain you all possible things to do in Nanaimo and give you maps am brochures with suggestions

Stephen Watson

Gateway to the most beautiful place on the planet

Ed de Vries

Top service

Lisa G

Great nfo, lots parking and brilliant dog park that's fenced for your furry friend. Clean washroom and nice o5aths in behind for a stroll.

Erin Sowerby Greene

Gorgeous information centre with very helpful staff. Lots of great brochures and ideas of where to adventure on the Island

S.G. Warren

Good to find stuff to do. Helpful staff. Maps cost extra.

Ken Rymer

Has parking, dog run and restroom

Cameron Mccoll

Place to pee Has a dog area

Jaxon “DAVS” Davis

Great pit stop

Jamie Robert

Bathroom on site. Fenced dog area and info boards about area.

jesse davis

Nice place to walk

Don Mackay

Informative.

Ed Robinson

The smallest info centre ever, dont blink as you may miss it. No real signage to indicate a tourist info centre

Andrew William Bartlett

Washrooms are very clean

Shaya Magrath

Its the bomb

Olivier Turcotte

(Translated) Welcoming staff. (Original) Personnel accueillant.

Bailey Beatrice

Nice little pull out with a fenced off leash dog park and picnic benches. Didn't actually go inside the visitors centre though.

JEET BAIDWAN

Love Island to drive in summer

Joanne Assen

Very helpful staff, bathroom open.

H Blais

Great help !

Linda MacLean

A must stop place if your looking for information on what to do in the park. You can purchase a fair amount of Parks Canada gear and the service has always been friendly. They offer free parking, washrooms, picnic tables, and a good place to take a stretch if you've been driving for a long time to get here.

Shawn Warkentin

Convenient place. Good people who work there. Parking lot needs a little care, but otherwise, very good

Andrew Jones-Murrell

They have nice washrooms

Pouria Bahmani

Lovely food, lovely experience

Sean Pollock

3 hour parking only ... Not great for carpooling.

Alice S. H. Ho

Easy access and good visibility.

Thomas Price

Picnic tables and washrooms. enclosed dog area . Paved bike trails north and south. Large free parking area.

Janice Sampson

Nice little fenced dog park

Susan Alexander

Pop in here if traveling in our area. The staff is friendly and very knowledgable. It's also a great place for a pit stop and even includes a fenced off-leash area for your dog. There's even a view.

Eggo less

Very helpful and friendly, plus had free postcards!

Steve Krieger

Great spot to meet up with Nanaimo CMC #008

Roger Andersen

Nothing much here as far as visitor information. Good rest stop or meeting place.

Marie-France Fearn

Perfect place to stop for a break with family and dogs. Very useful people who work there 8f you have any questions.

Tristan Schulze

Always stop to take a piss and admire this lovely piece of hand drawn art. Would rate 6 stars if I could. WHO KILLED THE TREE?? :(

Caroline Heinrichs

Thank you for the roadside, heated toilet and dog run right beside the building. Nice rest stop. Lots of information.

Tyson Lambert

Bathrooms

Max Armishaw

Good little spot to have a pee break and a picnic on the way up to Englishman River falls I highly recommend it it's an amazing experience as well as Cathedral Grove forest as long as it's open...... I don't know how the hell you close an entire Forest but I was very unsatisfied driving through there to find that all the parking spaces were gated off by 6 ft high aluminum fencing....

Anthony Mcintyre

Professional staff knowledgeable courteous definitely a place to stop by to get information

Gerry Bishop

Good spot

Joe Isaac

Always a clean pit stop with friendly staff and a perfect circular walking trail to stretch your legs.

Mike Smith

This is a fantastic pit stop while heading into nanaimo. They have 2 bathrooms which are large and accessable. They also have an off leash dog park that you can let your pets go playing in if they are getting ancy in the car. Last but most they have a very knowlegable employee sitting behind the counter eager to help with any questions you have. We talked with them for over 20 minutes and got a tonne of useful information to make our trip memorable. Next time I am out this way, I will make sure I stop by to ask all of my questions, or just for a pit stop.

Anne Nikon

Great food and service. Quality of steaks is very good. They try to accommodate seating location requests as much as possible. Prices ar very reasonable for the serving sizes.

Heavy C

Great place to stop with your dog when driving through town.

Simon G

Experience Nanaimo

Pradeep Kumar Kumaran

Pleasant place to have a break!

Tammy Schroeder

Great place to stop!

Amber Hendley

Clean rest spot!

Stella M

Good place to stop, enjoy the views, chat with the information people. Very nice restrooms. Excellent dog exercise area

Jeff Campbell

Usually awesome but you cant get a drop of water for you or your dog.

Adam Schumph

It's a perfect pit stop when driving past Nanaimo. Right on the side of the road with a dog run so everyone can empty their bladder.

Hedia B

Great place to stop and get info about the area and best nanaimo bar cafes

Nina Zurita

Beautiful spot to stop and rest while on the massive trail. Offleash dog park, doggy fountain, restrooms, picnic tables, and wifi... What more do u need.

Lori Hurst

Decent rest stop

Phil Le Vesconte

No toilet paper in neither bathrooms and they were both filthy ????

Dannielle de Graaff

Our dogs liked the park behind it

Lorne Ferguson

Easy spot to stop for a bathroom break and also run your dog.

Jessica Bruno

Good place to take the dog for a walk, careful when going around back of the center; it's steep and quite often very muddy

Bree Plater

Really lovely and helpful staff. Thank you

Ivonne Santizo

Lots of info on the island !

zerlindasaurus (zerlindasaurus)

A beautiful visitor centre. Friendly and informative ambassador. Outside there is a simple little off-leash park for dogs to stretch their legs. Washrooms accessible from outside, clean.

Brydon McCluskey

Nice place with a dog park!

Niko Nesin

Very helpful

Julia Heber

The nanaimo visitor center ist pretty small (1counter). The staff ist very nice, friendly and pretty good informed. Mandy prospects and maps are available for free.

Michael Dixon

Very good! Helpful !

Sach Macd

Nice place to stop for a wee

MrEgrass

Lots of cool walking trails and dog park

Rebecca Johnston

Very helpful staff. Very accmodating also

Mackinlee Brisbin

A+ Washroom and great dog park for travelling down the island!

Byron E

Great place to use washrooms (always clean) and let our dog go for a run in the fenced in off leash area.

Star Lord

We stop over to stretch our leg from a long drive and a ride of our escooter along the area, they are located right into the highway exit along side the big park where we ridden our scooter, staff are very knowledgeable about the area and places to check out in Nanaimo Island, theyre washroom is clean. A great stop for a quick stretch, they have concrete picnic bench and tables available around the area as well for a quick snack during your stop. Big parking lot ????

Superflytbone

Went to the washroom here. Nice and clean.

Samantha Day

The lady at the centre was super nice and helpful, or so I thought. I went in to get the food trail map and asked about the breweries. She handed me the map and even wrote out the breweries and their locations for me - excellent! But then I went to go to all these places and found out everything on the food trail is closed in Nanaimo Monday-Wednesday, and that would have been nice to know prior to.

Spacie Stacie

Great stop

Owen Bell

Helpful staff

Troy Bacon

Bathrooms are lacking however better then nothing. Great place to start out on a bike ride up and down the parkway. Busy area so careful with all the tourists and dog walkers!

brayand rodriguez mora

Bathroom

Janet Delgatty

Helpful information from well informed staff!

Scott Neis

It's a visitor center

sandi grant

Bathroom was dirty mens and noone there at 100 pm it said they would be back 100 pm I waited till 120pm

Suckwoo Nam

Very friendly and helpful Staff & lovely off leash Dog park with a great view !

Mitchel Davie

Great little view and rest area

Yard Plots

The tourist information booth for Nanaimo knows all the island getaway and adventures locations. Cool hut style building with grass growing on the roof.

leena white

Great place to visit. Have made some sweet memories here. The flame has different coats of arms on it representing different provinces.

Christopher Marks

Great place to get info and park your car if you carpool. Also has a great walking trail and washrooms.

N Ketler

Clean washrooms, lots of great information.

Tanis Abuda

Nice place to stop and get info, maps, and stretch your legs walking around the loop with interpretive signs. You may also see a cute furry bunny or two at this rest stop.

Lee Zavarise

Lots of great information and pamphlets about Nanaimo and Vancouver Island

Scott Tucker

Good info , dog run,

Fraser Coltman

Nice information and rest stop with handy washrooms.

René Cusson

This visitors' centre is well placed for travellers heading up and down the island. it also provides a rest stop. There is a large carpool parking lot adjacent. Staff are knowledgeable and informative. it is well worth the stop when you are Looking for information about Nanaimo or any other place on Vancouver Island.

Lacey K

Great place to teach a kid to ride a bike...one of the few "flat" places in Nanaimo lol

Marcy McIlwraith

Wonderful knowledgeable young lady. Very helpful.

Jalo Kuiper

Very friendly staff and great information

Paul Barron

A very useful place to stop after a long drive. There is ample parking and a very clean restroom. You can picnic and there are umbrellas over the picnic tables to keep you cool. The visitor centre has loads of information about the area and friendly helpful staff. There is also an off leash dog area to the rear as well as some sort trails where you can stretch your legs.

Ryan McNair

Interesting walking trails around here

Jenny Giles

Great stop.

Andrew McNeill

Best washrooms in Nanaimo

Inflatafun vi

Very helpfull !

Manfred Ochel

(Translated) Very nice employee (Original) Sehr nette Mitarbeiterin

maggie mountain

One of the many beautiful views of Mount Benson is found right here next to the highway. A little dog park is just beyond the parking lot.

Christopher Borden

Great place to get to be as a terminus for points of interest and maps of the local region.

pete Pothier

Beautiful!

Junya Wu

Very nice and helpful staff!

Robin Kenzler

nice center, they could give me a lot of infos on the island

Monique Deschambeault

Nice bathrooms.

Tim Mcgrath

The family of Tourism BC is always great. Vancouver island is outstanding!

Jay A

Devan and Jillian are two of the most awesome and knowledgeable people we ever had the pleasure of meeting. This is a must stop to give yourself the best opportunity to enjoy the most out of your vacation. We're so happy we stopped by and hope they are both valued by their employer because they are absolute gems who made us feel like family the second we walked through the door and made our vacation much better than we had planned. Much appreciated!

alex mah

Pulled in for a #1....kinda creepy at night...all these guys by themselves just parked there sitting in their cars...seriously, I've heard rumors...and it make you wonder...

Anthony McIntyre

I'm going to get five stars to the staff we'll go out of their way to serve the public the city however of Nanaimo does not do a very good job in keeping the grounds clean

Lala Leaf

Clean bathroom.

Nanaimo reviews Only the truth

Very helpful place

Bryan Chartrand

Free postcards and pokestops.

Ron Gaffey

Great litter stop with grass and a view and washrooms. Washrooms were so-so as far as cleanliness but don't have to detour into the city to find a washroom and that's a bonus!

Ian Borland

Review from 9 year old: bathroom very, very, very, very gross. Stinky. Tiles peeling off the walls. Yuck! ????????

Darlene Tychansky

Very helpful staff clean restroom

Andrew William Bartlett aka. rambocoolbody. ca

The washrooms were clean and the staff are friendly

Andrew Cho Young

It was closed when i got there, but there was an off leash area for dogs and a nice walk.

Eric Jantzen

Very helpful

boaz bogin

ליד חניון מסודר עם מספר שולחנות ושימשיות, מקום מעולה לעצירה קצרה. Next to an organized parking lot with a number of tables and parasols, a great place to stop for a short time.

Frances Osborne

Lots of tourist info booklets & easy in & out off the hwy.

YUEN LING YIP

Staff was helpful.They even have Wifi.

Shelagh Madill

Google says I was there? Nope.

Lindsay de Carvalho

Neat

Jason Wyse

Rest stop by the highway with bathroom facilities.

gordon elliott

As of Vancouver Island truck driver one of my favorite locations to take my Daily Dump, also great for directions around the beautiful scenes of this island

Adrian Carotenuto

We just stopped to see if trails to walk dog. No. But there is a fenced dog area. Nice.

ryan sault

Lovely staff helped us out when we where in a bind.

Chris Shipway

Great stop for a rest and walk.

Melissa Gerber

very knowledgeable staff

Pam Joshi

Super friendly staff

lars gormsen

Super service and wi-fi

Peter D

Very helpful staff. The facility itself is really nice, with a small exhibition part.

Ray Ranalli

Dogs always love to make a pit stop in the dog run area here. The fenced in dog run is large. The two public washrooms are also large, clean and lockable. The trails are an option also and are fun with the chance to see some wildlife.

Josh Newton

Haven't been here but Google won't stop asking me to review

Lucas Rice

Not much

Katsiaryna Hil

Very disappointed. Closed on the weekend even though the phone recording says it is open on Saturdays. No maps or brochures available for those who are exploring the town on the weekend.

Stephen Flagg

Deanna was very helpful. Lots of great information for me on Cedar, and helped me find the contact information for the walk with wolves.

Brytny Findlater

Very nice. Hidden little dog park in the back. Bathrooms close a little early though

Bradley Blois

Always stop here on the way up or down island. Has a dog park whish is really nice. Bathrooms are consistently the most disgusting things ever

Jim Mur

Clean washroom and interesting local knowledge

Jarrat Syme

An information centre that’s closed on the weekend, what a joke!

Barb Toole

Clean washroom

Phillip karoway Jerry Cloke

Nice and gay friendly

Stephen Pearse

Good info even for a local

Celest Henderson

Its nice

k s

Nice view and lots of parking, great place to allow your pets to stretch there legs

Beth Mills

Friendly informative staff, well-organized presentation of materials, clean easily-accessible washrooms. Lots of parking, excellent access to extensive local cycling and walking trails. Lovely park area for mid-travel rest and picnics. Beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.

Kelly

Nice quiet place to take a break.

Wayne Scott

Nice location, great views and lots of nature.

Laura Leaf

Stop in regularly to use the facilities. Usually clean and not too busy.

Michael Wood

Nice clean place

youdont knowme

Lots of cool trails behind visitors center

Scot Carder

Convenient very clean. Very helpful to people!

Travis Derouin

Great for information easy to find decent parking

Melanie Shigeoka

Great stop over on the way home. Has a good little dog park.

Michael Cruickshank

Convenient, clean and great view of Mt Benson, nice trails right there as well.

Sandy Heyman

It has clean washrooms

Jason C

Wow, the folks working in the visitor center are wonderful, very welcoming and so ready to share the many highlights of this beautiful place. Classic Canadians, love it.

Harry Kus

Very friendly staff

Tom Kile

Tourism Centre closed, washrooms locked

Pam

Really helpful ????

Jdma Barznji

Nice relaxing place!

trevor howard

Our experience while in Nanaimo was great every store and coffee shop we went into had great employees, pleasant and chatty, very nice to have when travelling. My only disappointment was could not find parking when pulling a trailer or I would have given Nanaimo *****.

Andrew Schattenkirk

Fenced dog walk area and washrooms

Marc Thorsen

Nice place to stretch your legs, use the bathroom and let the dog out into the fenced dog area!