Luxury Beachfront Escape

My husband, myself and our daughter stayed at this property for 3 nights July 21-24th. It exceeded our expectations! "Jenny" was the woman we booked the rental thru and she could not have been any more professional or helpful. She told us the property was wonderful and it was. The location, the view , the recommended restaurants and hikes were all perfect!! We had one minor glitch which i brought to Jenny's attention and she immediately said she would rectify the problem. We WILL return and I would highly recommend this proerty to anyone looking for a little piece of heaven!

We loved our time here. What a great place to relax. The views were huge, both inside the condo and from the large decks...great for watching the tides, waves, and wildlife (easy to spot eagles and whale spouts). The condo is modern, spacious, well-fitted, and very clean. We enjoyed having such amenities as the fireplace, spa tub, laundry, and wi-fi...all worked well. Just steps out the door, you can be on the beach, or on the fabulous Wild Pacific Trail, which made for easy spur-of-the-moment outings. While the Pacific Rim National Park is certainly a draw for the area, we found the public Wild Pacific Trail to be a surprise gem, and did repeat visits at various times of the day, for unbeatable coastal vistas, tide pool exploring, whale-spotting, wave-crashing, eagles, photo-ops. Likewise for Ucluelet: While we did go to Tofino a couple of times to poke around, we were quite happy to be staying in "Ukee", which has its own share of nice amenities, eateries, and a couple of finer restaurants, without as much of the touristy feel. Let me add, though, that we played this vacation very low-key just to relax, but for the adventure seekers, there are plenty of options in the area...more rigorous hikes, kayaking, surfing, fishing, etc. The only thing we don't like about this location is that it is two days' travel from where we live! But we do hope to return someday. The property manager was a delight to work with and made everything easy. It was a great property in a gorgeous location making for a perfect getaway.

You can't beat the view that is for sure.
We discovered that the weather in Ucleulet was beautiful in October. Even days forecast to have a 30% chance of rain were generally sunny and calm with an occasional passing drizzle. If the report said the temperature was only supposed to peak at 55* F we would find times and places on the beach where for a few hours the temp. easily hit the mid 70's * F.
The crowds were gone and the rates lower so a great combination. The condo perfect, well equipped with the exception of a few cooking utensils that could have been improved upon. The master bed was actually comfortable and also has a superb view. We slept great which is not always the case in a rental. The windows and walls are so well insulated that we barely needed to use the heat and would have to open the windows a bit to enjoy the sound of crashing surf. We were lucky enough to experience one of the bigger storms to hit the area which made for some dramatic wave action along the beach and impressive viewing while walking the wild pacific trail. Three days of massive storm and then right back to sunshine.
One of the few downers was that we could find no place that sold fresh seafood that time of year in Ucleulet. We had to drive to Tofino to buy live crab, prawns and fish which seems to be available there all year. The upside is that it is a beautiful drive and we would combine trips to the seafood market with hikes in the Pacific Rim National Park. Just dont get carried away on some gorgeous beach and forget that the seafood market closes at 5:00!
The local CO OP supermarket is a great store. We made the mistake of stocking up on groceries before we left Victoria. The CO OP had pretty much everything you could ask for and more.
All in all we were pleased with the value and quality of this rental and the property manager made everything simple which is how a holiday should be.