BUDGET/FREE ACTIVITIES

Activities for the budget conscious traveler. Fun doesn’t have to be expensive!

CARNAVON PARK

Carnavon Park A developed sports park (3.97 hectares), surrounded by residential housing, with playing fields for rugby, soccer, ball diamonds with score/concession building, tennis courts, tennis backboard, and lacrosse box, with washrooms and change rooms.  There is a children's rotary water park with assorted climbing structures and a municipally operated licensed daycare centre ("Paddington Station"). 

BEACON HILL CHILDREN’S FARM

Beacon Hill Park - Childrens' Farm is an inexpensive and fun way to spend an afternoon outdoors with the kids.  The farms' goats, sheep, bunnies, peacocks, potbellied pigs, miniature horses and other animals are perennial family favorites. Visit the goat petting area and take part in the renowned goat stampedes at 10:10 am and 5:10

ESQUIMALT NAVAL & MILITARY MUSEUM

For the military buffs in the family, the Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum is something to check out! The museum follows the development of the naval presence on the West Coast of Canada. It traces this development from its beginnings in 1848 when Esquimalt Harbour - large, sheltered, and close to Victoria -- began to