For personal assistance with planning your trip, call the Customer Information line at 382-6161, and press zero for a Customer Service Agent.

Transportation Providers: Air

Harbour Air Seaplanes, 950 Wharf Street.

Harbour Air features three special excursions. Passengers can wing over the spectacular scenery of the west coast on the Prince Rupert Panoroma flight, travel to the Tshimsian Indian Village at Port Simpson or spend time exploring the native culture of the historic fishing village of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Schedule details at www.harbour-air.com or call 627-1341.

Take any downtown bus to Douglas & Fort.

Helijet Airways, 79 Dallas Road.

Want to take a daytrip without the hassle of traffic? Helijet will whisk passengers from Victoria to Vancouver, Abbotsford, Whistler or Campbell River. Helijet can also arrange private charter flights over BC's spectacular mountain scenery.

Details at www.helijet.com or call 1-800-665-4354.

Take the #30/31 to Dallas & Montreal.

Kenmore Air Seaplanes, 1000 Wharf Street.

This Seattle-based floatplane service offers scheduled flights, charter service and special packages to the San Juan Islands, downtown Vancouver, the Gulf Islands and the Inside Passage. If fishing is on your agenda, Kenmore Air whisks visitors to more than 20 lodges along the Inside Passage.

Schedule details at www.kenmoreair.com or call 1-800-543-9595.

Take any downtown bus to Douglas & Fort and walk westbound two blocks.

Victoria International Airport.

Schedule details at www.victoriaairport.com or call 250-656-9927.

BC Transit offers limited service to the Victoria Airport. Six trips per day in each direction are offered between downtown and the terminal building.

For travel to the airport at other times: Transportation is provided by the Airporter Shuttle Bus (386-2525) from various downtown locations to the Airport terminal. The Airporter will also provide service between the terminal and BC Transit's McTavish Park and Ride site where transfers can be made to downtown and other public transit destinations. The Airporter runs every 30 minutes from approximately 4:00 a.m. to Midnight. Call for fare information.

Take the #75 Airport/Saanichton/Downtown or the #83 Sidney/Brentwood via Airport.

West Coast Air, 1000 Wharf Street.

Take a float plane excursion to Chatterbox Falls where your plane will maneuver the length of Jervis Inlet to a secluded fjord, and then set down for a three-hour picnic lunch alongside a glacier waterfall. West Coast Air also offers excursion packages to Whistler, Butchart Gardens, the Sunshine Coast and a mountain escape to alpine valleys, rivers, and waterfalls, landing on a glacier-fed mountain lake.

Schedule details at www.westcoastair.com or call 1-800-347-2222.

Take any downtown bus to Douglas & Fort and walk westbound two blocks.