--- description: Find out why Tofino, British Columbia is on TIME's list of the world's greatest places of 2022. title: Tofino, British Columbia: World's Greatest Places 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14af77f371328b12/698a3387e6e84a14a02af158/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2022-TofinoBC.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 12, 2022 # Tofino, British Columbia Wilder West by Claudia Laroye  The floating sauna at Tofino Resort + Marina in Tofino, British Columbia. The floating sauna at Tofino Resort + Marina in Tofino, British Columbia.Jill Salter On the windswept west coast of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island lies tiny Tofino, a former fishing village and the traditional home of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, now a bustling community surrounded by the [UNESCO Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve](https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/eu-na/clayoquot-sound "undefined"). Wildlife tours, forest hiking, and walks along wide sandy beaches reconnect people with nature. Powerful winter storms produce ocean swells, creating epic storm-­watching opportunities and a thriving cold-water surfing scene. Earlier this year, the Tofino Resort + Marina debuted a new experience, the [West Coast Floating Sauna](https://tofinoresortandmarina.com/west-coast-floating-sauna/ "undefined"). Accessed only by boat, the wood-fired cedar sauna bobs in a still, secluded bay inside the reserve. The 63-room Tofino Resort + Marina, co-owned by former NHL players Dan Hamhuis and Willie Mitchell and business partner Andrew Purdey, also offers adventures from fishing to free diving, paddle­boarding, and whale or bear watching. A new multiuse pathway through [Pacific Rim National Park Reserve](https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/visit/visit5/visit8 "undefined"), completed this year, connects the park visitor center to [Tofino](https://tourismtofino.com "undefined") village. ?apsciik tasii (pronounced _ups-cheek_ _ta-shee_), a 15.5-mile accessible trail created in partnership with the Yuulu?il?ath and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, provides people of all ages and abilities a safe and sustainable way to experience one of Canada’s most spectacular landscapes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/"},"headline":"Tofino, British Columbia","datePublished":"2022-07-12T11:06:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:04:29.222Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14af77f371328b12/698a3387e6e84a14a02af158/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2022-TofinoBC.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14af77f371328b12/698a3387e6e84a14a02af158/Worlds-Greatest-Places-2022-TofinoBC.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/","name":"Tofino, British Columbia"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The World's Greatest Places of 2022","description":"50 extraordinary destinations to explore","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/by8VqGWH/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2022-07-11T22:04:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/by8VqGWH.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/","duration":"PT1M47S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2022/6194492/tofino-british-columbia/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```