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Nature Seekers home learner series

Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre2 hr 49 min by bus · 39.9 km
! built for 6+, your youngest are 3 · capacity is 12, your group is 16 · $150 a child is over your $10 budget
Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre
Cost
$150 a child
$2400 for 16 children
The $150 covers all six weeks. Additional siblings are $90 each.
Ages & size
Ages 6 to 12
Up to 12 children
Duration
2 hours
October to November
Fri
Book by
Not published
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre's website
Our note
This is a commitment to six Fridays in a row rather than a single outing, and the price is for the whole series. Twelve places is a small cohort, so ask early if you want more than one or two children in it.

What the children do

A six week series for home learner families with children aged 6 to 12, running Fridays 10:00 to 12:00 for six consecutive weeks from 16 October 2026. Children learn to identify plants, animals and natural signs, look at seasonal cycles, and build observation and outdoor skills. Every child gets a waterproof field notebook to use as a nature journal. Tuition is $150 a child, with additional siblings at $90 each, and the group is capped at 12 children. Registration is required and goes through email.

Spend each session outdoors around the centre, looking for plants, animals and natural signs, and writing and drawing what they notice in their own waterproof field notebook.

Good to know

Sessions are outdoors whatever the weather, so children need clothes they can get wet and dirty in. Toilets and shelter are not described on the site.

Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
Needs confirmation
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
The Nature Centre is at 1845 Cowichan Bay Rd in Hecate Park.

Getting there

1845 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cowichan Bay, BC V0R 1N0

On foot
8 hr 40 min
too far with this group
By bus
2 hr 49 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
1 hr 19 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

Details checked on 2026-09-03 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-597-2288