Getting Around Tofino: Bus, Bike Path, Taxi and Foot

Tofino's Multi-Use Pathway (MUP) is an 8.8 km paved route connecting the town centre with its beaches and neighbourhoods, and it carries a genuine share of local trips: over one-third of resident trips in Tofino use cycling or walking rather than a car, per the District's own figures. E-bikes are permitted on the path under specific rules: two- or three-wheeled bikes with pedals, an electric motor of up to 500 watts and a top speed of 32 km/h, plus electric mobility devices for people with disabilities. Gas-powered vehicles and e-bikes exceeding those power or speed limits are prohibited.

Tourism Tofino also names a longer corridor, the ʿapsčiik ţašii Multi-Use Path, running from Tofino to Ucluelet, a 25 km path completed in summer 2024 and built with the Tla-o-qui-aht and Yułuʔiłʔaẗḥ First Nations. Rental options and the path's rules for rented e-bikes are on Tofino bike rental.

West Coast Transit, run by BC Transit, connects Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, the Yułuʔiłʔaẗḥ community of hitačú, and the Tla-o-qui-aht communities of Esowista and Ty-Histanis. It runs nine round trips on weekdays between 7 AM and 11 PM, and eight round trips on weekends between 7 AM and 9 PM. The adult single fare is US$3.55 (C$5), a DayPASS is US$7.10 (C$10), a book of 10 rides is US$35.49 (C$50) and a 30-day pass is US$70.98 (C$100).

Seniors pay US$1.42 (C$2) for a single ride, US$7.10 (C$10) for a DayPASS, US$14.20 (C$20) for 10 rides and US$70.98 (C$100) for a 30-day pass. Youth 13 to 18 pay the adult rate, and children 12 and under ride free. Fares can be paid with cash, the Umo Mobility app, or a reloadable Umo card available at the District of Tofino's municipal office.

This service is separate from Island Link's Tofino Express, the intercity coach that reaches Port Alberni and Nanaimo, covered on Nanaimo to Tofino.

Tofino Free Shuttle

The District runs a free hop-on hop-off summer shuttle between the village core and the Cox Bay area. The 2026 season runs from Monday, 29 June to Monday, 7 September 2026. Outside that window, West Coast Transit or the bike path cover the same ground.

Taxis and Rideshare

Tourism Tofino's own directory names Tofino Taxi and Pacific Rim Navigators as taxi services, plus Coastal Rides, an app-based rideshare. TikiBus, a locally owned Call-A-Bus service, also runs charters for events. None of these publish a fixed per-trip fare on their own sites, so confirm the price when you book rather than assuming a rate.

Chesterman Beach has direct Multi-Use Path access on foot or bike, plus vehicle access at Lynn Road for the north end and Chesterman Beach Road for the south, with washrooms and showers at both. Cox Bay is reached by a level boardwalk from its parking lot, also on the path network, with a 5-minute trail via Maltby Road to the south end. tinwis, the beach formerly named MacKenzie Beach, sits off Hellesen Drive and Mackenzie Beach Road. Tonquin Beach is the outlier: Tourism Tofino's own page puts its trail at approximately 250 metres, with two staircases and a boardwalk, not a route a bike covers end to end.

Every one of those four beaches also carries the District's own Beach Pay Parking if you drive instead, enforced daily 8 am to 11 pm at US$2.13 (C$3) an hour or US$10.65 (C$15) a day, a fee the path and West Coast Transit both avoid.

Tourism Tofino's own directory names two water taxi operators, Tofino Water Taxi and Meares Island Water Taxi, for trips like the crossing to Meares Island's Big Tree Trail, and two air charter operators, Atleo River Air Service and Tofino Air, running float planes and helicopter service for destinations a road doesn't reach. None of these are part of the local transit network covered above; they're booked directly and separately, in the same way as the boat tours on this site. Booking either one works the same way as the site's tours: confirm directly with the operator for current pricing and availability, since neither publishes a fixed fare on the pages read for this page.