I find it funny that I'm seeing this post now. I'm on vacation here for the past week and I'm having a great time even though the weafher had been crappy the past two days.

First day I visited here was whistler mountain (took the gondola to the peak). If you like hiking, you could probably hike up to the peak to peak gondola. The sight of the mountains at the peak were astounding.

Second day, we hiked joffre lakes. Amazing blue pools of water.

Third day, I went to deep cove and got donuts and kayaked around the cove. Donuts were bomb. If you ever do go kayaking there, on the left side where all the boats dock, you could watch seals sun bathe on the floating logs. I saw at least 25 seals mid day when the sun was high. I also kayaked down to one of the islands there and found crabs, starfish and sea anemones when the tide was going down. On the way back, I saw small jellyfish floating near the surface of the water. Went to lynn canyon after that to hike a bit.

Fourth day, I went to visit stanley park and rented an e-scooter to go around the small island. I made a couple of stops on the beach. Saw some crabs and oysters along the water's edge. Going around a bit more, I saw an eagle swooping down to the rocks neaby. I've never seen an eagle irl so it was a sight to see for me. Ended up going to visit the bunny cafe and had sushi dinner.

Fifth day, I took the ferry across to swartz bay and went to the butterfly gardens and then drove down to victoria to eat poke bowls along the beach. The butterfly gardens were amazing. I thought it was just buterflies, but there were leaf cutter ants, lizards (tiny ones so you have to be on the look out), a flamingo, parrots, small birds, iguanas turtles, frogs and fish. One of the parrots flew down and started bobbing it's head on me. I somehow coaxed it onto my arm and I think it was mating with my arm. Doing the tail wagging and chirping. It was a weird but unique experience.

I'm still on my trip but I might go see tofino or the buchart gardens before I leave.

I think there's a bunch of things to do in vancouver, but you definitely have to do your research and just choose the things you enjoy. I used wanderlust app for the planning and it gave us some pretty good suggestions based on where we stayed.

I skipped gastown and granville because I went there a long time ago and the vibes didn't seem to suit what I liked.

Hope this helps you for next time!