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Hobos Pond Get Away is situated in a rural community, a stones through away from the seaside towns of Parksville and Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. Our cottage is located on 5 wooded acres on the Englishman River in the rural community of Errington. The Hobos Pond Cottage is close to the City of Parksville where Hobo guests can enjoy restaurants, gas stations and up scale grocery stores. On Saturday a local farmers market offers fresh flowers and locally grown veggies. A twenty minute drive takes our guest to many popular sites. Guests can enjoy and visit Butterfly World, the Animal Rescue Centre and the world famous Goats on the Roof Market in Coombs. This market draws guests from all over the world.
Our well equipped cottage is located on five semi-wooded acres and is on a bluff overlooking the Englishman River. This well appointed cottage offers guests a peaceful and relaxing place to rewind from the bustle of city life. You can enjoy forest bathig and star gazing. Bring your dogs. They enjoy our peaceful area too.
Our location allows our guests to make day trips to many of Vancouver Islands favourite destinations like Tofino on the West Coast.
Hobos Pond cottage has a rustic trail that in minutes takes guests to the river side where guests can hike for miles along the Englishman River. This is an incredibly beautiful hiking trail. The trail goes through a Nature Trust Park and for guests willing to take a longer hike the hike comes out at an awesome suspension bridge at the Top Bridge Regional Park. This is an amazing park famous for its pot holes in the river. Take a snack and a bottle of water and wear your hiking boots and take this wonderful hike.
Only a five minute car trip takes our guests to the beautiful Englishman River Falls Provincial Park. In twenty minutes of hiking guests can cross the falls and go down to a second bridge and hike back up to the parking lot.
Our comfortable Hobos Pond cottage can host five or six guests comfortably. There is a large deck on the front of the cottage looking down into the Englishman River. A short rustic hike from the deck and you will arrive at the rivers edge. From the rivers edge you can enjoy a swim in the fresh, clean pools in the river or hike a riverside trail through wonderful wooded forest.
Our comfortable cottage offers three queen size beds and is suitable to host between five and six guests. There is a fully equipped kitchen with a washer and dryer. The living room has two leather loungers, a chesterfield and a TV where guests can watch NetFlix or Roku movies. The cottage is equipped with high speed internet suitable for guests who want to work while relaxing at Hobos Pond.
A large deck with a picnic table, barbecue and loungers looks down into clean, clear pools of water in the Englishman River. A rustic trail leads within minutes to the rivers edge and our guests have the options of swimming and/or hiking the trails along the rivers edge.
This comfortable and charming cottage shares the property with our main house but is situated far enough away to provide guests with privacy.
On the main floor of the cottage is a bedroom screened off from the open area kitchen and living room. A very sturdy oak staircase leads to the loft with an additional two queen size beds. The main floor has a full bathroom and the loft has a toilet and sink so guests don't need to take the staircase to use the bathroom at night.
Everyone is welcome. People who come to explore the island and hike, swim, enjoy yoga or just relax love it here.
We welcome small to medium size dogs who are kept on leash until they become familiar with the property. Then they can run around. Our guests tell us that their dogs love it here.
This property has some dangers for small children so we only welcome guests over the age of 12 who can enjoy the property unsupervised.
Come and enjoy this beautiful place with us. Welcome!
Marlene and Harvey