Day 4 Botanical beach

Today we walked 14km to Botanical beach. This is a stunning area and is the last part of the Juan de Fuca trail. The path is good and we found this the best of the entire trail as there was a clear path. Local youth groups from the area built the last 3km of the trail and had added boardwalks over the creeks to make it easier to traverse.
Sea mist prevented any large marine wildlife spotting in botanical bay but we did see a blue heron fishing by the shore, it was about 1 metre tall. We also saw starfish, sea anemones, tadpoles and mussels in the tide pools and humming birds at Port Renfrew.
You cannot camp near here so we travelled back to Port Renfrew after finishing the trail. It is an additional 4km walk uphill and quite tricky on tired legs.
The little town of Port Renfrew is idyllic and a real treat; the people we have met here have been incredibly helpful and friendly. We are stopping one night then catch the west coast trail bus back to Victoria.