The Things To Do Guide

Between
the pours.

Museums, hikes, spas, ski hills, escape rooms, hockey games, viewpoints, and everything else the Okanagan does when you're not tasting. Every entry rated four stars or better.

All Regions Lake Country Kelowna West Kelowna Peachland Summerland Penticton Naramata Bench Okanagan Falls Oliver Osoyoos

The Okanagan isn't just wine. It's the trail down to the waterfall, the hockey game at Prospera, the axe throwing lane, the desert cultural centre with the pit house, the pyramid winery, the ski hill an hour up the road.

This is the guide to everything between the pours. Same rule as the Nightlife Guide — four stars or better on Google, or it's not here. Some things are seasonal — those are tagged. Some are inside jokes only locals know. All of them are worth a stop on the way to somewhere else.

And when the day is longer than three hours — you know who to call.

Waterfront Hills · 49.60° N

Summerland

Steam train, ornamental gardens, and a sweet factory.

Summerland has the valley's only heritage steam railway — a 90-minute ride through orchards and vineyards behind a restored 1912 locomotive. Add the giant's-head hike above town, Sun-Oka Beach on the lake, and Summerland Sweets' free factory tour, and you have a full day that isn't just wine.

Heritage Railway
Kettle Valley Steam Railway
Prairie Valley Station · Summerland
A restored 1912 steam locomotive pulls open-air cars on a 90-minute run through the vineyards and over a trestle. Themed rides in summer (Robbery! Wine tastings! Great Train Robbery). Runs May through October.
May – OctFamilyHeritage
Beach
Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park
Highway 97 · South of Summerland
Long sandy Okanagan Lake beach with clean water. Rated among BC's top beaches. Popular but big enough to spread out. Grassy picnic areas.
BeachSwimmingFamily
Viewpoint Hike
Giant's Head Mountain Park
Above Summerland
An extinct volcano cone at the town's edge. Drive most of the way up, then a short walk to the summit. Panoramic lake and vineyard views.
ViewpointEasy Hike
Botanical Garden
Summerland Ornamental Gardens
Agriculture Canada Research Station · Summerland
Fifteen acres of trial gardens run alongside Canada's federal fruit research station. Free. Rose garden peaks in June, xeriscape gardens all summer.
FreeGardensFamily
Factory Tour
Summerland Sweets
Canyon View Road · Summerland
Family-run since 1961. Fruit candies, jams, and syrups made from BC fruit. Free self-guided factory tour with samples. The kind of stop that's better than it sounds.
FreeSamplesFamily

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Wine tour in the morning. Museum in the afternoon. Dinner and a game or a show. Anything three hours or more — we drive, you enjoy. Home safe when the day is done.

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