If hiking or biking interest you, one of the most scenic treks you can take is the Myra Bellevue Provincial Park southeast of Kelowna. It has nearly 8,000 hectares of wilderness in the highlands overlooking Okanagan Lake and features the 8 kilometre long Kettle Valley Rail Trail with 16 wood trestles and two mountain tunnels stream trains once chugged along that now are for your enjoyment to walk, run or cycle over.
While you are on Westside Road, check out Lake Okanagan Resort Stables. Trail
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rides and cattle drives are a mainstay, but it also features the only “ride and swim” program you will fi nd in the Okanagan. A two hour trail ride includes taking a dip in Okanagan Lake with a horse to cool off in the hot summer sunshine!
West Kelowna is home to the Gellatly Nut Farm, Canada’s fi rst commercial nut orchard begun in the early 1900’s. This four hectare working farm is a regional park still growing and selling walnuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, butternuts and more.
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Rasa gallery
Jock Hildebrand’s Rasa Gallery
2880 Scharf Rd Westbank B.C. Tel: +250-768-3408
www.jockhildebrand.com
April to October: Wed - Sat 10 am - 3 pm or by appt. November to March by appointment only.
Studio and foundry tours by appointment
You will also fi nd International sculptor Jock Hildebrand’s Rasa Gallery in West Kelowna. Visitors can enjoy a glass of wine while touring the gallery exhibiting Hildebrand’s latest creations. Also located on this beautiful property are his studio and foundry. Tours with explanations of the bronze casting process are available during gallery hours or by appointment. Hildebrand is known primarily for his stone and bronze sculptures located as close as Dobbin Road in West Kelowna, and as far away as Vietnam and the Czech Republic.
On your way to the Rasa Gallery don’t forget to make a stop at Kalala Organic Estate Winery on Glencoe Road. The winery has an old-world charm and a breathtaking view overlooking Okanagan Lake.
Of course wine tours are rapidly becoming the Okanagan’s most sought after summer draw. A trek down Boucherie Road in West Kelowna will take you to Rollingdale, Beaumont, Mt. Boucherie, Little Straw, Quail’s Gate and Volcanic Hills Estate Winery, the newest winery in West Kelowna. Their geothermal, state-of-the-art heating and cooling system offers winery visitors a taste of energy effi ciency with fi ne wine. All wineries are situated on Mount Boucherie, a 60 million year old extinct volcano that has provided the perfect soil to grow award winning wines. >
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