The Tube Shack - River Tubing in Lake Cowichan

Discover Lake Cowichan’s best-kept secret with The Tube Shack’s all-inclusive river tubing adventure. Enjoy crystal clear waters, pristine scenery, and complimentary shuttle service.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 109 S Shore Rd - Everyone in your booking must be a competent swimmer. If not, please DO NOT continue booking. You will be refused service upon arrival for your own safety.

Small children must wear a lifejacket and share a swift tube with an adult if they are unable to swim.

Float down the beautiful Cowichan River in your choice of regular tube or kayak-style swift tube. The journey takes 2.5-3 hours and will take you under bridges and over gently tumbling rapids. At the end, our shuttle drivers will pick you up and bring you back to the Shack.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Use of inflatable tubes
Additional Information

Experience the ride of a lifetime with The Tube Shack, Lake Cowichan’s premier all-inclusive tubing adventure company!

Tube the Cowichan River and enjoy the crystal clear water and pristine scenery as you embark on an epic two and a half-hour journey down one of the most beautiful places on earth. The island’s best-kept secret is Cowichan River Tubing!

We provide fully licensed and insured river tube rentals with complimentary shuttle service back to Lake Cowichan. The Tube Shack is the best way to river tube the Cowichan River!

Choose from your classic round inner tube or upgrade and relax in our bigger and longer swift tubes, complete with cup holder and double paddle.

Location
109 S Shore Rd
South Shore Road
We are located under Jakes at the Lake.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(145 Ratings)
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Marlenebp9355zl
Jul 24, 2024
Can’t wait to do it again! - Had the best day floating with girl friends for a birthday celebration! What a perfect way to meander down the beautiful scenery and feel like you are on a vacation away from it all! Great tubes that have paddles to help steer through the water and the shuttle back to where we started was awesome! Thx Tube Shack for a wonderful day!
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Valerie_m
Jul 23, 2024
Fun in the sun tubbing - It was a blast, first time and we are already booking to go again! Every part of it was fun and at the end having a ride back was great.
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Clancy57
Jul 21, 2024
So worth it - Online booking is really simple, and on-site service is really organized and helpful. Shuttle service at the end was prompt. Kiwi style ice cream afterwards is next level.
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Melanie
Jul 2, 2024
BEST SUMMER ACTIVITY $ CAN GET YOU - We have been enjoying the Tube Shack for many years.... It is truly the best activity $ can get you Always great service- friendly, helpful staff from check in....to the newer service of help getting into tubes on the dock (cheers to helpful Tyler) Relaxing and enjoying the beauty of the Cowichan area.... Great additions of new safe stairs at the dock to get in and at the exit beach Clean, safe shuttles back to your vehicle Highly Recommend - 5 STARS
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Dbwexler
Aug 22, 2023
Great experience! - Absolutely lovely tubing experience. Nothing like rolling ;leisurely down the river, and Tube Shack took good care of us. Only wish we had gone a little earlier in the summer when the water might have been moving a little more swiftly. Don't miss this Vancouver Island experience!
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Keysookecanada
Jul 31, 2023
Tubing the Cowichan River - We did the river tubing twice in July with our grandchildren and we all had a blast. The kids loved the mini rapids and the slow meandering float down the river. The staff at the Tube Shack was very helpful and thoughtful. Our special needs daughter dropped her water bottle into the lake while trying to get into her tube and the thoughtful young men on the jetty got it back for her and returned it when we got back from our trip down the river. The driver of the shuttle bus was very friendly and polite. Overall an exceptional experience. We also went tot he local ice cream shop the Tube Shack recommended and they had great ice cream and lovely staff who were very friendly, helpful and patient with kids placing their orders. Two wonderful days of loads of fun!
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Quynh_d
Jul 15, 2024
Relaxing tubing - Relaxing, but first half of river is very slow unless you want to paddle. There is a home who sells snacks halfway through who takes credit cards.
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Kalentam2022
Jul 9, 2024
Would love to see this become wheelchair accessible - Everything was great except that it isn’t wheelchair accessible at all. It is such a shame because tubing is a great activity for many people, including those with limited mobility. I find it disgraceful that the lifts on their shuttle busses don’t work, and don’t seem to have any plans to make them work. The tubes were great, and it was very easy to book and use the tube shack’s system.
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Rickylu3189xh
Aug 16, 2023
Cowichan river tubing - The tube shack experience was perfect for us. We brought our own tubes and used the shuttle service with the discounted ice cream at cowabunga’s. Used the online registration for both and both vendors provided their services seamlessly. Got wristbands at tube shack, lazily floated down the river with the whole family. Boarded the shuttle with ease and arrived at our destination, (riverside inn) had our delicious ice cream at cowabunga’s. The blueberry flavour is sooo good. Enjoyed it all but did get sunburnt! Remember to load on the sunscreen!
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Z
Aug 9, 2023
Bad service great float. - We arrived and the girl in the shack told us to grab any float on the side of the building. We did we grabbed 7 of 7 tubes we were ready to go. The girl came over just as we were going to the dock and told us that we needed to pay an additional $10 each for the tubes we had chosen it was confusing. Because we were ready to go we paid. The staff needs to be more clear on difference of tubes. The float was amazing the service was not.
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