The road from Sooke to Port Renfrew is paved all the way, and in good shape. The road from Port Renfrew out to Botanical Beach is also paved and easy. The trail from the parking area down to the beach is easy -- mainly wide gravel with slight grades. Most important thing is to check the tide. Don't go at high tide, as there will be nothing to see. Don't go at the low slack. If you do, then the tide will be rising as soon as you arrive. Instead, plan to arrive at the beach about an hour or so prior to low slack. Also, be careful on the rocks -- the green seaweed is very slippery; and don't venture too close to the edge. A rogue wave could wash you out to sea. Don't get me wrong. This is NOT a dangerous area, but you just need to be smart.

From the parking lot, if you take, it is 20 minutes or less to get down to the water. The walk down to the tide pools is slightly more difficult, but neither path is difficult. If you are taking this route, I found it useful to wear a pair of good rubber sandals to the tide pools as there were some parts of that walk when it became easier to get my feet wet.

You can drive to Botanical Beach from Port Renfrew in about 15 minutes. They have a good parking lot (its a round about) and at least two major access ways down to the beach, one long, one short. The shorter route is the second path down, not the main path at the end of the parking roundabout which, lets say would be 12 o'clock if you were looking at it,..go to the 9 o'clock path and it's about a 25 minute walk to the beach - easy walk. And the Place to Stay is Wild Renfrew...great little cabins and rooms...and close to pub