Echo Valley Ranch & Spa - BC Luxury Lodge

It was my daughter’s wedding and every aspect of our weekend was fabulous. The staff were so friendly and welcoming. They accommodated all of our requests with a smile.

The place is just absolutely beautiful and the people you meet and interact with are just wonderful. Exceeded our expectations!!!

If you enjoy hiking, biking, meeting new people, and riding horses, this is the place to go.

Will plan to return in future!

I can only say: Paradise on earth! Such a very special, very peaceful place with the most stunning views! Trees, mountains and valleys all around, it could not be more beautiful! We were in awe! Such a great place for the horses, with huge winter and summer pastures. Beautiful little ponds to try your luck fishing, or just sit on one of the many benches and listen to the gurgling creek. Endless trails for biking, hiking or horseback riding.

I can’t even say what the highlight of our stay was, somehow they were all highlights. Let’s start with the food: The meals were superb. I probably had the best lamb and Thai dinner ever, despite having been to Greece and Thailand. But it wasn’t just the food itself, it was also the people preparing the food and the people sharing those meals with us. Such a kind and interesting team. And such fascinating conversations at meal times! By day three, I’m sure we all sounded like old friends, so much animated story sharing, teasing and laughter going on! A very special atmosphere with very special people! Clearly one of the highlights of our stay, much appreciated and enjoyed three times a day...! (We opted for the family style meals, but you could choose to eat by yourself as well.)

There are so many interesting and different activities on offer, but the best thing is, you can be as busy, or quiet, as you want to be, your choice! We opted for horse harmony, trail rides, fly fishing, survival spirit and Spa treatments. Plus the daily morning Thai yoga, very different from the yoga we know, and such a great way to start the day! Together with the three meals a day, that kept us ample busy. But we also took our time to relax and just “be”. In this kind of place, we sometimes just wanted to stand by the paddock and watch the horses. Or enjoy the scenery, completely in awe. Or play with the dogs and cats…

Having a Spa Treatment was yet another special treat! We tried the fusion treatment as well as the Thai massage. After that experience, I will probably switch from my usual deep tissue massages to Thai massages, I enjoyed it that much!

Last but not least the trail rides. They can be as long or as short as you want them to be. We started out with the Horse Harmony to get to know our horses better and then off onto the trail rides, even though we were absolute beginners. Such fun riding through the forest on those beautiful animals! Seeing a bear from a safe distance was very exciting. We’ll forever cherish the beautiful pictures taken on those trail rides!

We cannot thank our hosts and the whole Echo Valley team enough for this very special time we shared in their little piece of heaven. Thank you to all of you!

Silke, Victoria BC
Petra, Germany

I stayed here for 3 nights to film some content for their social media and website; and it was a great mix of work and enjoying the ranch itself. The staff are all very attentive and caring, with Mike the manager being available at all times to make sure you have the best experience possible. Mia was very quick to learn all our first names when asking our dinner orders or any other questions, and she quickly unlocked my room that I accidentally locked myself out of, whoops haha.

If you love animals or want to learn to, they have 3 dogs, plenty of horses, and some cats to get to know, all very friendly.

The food was absolutely amazing, the views are stunning if you're going for a horseback ride, e-bike ride, or a hike.

I hope to visit again in the winter to see the landscape blanketed in snow, and try out the different activities offered that time of year!