Things To Do Stay and Play .......in Canada’s only true desert. Osoyoos boasts the lowest rainfall, the highest temperatures, and the warmest lakes in BC. Warm days and cool evenings combine to provide the perfect vacation weather.  Osoyoos offers visitors a variety of recreation and leisure activities.   Golf   If GOLFING is your passion, Osoyoos offers one of the best destination golfing locations in the province.  This   South Okanagan area boasts the longest playing season in the   Interior.  For your golfing pleasure....there are four challenging golf   courses conveniently located to Buc's Bed and Brew.   Osoyoos Golf and Country Club a 36 hole, championship course, nestled against the mountainside, surrounded by  sagebrush and rock bluffs, this desert golf offers spectacular views and a  variety of terrain for you to enjoy your golf vacation.  Score magazine has claimed Osoyoos Golf and Country Club to be "Canada's Best Hidden Gem." Tel: 250-495-7003    Tee Times: 1-800-481-6665  Sonora Dunes is Osoyoos' newest nine-hole golf course, located on Indian Band Land, nestled among rolling hills and lush vineyards. This course offers spectacular views and solitude in this one of a kind natural setting. Tel: 250-495-4653 Fairview Mountain Golf Club located in the city of Oliver (20 minutes away) this golf course is widely acclaimed as one of the best courses in the province. With constant elevation changes this mountain side course offers distinct challenges for every level of golfer. Tel: 250-498-3521 Inkameep Canyon Desert Golf Course  located 1 km north of Oliver's town centre.  This 18-hole course captures canyon and vineyard, sagebrush and skyline in a layout that will delight players from beginner to professional. Tel: 250-498-2880 Wine Tours The wine industry is vibrant and successful. Osoyoos is quickly becoming known as the gateway to the South Okanagan's finest wines. The areas warm days and cool evenings combine to provide perfect weather for grape growing.  A wonderful aspect of these wineries is their easy access because they are all nestled in close proximity to each other. Wine tours  offered by local wineries between Osoyoos and Oliver include: Nk'Mip Cellars, Domaine Cambret, Inniskillin, Gehringer Brothers, Golden Mile Cellars, Hester Creek Estate, Tinhorn Creek, Carriage House Wines, Wild Goose Vineyard and Burrowing Owl.  A complete list of wineries available upon request. Outdoor Recreation If the outdoors embraces your sense of adventure Osoyoos offers opportunities to view an environment rich in nature beauty from rolling vineyards, desert landscape to soft clean beaches.  There are a number of trails used for both hiking and biking in Osoyoos, each with different levels of difficulties. Walkers, hikers and cyclists can experience some of the most gorgeous landscape in Osoyoos or Oliver - just minutes away.  There is an Osoyoos Canal trail that travels along the old irrigation canal that was once used by area orchardists to water their orchards. Mount Kobau Lookout trails offer a beautiful view of the Okanagan Valley and is geared more towards those who want to really get away from the mainstream of things. For a gentle walk along the Okanagan River, there is the Kettle Valley Railway bed that travels North to Oliver. The International Bicycling and Hiking Society has developed a lovely little 20-km river ride between Oliver and Osoyoos along the scenic Okanagan River. To find this easygoing ride, just head east on any of the turnoffs from Highway 97 between McAlpine Bridge (the northern terminus of the trail) and Road 22. Cyclists will find the trail to be safer, faster and more scenic than the highway.Hiking and Biking Trails that have been developed include: Pioneer Walkway and Cottonwood Park, Haynes Point Wetlands Boardwalk, Irrigation Canal Walkway, Mount Kobau Trail Network, Golden Mile Trail, Vaseux Lake Boardwalk, Mt. McKinney Nordic Cross-country Ski Trails. Skiing Mt. Baldy offers a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere that is inexpensive and uncrowded. Mt. Baldy is well-known for its untracked light and dry “Okanagan Powder”. The ski village is east of Oliver in the Okanagan Similkameen region of British Columbia.  In addition to downhill pursuits, Mount Baldy offers a variety of other activities including 20 km of marked snowshoe trails and non-groomed cross-country trails, 20 km of groomed cross country ski trails for day use, a tobogganing area, and an 18-hole championship Frisbee golf course. For those who like to test their skills Mt. Baldy offers a full terrain park – home to the annual Mt. Baldy Slope Style Competition. Reserve Now:  Tel: 250-495-7537 / Cell:250-535-0753 or email thebucs@telus.net.