Osoyoos, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Beyond Keremeos the road climbs 46km, eventually unfolding a dramatic view, far below, of OSOYOOS – meaning "gathered together" – and a sizeable lake surrounded by bare, ochre hills. Descending, you enter one of Canada's strangest landscapes – a bona fide desert of half-bare, scrub-covered hills, sand, lizards, cactus, snakes and Canada's lowest average rainfall (around 25cm per year). Temperatures are regularly 10°C higher than in Nelson, less than a morning's drive away, enabling exotic fruit like bananas and pomegranates to be grown and prompting … more »