Butchart Gardens and Victoria Sightseeing Tour from Vancouver

Embark on a scenic tour of Victoria, British Columbia, exploring its historic landmarks and the breathtaking Butchart Gardens. Discover the beauty of Vancouver Island and indulge in the serenity of themed garden displays.

Duration: 14 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canada Place - Please meet us at Canada Place for a fun-filled daytrip to Victoria. Your bus and tour guide will be waiting for you.

  • Tsawwassen - A 45 minute drive from downtown Vancouver to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. While we are waiting to get on the ferry, enjoy the little ferry terminal market.

  • Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada - Enjoy a 90-minute “cruise” to Vancouver Island. After about 40 minutes, the ferry enters Active Pass and you will cruise through the Southern Gulf Islands, a popular vacation spot for locals.

  • Inner Harbour - As you arrive in Victoria’s Inner Harbour, you will visit the top sighting locations. Starting at Mile O, Ogden Point, Empress Hotel and Historic Chinatown, including the famous Fan Tan Alley and shops.
    Later, enjoy free time to explore on your own or book one of our optional activities.
    Whatever your purpose for exploring Victoria today, our guide is ready to assist you with suggestions on the best restaurants, top breweries, shops and hidden gems.

  • Victoria - Meet your guide at the bus after your free time and we continue to the famous Butchart Gardens

  • The Butchart Gardens - Visit Butchart Gardens: a National Historic Site covering 55 acres and showcasing over 900 species of plants.

  • Swartz Bay BC Ferry Terminal - Relax as we cruise back to the Mainland this evening, explore the outside decks and views.

  • Canada Place - Once we arrive at Tsawwassen Ferry terminal, our coach drives off the ferry and we head back into Vancouver. Arrive back in Vancouver at approx. 9:30 pm

What's Included
  • Great discount on optional activities
  • Roundtrip Ferry aboard BC Ferries
  • Deluxe coach transportation
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Onboard entertainment & commentary throughout
  • Admission to the Butchart Gardens
  • Experienced, friendly, and fun Driver-Guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuity
Additional Information

Regarded as one of the splendid cities globally, Victoria serves as the capital of British Columbia and is situated on the splendid Vancouver Island. It is renowned for its historic attractions including the Empress Hotel, Parliament buildings, and the stunning Butchart Gardens. The journey from Vancouver involves a scenic ferry trip from the Vancouver mainland, passing through the Gulf Islands to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. From this point, you will undertake a driving tour to Victoria, featuring the cityscape of Victoria which includes the Inner Harbour, The Fairmont Empress Hotel, Mile 0, and the traditional Chinatown. There will be leisure time to discover downtown Victoria freely. Additionally, you will visit the globally recognized Butchart Gardens which exhibit 55 acres of themed garden displays encompassing a Japanese Garden, Italian Garden, and Rose Garden. Conclude your day with a tranquil return sailing via BC Ferries, leading you back to your tour’s starting point.

  • Guests 16-18 years of age may travel on the trip without a parent or guardian but MUST have one present on the departure day to sign the waiver forms held by the tour guide.
  • Anyone 15 or younger must have a parent or guardian travel on the trip with them.
  • No booster seats available.
  • The tour still operates when it rains and no refunds will be given within the 24 cancellation policy.
Location
Vancouver Cruise Pier
Canada Place
Please meet us at the covered benches, in front of the Vancouver Convention Centre, next to the Flyover Canada Ticket Booth, 15 minutes before departure and meet your Discover Canada Tours guide (wearing bright green). Your guide will be guiding you to the correct bus.
Cancellation Policy

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

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322tommyl
Jul 23, 2024
Shiloh the memorable guide - Fabulous trip, fantastic weather ☀️our experience was well organised no stone left unturned as our group made their way to Vancouver Island and return, by land & sea. Shiloh the driver/guide was exceptional, his knowledge of all the places we visited was impressive not to mention his interesting and funny stories..,. Thanks Shiloh for a memorable day.👍✔️
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Elcamino2022
Jul 21, 2024
Take this tour! - We consider ourselves very lucky that Ian was our guide for this amazing tour. He was so kind, funny, and so incredibly knowledgeable of everything "Canada". The tour was great. Ian was an excellent leader. We loved the ferry rides, and we were given excellent recommendations for lunch, and things to do in Victoria. I was worried that we wouldn't have enough time at Butchart Gardens, but 90 minutes was enough to get a good look at everything. It's a long day, we met Ian and got on the bus around 8AM and didn't get back to our first meeting place until after 9PM, but we had a BLAST. Highly recommend. Ask for Ian's group!
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Asims503
Jul 21, 2024
Happy Customer! - Corey was amazing and exceptional. Learn so much from him during our guided tour. Thank you so much for great adventure.
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Judylh4855sa
Jul 20, 2024
Amazing tour of Victoria and Butchart Gardens - Our guide, Ryan was absolutely wonderful. He was knowledgeable, answered our many questions, was very professional and personable. The scenery from the ferry was great and we had time to wander around Victoria, and then go on an additional city tour with Ryan. The highlight of the tour was Butchart Gardens! They were so impressive, especially the sunken gardens. We were amazed at the number of plants, variety of gardens and the overall beauty of the gardens. What a wonderful tour!!
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Climber61936925944
Jul 20, 2024
謝謝Ian先生 Wonderful travel experience - Ian先生是這段旅行的司機兼導遊,他很友善也很善談,沿路分享很多有趣故事和笑話,他說從未收到中文評論,希望這則來自台灣🇹🇼留言他會開心,祝他早日完成亞洲旅行~ Mr. Ian thanks so much for your kindness and interesting stories and jokes.
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Luanne_f
Jul 19, 2024
Victoria and Butchart... - Victoria and Butchart Gardens are both beautiful and there is so much to do. Our tour guide Shiloh was very knowledgeable, courteous and explained everything well, so that there wasn't any confusion as to where and when to meet up again.
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700prathamm
Jul 17, 2024
Aug 2023 - Victoria Trip - writing this review after almost an year haha - Went on a solo trip for my 19th Birthday, Randy was my tour guide, she was lovely and funny, full of energy. I loved the gardens so much and I was so lucky we had enough time to see Victoria look around chinatown, hotel empress and all the other stuff, I'd highly recommend this tour, it was pretty and I learnt something about the city.
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Geri_m
Jul 14, 2024
A Splendid area of British Columbia! And not to be missed! - The Butchart Gardens were truly breath taking. The Rose Garden, Sunken Garden and Japanese Garden were so lovely.... we didn't want to leave. The most crowded was the Rose Garden, the other 2 were easy to stroll through. The Italian Garden was not impressive. Perhaps because it was built for Mr Butchart's ducks and not much else was considered!
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Rajinder
Jul 13, 2024
Wonderful experience! - It was a great experience. Our tour guide Meghan was amazing. She is knowledgeable, courteous and funny. Overall we had an incredible time.
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Zaheraf2015
Jul 21, 2024
Your ate up exploring time. - Tour guide chats a little too much, not regarding the actual tour. Literally just non stop about his life… Day tour it’s self is minimal ground time, not good for people who actually want to explore, great for people who don’t know how to explore. Tour will eat up time in traffic, driving around, and looking for a parking spot - rather than dropping off folks to walk and explore. Also due to other people being late, our time at the gardens was also cut short. This isn’t the tours fault, but something to note when doing any tour. Some people in your group might ruin it for you. Cheaper to just buy a ferry ticket, grab and urber to the port and explore downtown on your own.
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