Victoria Tour: Explore Historic Sites and Gardens

Discover Victoria’s charm with a scenic ferry ride, historic landmarks, and the stunning Butchart Gardens. Explore at your own pace.

Duration: 14 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
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 Ferry Terminal - We depart Vancouver and drive south through the city and passed farmlands before we arrive at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal where you will board the BC Ferries.
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What's Included
  • Roundtrip Ferry aboard BC Ferries
  • Deluxe coach transportation
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Admission to the Butchart Gardens
  • Experienced, friendly, and fun Driver-Guide
What's Not Included
  • Personal Expenses
  • Gratuity
  • Hotel Pick-up
Additional Information

Victoria, British Columbia’s capital, is situated on the breathtaking Vancouver Island and is recognized as one of the most picturesque cities globally. It is renowned for its iconic Empress Hotel, Parliament buildings, and the mesmerizing Butchart Gardens. The journey from Vancouver involves a scenic ferry trip from the Vancouver mainland, traversing…

Location
Vancouver Cruise Pier
Canada Place
Please meet us at the FlyOver Canada Kiosk (beside Welcome Centre) 15 minutes before departure and meet your Discover Canada Tours guide (wearing lime green).
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Team_duffer
Nov 12, 2024
Highly recommended Butchart Gardens and Victoria - Highly recommended. I was hesitant about the price as it was more than I planned to spend, but the tour exceeded my expectations. Souch to see and do. Our bus driver was exceptional taking us further than planned and showing us so many interesting sights. The time at the Gardens was adequate on a warm day and I saw everything I wanted to and more. Victoria was walkable and our driver told us where to eat at Fishermans Wharf. A great fun day. As a result of the success of this booking, I next booked the Rockies Tour with Discover Canada.
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Camper61840244310
Oct 11, 2024
Great travel experience with tour guide Kim! - The travel experience was so great! The tour guide Kim is so kind and gives us a lot of information about the places we visited. I enjoyed it so much!
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Fiona
Sep 8, 2024
Smooth day of touring. - Very well organized from pu to ferry,Victoria tour to Butchart Gardens and return. All very seamless and worth every penny. Excellent way to do alot of travelling in one day from downtown Vancouver with the tour guide handling all the details . Highly recommended.
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776kathib
Sep 7, 2024
An incredible tour! - The trip was amazing from beginning to end. Our guide Bernie shared a lot of fun facts about the area during our tour. His friendly approach and fun stories kept the day moving as we started at 7:00 am and were dropped off after 9:30 pm. He was gracious, knowledgeable and fun! Loved the sights in Victoria! Absolutely enjoyed the Butchart Gardens! Would recommend this tour to everyone.
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Lmb1962
Aug 27, 2024
Great day - Driver was amazing Shiloh, went over and above to make day great. Couldn’t help rain but he helped everywhere he could including drop offs to make easier in rain We were mother and daughter but the review options don’t accommodate for that
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Barbara
Aug 25, 2024
Victoria and Butchart gardens - Our tour guide Kim made our trip. We started out in the rain and were concerned that a day walking around Victoria and then the Butchart gardens would leave us a dripping uncomfortable mess. But Kim advised that umbrellas would be available for all, and streets and paths were not muddy. Having grown up on Vancouver Island, she was able to provide insights and knowledge that we believe would not have been provided by other guides. She often checked to ensure we knew she was there to answer questions or concerns and kept us up to date on departure times and locations. We learned so much about the history of Vancouver Island and Vancouver that on a city tour the next day we discovered how much knowledge we received from Kim. She was professional, managed the group well and had a wonderful sense of humor. Victoria is a lovely city and the garden, at the end of August, was still stunning. Definitely recommend.
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1011_1012
Aug 9, 2024
The overwhelming beauty of Butchart Gardens is not to be missed - What could be more beautiful than Butchart Gardens and the city of Victoria, BC. We want to go back! Our very gracious tour guide Rene kept us laughing with jokes on the trip from Vancouver. The ferry ride was amazing. Do not miss this tour if you are in Vancouver!
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Dianet79
Jul 28, 2024
Wonderful experience and tourguide! - We don't usually go on scripted tours like this. However, we wanted to see a flavor of Vancouver Island. This trip with Shiloh as our tour guide was top notch. He was very professional, concerned about safety, and had many interesting stories along the way. This is a stress free way to ride through downtown Vancouver, board the ferry, and see both Victoria as well as Butchart Gardens, which were absolutely fabulous. It was a long day but I didn't want it to end!
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E4458ezchrish
Jul 28, 2024
Great tour - Kim was a great tour guide -- organized, informative, funny. Would recommend her to anyone. And the gardens were just stunning.
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596kurte
Sep 19, 2024
Best tour guide ever - My wife & I had the most fabulous experience taking a tour to Victoria & Butchart Gardens on a day of favourable weather. It was the 2nd time in 12 years but we learned so much more this time around, it was a great tour with a small group (10) in total with our tour guide Rene Picard. Rene is a true professional, was courteous informative and funny and nothing was a bother, in fact he went out of his way to assist us to have the best time.
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