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
Canada Place Cruise Ship Terminal
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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Neilwh492wf
Jun 19, 2025
Victoria and Butchart Garden Tour - Brilliant tour. Our guide, Byron, was a legend tweaking the tour to avoid the other large groups without us missing anything.
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Curious18913711400
Jun 17, 2025
Great tour that packs a lot in - This is a great trip if you want to visit the picturesque Victoria or the spectacular Butchart Gardens and don't want to bother with renting a car and working out how to catch a ferry yourself. We were picked up on time from Vancouver CBD and dropped off at the restaurant we booked on our return. It's worth noting that it's a very long day and even if the ferry runs on time, you're not going to get back to downtown Vancouver until 9.30 pm. Our tour guide, Rebecca, was awesome - super attentive, knowledgeable and helpful.
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Teriss7361we
Jun 1, 2025
Well organized tour, knowledgeable guide, comfortable bus - Well organized, smooth day. We choose to do the tour because it would’ve been very difficult to arrange the ferry, and transportation to Butchart gardens. Ian the tour guide was friendly, funny, and entertaining. The tour bus was comfortable- 16 people in our group was nice- not a huge group tour. We enjoyed stopping at Mile 0, downtown Victoria, and of course the gardens were beautiful.
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Lithobates
May 28, 2025
A Perfect Day Trip with an Exceptional Guide - The Butchart Gardens & Victoria Tour from Vancouver was fantastic. We started as a group from Canada Place - no time wasted on multiple hotel pickups, which made the day more efficient. After a scenic ferry ride (bring your binoculars to view seabirds and seals) and short drive to Victoria, we had free time to explore, shop, and grab lunch. Don’t miss Red Fish Blue Fish for amazing fish & chips and seafood chowder - it’s well worth the wait. Butchart Gardens was stunning and after a full day, drop-offs were conveniently made at various locations in Vancouver. What made this tour exceptional was our guide, Ben. He’s incredibly knowledgeable about the area and its history, and shares it in a way that’s both informative and entertaining. His sense of humor brought so much personality to the trip, and he has a real gift for engaging people. I’ve been on many tours over the years, and Ben is hands down one of the best guides I’ve ever had.
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Dreamer62213790563
May 26, 2025
Great tour guide. - Byron did a great job. He was always looking out for his guests. He planned the day to minimize the impact of the crowds. As a BC native, he provides some great insights.
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Lesley
May 17, 2025
A memorable experience - I cannot recommend this company highly enough enough. The driver Byron went over and above to make our tour memorable, his knowledge of the area was unmeasurable. Everything is organized with no delays.
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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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914larryn
May 25, 2025
good experience - Good tour of Victoria and the Gardens. The weather was nice and sunny. I would recommend this tour. The tour guide/bus driver was great.
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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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From $200
up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).