Victoria Highlights: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

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Explore Victoria’s top attractions at your own pace with a 4-hour Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour. Create your own itinerary and enjoy onboard commentary.

Duration: 1 day

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Hop on Hop off (Route)

Operating Schedule: Open Top Double Decker Bus - Departures from our red kiosks located in front of the Empress Hotel.

Service operates hourly from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM every day.
The complete loop lasts 90 minutes.
1. 721 Government St

Points of Interest

Empress Hotel National Historic Site of Canada
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What's Included

Customized interactive brochure to guide you
Driver/guide
Unlimited afternoon access
Local taxes
Fully narrated tour

What's Not Included

Castle admission

Additional Information

Discover the best of Victoria at your own pace on a half-day Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour. The comprehensive route takes you to 15 of the city’s most popular locations, including China Town, Ogden Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Craigdarroch Castle. On board commentary offers insight into the city’s history and culture. Feel free to hop off at any destinations…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Connie_h

Mar 23, 2026

Both guides we had were... - Both guides we had were amazing! The lady…I want to say Anne? Was absolutely hilarious!! We went on a Saturday which was obviously busier than a weekday traffic wise and there’s some protest downtown which messes up traffic big time. All in all we would do it again!

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Lucille_c

Oct 9, 2025

Hello Victoria! - If you're a first time visitor to Victoria this is a great way to get a feel for the city's popular sites. You can do the whole ride then go back to those you want to spend time at or hop off at one & catch a later bus to the next spot that grabs your interest. The bus is comfy & the narration was interesting & humorous.

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Maria_b

Oct 8, 2025

Our cruise ship landed in... - Our cruise ship landed in Victoria for about six hours, so having this tour was well worth it. Our driver Brian, was wonderful. He was friendly and informative throughout the whole tour.

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415karinh

Oct 2, 2025

Victoria essential in 90 Minutes - You get to see the most important and interesting areas of Victoria in about 90 minutes round trip and can then decide as you like what you want to take a closer look at and how long you want to stay. The information about headsets is also sufficient for an initial overview. A good and cheap way to get to know Viktoria.

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Hunter_n

Oct 1, 2025

Brian was our tour guide... - Brian was our tour guide and he was wonderful. Very informative narrative during the tour. Was well worth it

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Jacksx9912zf

Sep 30, 2025

Great tour and driver! - Fun and informative tour! We really enjoyed our driver Hummingbird and her stories and descriptions as we wound around the sites if Victoria. It was a major highlight of our visit.

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Webb0412

Oct 5, 2025

Nice Intro to Victoria - This is a great first-day-in-Victoria activity because if you ride the entire 90-minute route you get a good introduction to Victoria and some of the main attractions. On subsequent rides, you can get to some of the sights that are too far to walk from the central city.

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Graham

Sep 30, 2025

A very helpful and enjoyable bus trip. - The bus gave us an excellent overview of the city, so much so we went round twice and got off and back on at several places. Sadly the Craigdarroch (spelling?) castle wasn’t open on a Monday (and a Tuesday) which was disappointing and not something we were told about when we got on. The recorded commentary was interesting and informative and some (not all unfortunately) of the bus drivers elaborated on its content with their own personal insights. This took this element to a different level and those drivers need to be commended.

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Kennygl8464hg

Sep 29, 2025

We won't do it again! - We were on a Royal Caribbean Cruise and this was supposed to be an 11 stop, 40 minute loop on/off shore excursion. We got off the boat at about 3:45PM and needed to be back on the boat by 930PM. By the time we got to the first stop it was about 4:30 and the bus driver told us to exit the bus, she had to go back and get more people from the ship. We were told to get on the bus that was coming in behind her. We got on it, and after we pulled out we found out that he was not part of the on/off tour, but a separate 90 minute tour that did make stops. The new bus driver informed us that he was finished at 6, but the original bus ran until 930, but being the only bus on the route, and she now had 2 bus loads of people to transport. He warned us to not get off at any of the later stops because due to the over booking and the length of the route, we may not have a ride back to the ship. We got off at Fisherman's Wharf, stayed for about an hour, waited at the stop for about 1/2 hour and eventually took a taxi back to the boat. It really was a total waste of our time. The little bit that we saw of the city was stunningly beautiful!! I would imagine that tour would have been much better if we would've been able to start in the morning when there are several buses on the loop. But that late in the day, it was pointless!!

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