Bus Tours, Carriage Tours,
Garden Tours, Walking Tours

With a reservation, you can choose a closed or open topped bus - all drivers of our Royal Blue Line Double Decker English buses are skilled at dodging under trees to keep you safe on the upper deck! We have a thorough knowledge of the interesting history of Victoria and will amuse you from start to finish on your journey to see the famous Butchart Gardens just a half hour's drive through Saanich Peninsula farmlands. You can spend as long as you want at the gardens and catch a bus to suit your timing for the journey back. Conveniently located by the harbour alongside the Royal London Wax Museum, you can join one of our tours just about anytime. We also do tours of the City of Victoria and Craigdarroch Castle, of course you get the best possible service.

VICTORIAN GARDEN TOURS

TEL:
250-380-2797

WEBSITE/EMAIL:
www.victoriangardentours.com
joan@victoriangardentours.com

LOCATION:
Victoria

Come with us and explore the beautiful gardens of Victoria BC.
We offer year-round guided and narrated tours of our glorious gardens and points of interest en route.  We specialize in designing tours to meet your group's special interests.  Complimentary transportation can be provided with advance notice. We invite you to join us in visiting some of the unique public and private gardens that have been developed by local gardeners. Enjoy a few hours or the entire day seeing the best gardens Victoria has to offer.

 Tally-Ho is Victoria's original horse drawn carriage and horse drawn wagon sightseeing tour company.
We offer horse drawn carriage tours, horse drawn wagon tours, sightseeing tours and guided tours, in the City Of Victoria BC, Canada.

A sightseeing tour with Tally-Ho is perfect for a Victoria romantic getaway, wedding celebration or entertaining Victoria guided city tour with your family.

 

Your Central park style carriage ride is a guided tour that begins from downtown, near the Victoria Harbour and continues through some of the cities most beautiful heritage houses in Southern Vancouver Island. Guided tours also pass by the second oldest Chinatown in North America - only San Francisco's is older.

 

Our historic Victoria Carriage Tours will be a memorable activity with that special someone or with your family. Choose your favorite tour from our list of six historic Victoria Carriage Tours.

 

 
John Adams, one of Victoria's foremost historians and renowned story tellers offers a full range of exciting opportunities for you to discover the past in Victoria, British Columbia's beautiful capital. John began conducting public tours through Victoria's Old Town, Chinatown, waterfront and haunted places in 1970. Select one of his ghost tours or history programs to suit your interests and schedule. If you want to make your own program, you're in luck. Custom and group tours are his specialty. Enjoy Ghostly Walks and History tours year-round!

Chemainus Tours offers a variety of sightseeing, eco, and educational tours of the Cowichan Valley, including
winery and golf packages.
All tours are round trip from Victoria and other Vancouver Island centres.
Travel in our comfortable, well appointed, air conditioned Vans and Buses.
All children under 5 years travel free.
A minimum of four required for each tour. We also provide professional tours of Chemainus and the "World Famous Murals" aboard our "Steam Train" - a narrated tour of the world famous murals, heritage buildings, parks and other attractions.

We offer Personalized Tours, with a Video Graphic component. Video Graphics is the art of videotaping, then editing in such a manner, so the customer looks like a Star! To enhance the video tape in a more structured, pleasing way, editing includes, your own, music, narration, titles, still pictures, fades, dubbing. You can take home a Video Memento of your Holiday. Imagine, being able to show your friends and family, the breathtaking beauty that you experienced, Rainforests, Beautiful Beaches, Spectacular Waterfalls, Eagles close up in the Wild, an Osprey diving for fish, Seals at Sunset etc.  Since we take small groups (Two to Six People) we can get closer to nature and wildlife, we can spend more time on what interests you. 

Discover this intriguing Forbidden City, Canada's earliest Chinese settlement, on historically rich tours with culinary adventures. Walking tours of Old Chinatown will take you through the history and character of this remarkable community. Explore: The Oldest Temple, Hidden Passageways, Dragon and Fan Tan Alley, Exotic Tea Tasting, Herbs & Chinese Medicine, Chinese Produce, Art Galleries, Markets, Tong Ji Men Gates of Harmonious Interest, Art Galleries, Secret Societies, The Blue Bridge, Harbour Boardwalk, Chinese School, Old Hung Fut Kung Fu Club, Unique Shops and Restaurants. Also discover the sites and remnants of  Opium factories, Gambling Dens, Cormorant Street Settlement, Brothels, Old Opera and Theatre site, and many other Historical accounts

Victoria, as the capital city of British Columbia, is steeped in history from the early days of our native people to the booming gold rush years in the mid 1850's. Now a cosmopolitan city of 320,000, Victoria is dedicated to preserving its fascinating past. 

Bird's Eye View Walking Tours specialize in historical walking tours that highlight heritage buildings, unique areas and amazing characters from the city's past. The walking tours range in time frame from just over an hour to a full day, if you wish. 

We are proud to show you our beautiful city and help you explore its Inner Harbour, Old Town, Market Square, heritage homes, Antique Row and Chinatown. Our experienced guides love telling the stories of our amazing history and can engage audiences of all ages.

A Leisurely stroll around The Old Town with a Former English Bobby, writer and story teller. A Heritage lover with an attitude and sense of humour. Envision the Old Town when Victoria was Queen and Gambling was King.

Ten thousand years of First Nations survival and self-sufficiency.

A stroll down memory lane with the arrival of Captain James Cook and his motley crew. The creation of an outpost of the Hudson Bay Company. The arrival of Gold Miners and the days of wine women and song in the Old Town. A glimpse at a very Victorian Victoria of the 1890's.

The goal of Victoria Bobby Walking Adventures is to inform, amuse and educate our Guests. The terrain is flat and friendly!

WEBSITE/EMAIL:
www.oldcem.bc.ca

oldcem@oldcem.bc.ca

LOCATION:
Victoria

Victoria's Ross Bay Cemetery opened in 1873 to serve the burial needs of the growing city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Overlooking Ross Bay, it is 11 hectares in size (27.5 acres) and has almost 28,000 interments. Not just a burial ground, it serves as a park and restful get-away for many people. 

Come inside our website and take a virtual tour, meet some of the more famous residents, learn about issues that concern twentieth-century cemeteries or just enjoy some of the stories of this great cemetery. Then, once you know your way around, join us on one of our afternoon Tours at Ross Bay Cemetery.  See our website for complete information on the many choices of tour you can participate in.

 The Mission of Victoria Carriage Tours is to provide an unforgettable horse-drawn carriage experience for its customers.  This is accomplished by providing our customers with a high degree of quality in our carriages, uniforms, decorations, and other amenities. Key to our success is our professional, courteous, and informative drivers and tour guides. 

Perhaps we should let a visitor say more for us: "We are so glad that we took a carriage tour while on our honeymoon in Victoria. We saw your beautiful city from a whole new perspective and my wife constantly remarks to her friends what a romantic experience it was riding such a beautiful horse-drawn carriage. Thank you again" - Calvin Brooke, Seattle, WA

 Adventures Victoria delights in hosting people who enjoy expanding their horizons through ELDERHOSTEL. The age range is 50 to 80 plus. Our speakers are knowledgeable, but not intimidating. The atmosphere is welcoming, informal and friendly. 

We offer weekly programs from February until November. Victoria’s “Mediterranean” climate is mild in the spring and fall and never too hot or humid in the summer. We have a convenient downtown location and field trips in town and country — old-growth rainforests, sandy beaches and fragrant gardens.

Royal Tours and Charters welcomes you to the Pacific Northwest, the Olympic Peninsula, and Vancouver Island.
The Olympic Peninsula is home to the magnificent Olympic National Park which includes Rain Forests, hot springs, spectacular coastline and the ever popular Hurricane Ridge.
We offer daily bus tours to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. Our Hurricane Ridge Tours are easily accessible from Victoria.
We also provide the only daily bus tour from the Olympic Peninsula to Victoria, British Columbia and The Butchart Gardens.

Kabuki Kabs are three-wheeled, pedal-powered, vehicles-for-hire. Fully licensed and insured, they are a great way to get around the tourist  centre of Victoria!
Kabuki Kab drivers provide historical and sight-seeing tours showing you  the best Victoria has to offer! 

Our drivers are fully trained, informative, courteous and entertaining. They can advise you on exciting local events, the best dining establishments and so much more.

One of our motto's is "Don't be shy, give it a try!". Our files are full of  pictures and letters from thousands of tourists who have taken a tour  on a Kabuki Kab. One of the most consistent comments is "...it was the highlight of our visit...".

Gray Line offers many Sightseeing Tours of Victoria
The Grand City Drive Tour is a must to round out a visit to Victoria. This value-packed tour shows you the real Victoria -- you’ll discover the best of Victoria’s lovely homes, gardens and points of historic interest on board an authentic English double-decker bus.
Learn the fascinating history behind famous landmarks like the Empress Hotel, Chinatown, and Antique Row.
Your narrated tour includes a brief stop at Cattle Point with views of Oak Bay and the Coast Mountains.
See the exclusive residential areas of the Uplands and Oak Bay have and enjoy a ride along Marine Drive with its scenic views of Mt. Baker and the San Juan Islands.