Private Vancouver to Victoria and Butchart Gardens with luggage

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Vancouver, Canada

12 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

If you’re looking to explore the city of Victoria on your trip to Vancouver, it can be tricky to know how to traverse the waters to reach Vancouver Island. Instead of working out your own itinerary, on this full-day private tour, join a guide and explore the city at your own pace, as well as the nearby Butchart Gardens.

Private tour: Ask your guide as many questions as you like
Easily get around town in a private car with driver
Snap photos of the region’s dramatic scenery on the ferry ride
Learn facts about Vancouver Island that most guidebooks miss

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Private transportation
All Fees and Taxes
Coffee and/or Tea

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you and your luggage up from everywhere in Vancouver including the cruise terminals or Vancouver airport, and the drop-off location can be anywhere in Vancouver or ports or airport. You can specify this private tour.

Itinerary

Vancouver Downtown

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ferry Ramp

1 hour 35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Butchart Gardens

1 hour 10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Swartz Bay Terminal

1 hour 35 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate

The tour guide is Autism Travel certified and autistic families can reserve this tour and enjoy.
Car seat for children is available upon to request
Strollers, umbrellas, and wheelchairs are available at the gardens
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.4

based on 21 reviews

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Bad is an understatement

Nancyepstein, Jul 2025

Guide barely spoke English. Had obviously not guided at the sights he was taking us to before. He wanted to know everyone's exact age to enter Buchard garden, all they cared about was adult or child. We lost the day due to his lack of language and training. We never got to Victoria

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you for your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that your experience didn’t meet expectations, but we’d like to respectfully clarify a few key points for accuracy. First, our guide is trained, licensed, and experienced, and has completed this exact tour—including Butchart Gardens and Victoria—many times. All our driver-guides are required to assist guests with attraction entry. Asking for ages at Butchart Gardens is a standard procedure, as tickets are priced by adult, youth, child, and senior categories. You were offered the opportunity to start the tour 30 minutes earlier in order to catch an earlier ferry and enjoy more time in Victoria, but you declined, which limited how much could be covered. At Butchart Gardens, your request for the guide to explain every single flower species is simply unrealistic, as no tour guide—unless a trained botanist—can deliver that level of detail for hundreds of seasonal blooms. We have reviewed the GPS logs and dashcam recordings from your tour, and they clearly show that the guide did follow the correct route, entered Butchart Gardens, and visited all planned sights. The reason you did not reach downtown Victoria was due to your own delay in the garden, where your group stayed longer than the recommended time, which impacted the rest of the schedule. We understand that language differences may have caused some confusion, but the tour was delivered in fluent English, and no safety or itinerary protocols were skipped. We take all concerns seriously and appreciate every opportunity to improve—but it's important to ensure the facts are correctly presented. We wish you all the best in your future travels.

Highly Recommend

Stacy_W, Nov 2024

Hamed was a great guide. The garden is beautiful and Victoria is an interesting place with beautiful architecture. I enjoyed the relaxing day of sightseeing and learning from my guide.