Victoria 1-Day Tour From Vancouver (Butchart Gardens) (Chn&Eng)

Vancouver, Canada

12 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Maximize time in British Columbia with a full-day sightseeing tour from Vancouver. Board a ferry for a scenic ride to Victoria and check out popular landmarks including the Butchart Gardens. Learn about local neighborhoods like Chinatown and sites including the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. At sunset, ride the ferry back to Vancouver.

Explore beyond Vancouver on a full-day tour to Victoria
Ride a ferry to Victoria and discover several landmarks
Visit the popular Butchart Gardens, Chinatown, and Legislative Assembly
Admire views during a sunset ferry ride back to Vancouver

What's Included

Comfortable, medium-sized coach with A/C
BC Ferry tickets
Professional Driver/Guide
Butchart Gardens -Admission tickets

Food and drink
Mandatory Service Fee $20/person

CA$20.00 per person
Personal Expenses
Travel Insurance

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Select a meeting point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Tsawwassen

1 hour 35 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Butchart Gardens

1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia (Pass By)

Royal BC Museum (Pass By)

Fan Tan Alley (Pass By)

Inner Harbour

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vancouver

1 hour 35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
The total duration includes trasportation.
We don't have infant seats on the bus and infants are not required to sit on laps, we will still provide a normal seat to infants. Parents could bring their own infant seats
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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Featured review

Carol_M

This was a very nice tour. We saw everything as described. The tour had to be rearranged on the day due to ferry issues but we did not miss anything. Charlie was friendly and informative and handled the changes well. Butchart Gardens were beautiful. So many daffodils and hyacinths, Victoria was nice and even nicer when the sun came out! All in all a lovely day.

Reviews

4.5

based on 75 reviews

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It was all good, I didn't...

SVETLANA_D, Jul 2025

It was all good, I didn't understand one thing, why did someone put us, two Europeans, in a Chinese group? Who did it and why?

Small Group

MC_J, Jun 2025

The majority of the tourists on the bus didn't speak English. The guide was bilingual and did a good job of keeping everyone informed.

Worth the trip

Emily_K, Nov 2024

Great experience, well run & was good to see Victoria! Logistics went well and our tour guide Jake did a great job to ensure a wonderful tour.

Fun day in Victoria

Maribel_R, Sep 2024

The driver was excellent. Our favorite place was the garden, so beautiful and serene. Driving around and seeing all the lovely sights in Victoria was fun and educational.

Great tour if you don’t mind a long ferry ride.

Zoe_J, Aug 2024

Butchart Gardens were the highlight of the day, but we also enjoyed exploring Victoria. It was a long day with about half of the time on the ferry. Our guide was very knowledgeable, repeating the information in three languages. One concern we had driving into Vancouver from The USA was parking. The tour company had no information about parking, but a website SpotAngels helped us find free day parking close to the pickup location.

A dream tour

Ellen_H, Jul 2024

Fully comprehensive tour with excellent planning and tour guide Ken He was helpful, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, experienced and understanding An excellent guide with three languages and cultural references An experience that we will come back for other trips Good value for money and easy booking via website

Good experience

Monica_R, May 2024

Charlie was a good guide. The locations chosen for the tour were good and there was enough time for each stop. Bring cash for the service fee!

Inexpensive and affordable. Maybe consider a little more if you can.

Juan_O, May 2024

I had a mixed experience and I'll try to be impartial with my review. I'll start with the good: Pro's: -Inexpensive (maybe a con, see below) -Charlie Za, the tour guide, was excellent. He kept the tour on time and was very knowledgeable. -I was able to see very remarkable aspects of Victoria. -Access tickets to the gardens, ferry and bus transportation was included. Con's: -This is more a half day than a full day. The reason why is, to make it inexpensive, the costs are cut in the transportation. From the time that I was picked up, to the time you arrive to Victoria, is 4 hours. The tour bus makes multiple stops to pick people up at other locations, finally to make it to the ferry which is 1.5 hrs from Vancouver to Victoria. So a total of 8 hours is going back and forth, leaving only 4 hrs to explore. So, in conclusion. If you are on a budget, this maybe the thing for you. However, if you can afford it, spend a little more and arrive early and leave Victoria later. You will have more time exploring the local scene.

Long day of touring

Victor_V, May 2024

The tour from Vancouver to Victoria began with an early pick up in a deserted parking lot of a Chinese grocery store. Then we boarded a minivan with 12 other people for a commute of 4 hours including a 1 1/2 hour ferry ride. Our first stop was downtown Victoria for shopping and lunch in Chinatown. Then on to Buchart gardens for a 1 1/2 hour tour of the gardens. Back to the minivan for the 4 hour return trip to Vancouver. The driver/guide was very knowledgeable regarding the area and the major points of interest. He was helpful in guiding us to good lunch places in Chinatown. He did a good job in keeping everyone on time, although some of the guests weren’t very well organized to be on time. My only suggestion is to offer a pickup place other than a deserted grocery store especially in an unfamiliar area at 7:30 in the morning.

Lovely day out!

Carol_M, Mar 2024

One of the best experience I have visiting Canada

Dillon_X, Dec 2023

This is my first time visiting Canada and I glad I choose this tour company. Ken Hui Is our tour guy he has in depth information and knowledge about this tour, we will definitely come back in summer. Hope this help.

Victoria and Butchart Gardens

Randall_A, Nov 2023

Victoria and Butchart Gardens 1-day tour is amazing. Not to mention, Andrew with his humor is a fascinating tour guide.

Charlie did a great job

James_K, Nov 2023

Charlie was a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and entertaining guide. He achieved a well balance between English and Chinese narratives and explanations. I would heartedly recommend his experienced service.

Poorly planned lunch

KAREN_W, Sep 2023

Our guide John was excellent and the gardens as well as Victoria were lovely but time taken to go to a restaurant not of our choosing was not at all acceptable! If we pay our own lunch then we should have taken more time in Victoria and/or at the gardens where we could grab something to eat on our own.

Butchart Gardens- Highly recommend!

Margaret_T, Sep 2023

We had a wonderful experience! Butchart Gardens is breathtaking! Ken, our tour guide, did an amazing job communicating with folks in both English and Mandari. He also kept everyone safe, entertained, happy, and on time. In addition, using our personal camera's he took amazing pictures like those of a professional photographer. I highly recommend this tour!!!

Self-guided tour with a marathon lunch!

Pamela_G, Jul 2023

We were driven to a hotel where we had lunch way downstairs at a place called Jade Fountain. We were not familiar with the restaurant process and were blindsided with a bunch of dishes brought to us. Not knowing we were being charged for each dish. Our driver knew the restaurant owners. Our tour guide did not explain any of the sites we were seeing. He was more like just our glorified driver. It was not a good experience for the money charged. We definitely did not have a good tour guide.

Charlie was rude. I was...

Kim_K, Jun 2023

Charlie was rude. I was parking and running to the bus stop. Made comments about me being late. Instead of stopping hr embarrassed me in front of people. That is very rude and made the start of my tour unbearable.

Good tour but…

Madelyne_A, May 2023

This tour should not be offered to English speaking people. Very little English. Not enough time in Butchart garden. The Victoria and the Ferry were very good but Butchart was rushed. Driver spent an hour in a shopping center to allow people to have lunch, when there was a lot of food and time to eat in the Ferry. That hour should have used in the Butchart garden. I do not recommend this tour to English speaking people. We couldn’t understand most of it.

Dissatisfied

Jan_M, Oct 2022

A very long day for not enough time at the spectacular gardens Pick up location not convenient long way out of downtown Couldn't hear the driver as microphone was not working Quite disappointed as is expensive 2hrs at gardens not enough time Pick up 7.15 drop off 7.15

Belle sortie

Christophe_S, Jun 2023

Très jolie ville et jardin extraordinaire Le guide était très prévenant et nous a donné plein d'explications fort pertinentes

Excellent sur toute la ligne

Murielle_P, Jun 2023

Très belle expérience. Excellent guide qui nous fourni plein de commentaires pertinents On a vu tout se qui était prévu au programme et on a même eu plus de temps pour chaque activité puisque l’on a pris le traversier plus tôt que prévu Un gros merci pour cette visite fort agréable et bien organisé