75-Minute The Royal Tour
Victoria, Canada
- 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Travelers interested in history will enjoy touring Victoria in style on a 75-minute horse and carriage tour. Your guide will tell you all about Victoria’s history and how the “garden city” became the capital of British Columbia. Enjoy the views as you are pulled through the Old Town, Chinatown, the Inner Harbour, and elsewhere. Kids especially will love the horses.
- A fun way to get an overview of Victoria’s sights
- Receive personalized attention on a private tour
- Ideal for first-time visitors to the city
- Enjoy the feeling of being pulled in an open-air carriage
What's Included
- Driver/guide
- Professional guide
- Tour escort/host
- Private tour
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 600 Menzies St, Victoria, BC V8V 2L8, Canada
Departure Point: On the corner of Menzies and Belleville Streets, under the Green Umbrella. Dates: See Availability
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility issues
- 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
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This tour covered mostly the park and old residential area. Our tour guide was great. The carriage would be more comfortable with 4. Tight squeeze for 6
Grace was fun but there really wasn’t enough room for 6 people They did provide blankets and the horse was beautiful.
What a lovely weekend. Our driver/guide, Claira, was really knowledgeable and engaging. She was enthusiastic and young, and obviously loves her job and Victoria. What a joy! The ride was comfortable, informative and absolutely stunningly beautiful. So happy we did it at sunset. There was a nice big cozy blanket to keep us warm.
carriage only holds 4 people. Not 6 after 10
days of eating on a cruise ship. Toured the area around downtown and 2 parks. Guide was knowledgeable.
Good for all ages
A nice look at BEAUTIFUL Victoria!!!
Calm, well spoken, knowledgable driver (Savannah) who gave us a choice of quiet, unnarrated vs a light but informative narration.
Historic Tour of homes, parks on a horse drawn carriage. Very informative and fun for whole family. Had lots of fun.
Interesting history, beautiful horse, friendly driver, centrally located in Victoria definitely recommend and extremely relaxing
This was a great tour that showed some important spots and shared the history of Victoria. Fender was great and so was Kiera (I hope I spelled that correctly), our guide!
We had a great experience. Our driver was very knowledgeable and friendly. It does get pretty chilly near the ocean, we went in late May.
Cassidy was very polite and friendly host for our event. however, the weather was a bit chilly and I would advise others to dress appropriately. also the place is not near the cruise dock and the cab charged us flat fee of $15 each way. we prefer this to booking in groups where 25 people get toured. in our situation, as it got cold, we asked Cassidy to take a shortcut back to home which may not have been possible in a group ride.
We signed up for the 75 minute carriage tour that was supposed to include Chinatown and other areas. Most of our tour was spent in the historic district looking at old homes. It was nighttime, so we really couldn’t see much of anything. My biggest issue was we were unable to hear our driver as she did not have a microphone. Our other group in a different carriage had a driver with a microphone, which would have been much better. I would not advise taking this tour at night as you basically can’t see anything other than the lights on the government building. We couldn’t hear anything the driver said.
Absolutely best tour and the company was amazing to work with. We only had a short time in Victoria but we got to see so much in the time we had!
This ride was the best thing that happened to us on our 10 day cruise. We were joined by new friends we met on the ship. The carriage was delightful and the tour guide very informative and personable. It was the perfect ending to our cruise.
Our Guide was absolutely wonderful, Hannah! Even though we had been on other tours within the city, Hannah added so much more to this experience with her extreme knowledge and experience. We learned many new things while enjoying a beautiful ride in a carriage, guided by our gorgeous horse Donner!
Beautiful scenery knowledgeable guide would recommend. The guide was very friendly and informative and the ride was very smooth.
Lydia did a fantastic job being our carriage guide! Fender, our sweetie pie horse, was so good! Book this tour!!!
Our tour was the perfect amount of history without any forced, awkward humor or over-talking. We learned a lot from our knowledgeable and capable guide, Sophia. Everyone in our crew, from ages 12-73, thoroughly enjoyed the tour and views of the city it provided.
Very friendly staff. Friendly horses. Knowledgeable driver and great storyteller. Saw some beautiful houses with amazing histories.
Very cold at night . Difficult to hear the narrator. Not enough of the city was seen. Took us thru a dark park and residential neighborhood
Juliet was a wonderful guide. Unfortunately, the carriage lost a rubber about 30 minutes into our 75 minute experience and needed to return to the “Pit”. Thankfully, we were able to return to our ship directly from the horse station. We were offered additional time after the horse could be transferred to another carriage, but were were worried about getting back to the ship in time.
When I book the trip, it said there was room for six. When we arrived, the carriage would only hold four. They did not offer any explanation or compensation so two of our party members had to go find something else to do because they also would not offer a refund on anything booked through Viator.
Additionally, nothing on the agenda was covered and due to a parade in town they dropped us off in a completely different location in a city we’d never been to before. Do not recommend.
We had a great time on our carriage ride. McKayla was so informative and gave us great insights to the city we knew nothing about. Warm blankets were so helpful because it was quite cool and windy that night. It’s a beautiful city and a perfect relaxing tour near everything!
Wonderful experience if you have a short stop in port while cruising. Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Great and efficient way to see the city.
We did not go to many of the locations listed in the description. Mostly neighborhood views at night
Violet, our driver/tour guide, was great and we loved our ride though beautiful Victoria! Wish our stay was longer to explore the city more.
There was a mistake with the timing of our reservation which was completely my fault, but the company was extremely accommodating and made sure we got our tour and got back to our cruise ship on time. Our driver (I wish I remember her name, she was with Macintosh the horse) did an excellent job giving us historical information mixed with funny anecdotes about Victoria while multi tasking driving the carriage around a route they don’t normally take. Highly highly recommend!
We had a great time on our 75-minute royal tour. Hannah was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. And of course Barney, our horse, was adorable. A great way to shuffle around Victoria and see some of the sites!
Unfortunately it was raining but our driver provided well for that. Rode through the park and charming architectural neighborhoods. Provided good historical info but you do not go into the bay area or city streets. We enjoyed our driver correcting her horse (was a little stubborn). We would have appreciated it if the driver had a microphone as could not hear her when she talking forward. Otherwise it was an enjoyable ride and something a little different.
We learned so much fun history. Who knew Canadians could be so sneaky! It’s a beautiful city and I’m jealous that Canada got it. Good for you Canucks!
Victoria was our last stop on our Alaskan cruise and thought this would be a nice ending. Emma was very informative on the history of Victoria. It was a very nice tour.
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