Highlights
- Overnight tour to Victoria from Vancouver
- Spend the afternoon exploring the stunning Butchart Gardens
- Enjoy a 90-min ferry ride through the Gulf Island - keep your eyes open for whales!
- Take a scenic float plane ride back to Vancouver
- Round-trip transportation from Vancouver to Victoria
Useful Information
Empress Hotel, Victoria
You will be picked you up from your downtown Vancouver hotel by shuttle and taken to the ferry terminal at Tsawwassen where you board a BC Ferry bound for Victoria. As you cruise through the Gulf Islands, keep your eyes open; a variety of whales are known to inhabit these waters, turning your ferry ride into a whale watching excursion! Even without a whale sighting, the scenery throughout the Inside Passage is beautiful.
Once in Victoria, you are whisked off to the spectacular Butchart Gardens where 55 acres of pristine gardens will be the focus of many pictures. After admiring the gardens, your coach takes you on a brief tour of the city. By 3:30pm, you’ll have been dropped off at the Inn at Laurel Point, ranked highly by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine for several years, with the next 24 hours at your disposal. Make the short walk to downtown Victoria or enjoy a meal at Aura, the Inn's restaurant boasting spectacular views of Inner Harbor and Victoria.
The next day you are free to enjoy whatever activities you please. At 5pm the bus will pick you up from the hotel for your trasfer to the float plane terminal for your scenic flight back to Vancouver.
Reviewed by patricia e, September 2012
This tour was everything and more that was promised. Our tour director, Terry, was terrific and picked us up at our hotel right on time. He was informative and accommodating and cheerful. Everything went off without a hitch and we all loved his "You betcha's".
Reviewed by William J S, October 2012
Took the 2 day tour which was enjoyable but would have preferred more time at Buchart Gardens - 2 hours was insufficient especially since we had over a day to explore Victoria.
