Private Tour
Victoria & The Butchart Gardens:Deluxe City and Garden Experience
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Enjoy a luxury city tour with your own personal guide and experience the beautiful and historical city of Victoria. Your guide will show you the major highlights and also some of the city's hidden gems. Enjoy a scenic drive out to the Butchart Gardens. Over 100 years old, the gardens were once an old lime quarry now transformed into a piece of heaven. Even if you're not a fan of flowers, you will be amazed by the layout of the 55 acre estate. After the gardens, enjoy a scenic drive back to Victoria.
This tour is great for those who want to experience all the major highlights in a short time. Please be advised that all sightseeing tours may be customized to the customers requests.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A maximum of 6 people per booking
If you have not already specified, you must advise supplier as soon as possible your ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and departure time so that appropriate arrangements can be made
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
The Butchart Gardens
Explore of the worlds finest garden displays. This attraction is open year round and they do plant for the season. This is Vancouver Islands biggest attraction. This is an old Lime Quarry transformed into an amazing display of color and flowers, surrounded by a beautiful lush forest.
Victoria’s Chinatown National Historic Site
Welcome to Canada's oldest Chinatown, home to the narrowest Alley in Canada, Fan Tan Alley.
What‘s Included
Pickup and drop-off in Victoria
Live commentary on board
Local driver/guide
Admissions to Butchart Gardens
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Van (6 to 14 Guests)
Van (6 to 14 Guests): This is for the group of 6-14 passengers
Pickup included
SUV (Up to 5 Guests)
SUV (Up to 5 Guests) : This is for the group of 1-5 passengers
Pickup included
Reviews
71 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Awesome experience
AnnieMarie W,Dec 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great customer service. Very accommodating and friendly. Tour guide was very knowledgeable. Seeing the castles was top attraction.
Truly see Victoria!
Kimberlee B,Oct 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Lee was fantastic! We got to see parts of the city we would never have seen. Enjoyed the shared knowledge.
Disappointed Victoria Canada
Nancy N,Sep 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00We waited so long to find out that this was canceled because the driver had an incident that prevented him from taking us. We also found out that The Butchart Garden closes at 5 p.m., and our tour was to start at 5:22 p.m., so it would have been close when we arrived. It wasted a whole day in Victoria, Canada, our first time being there. It was very disappointing.
Gardens and Victoria
rockjock804,Sep 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Alan was prompt, friendly and informative. We really enjoyed our tour of the city and Butchart Gardens. Would highly recommend Alan.
The gardens were amazing...
bbzk1,Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The gardens were amazing and the tour of Victoria was great due to our fabulous tour guide Richard from Surfside Adventure tours. He was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and informative.We were a group of 13 passengers that had an enjoyable time.
Phil was a wonderful...
Carol P,Aug 23, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Phil was a wonderful guide and we saw a lot of Victoria that was outside the downtown area. He was knowledgeable and friendly. Great person to have for getting us started at Butchart Gardensn
An excellent private tour of Victoria
Cliverd,Aug 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Alan was an outstanding guide for the 3 of us doing a private cruise shore excursion of Victoria. Alan met us on time right outside the cruise terminal and is a friendly, interesting and knowledgeable person. Nothing was rushed and he was flexible on timing and where we stopped. He is also excellent value compared to pricey and regimented cruise line excursions. I strongly recommend Alan for an interesting, friendly and flexible tour of Victoria.
Fun day in Victoria Canada with our adult children. Our driver, Phil was excellent and knew a ton of things.
Amanda S,Aug 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We only had 5 hours in Victoria Canada. Our driver, Phil took us to the Bushart Gardens and then drove us around the city teaching us so many things. He even stopped so we could have a great lunch.
Lovely morning seeing beautiful Victoria
jgremmert,Jul 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Lovely morning exploring Victoria. Alan was very friendly and knowledgeable. We started visiting Butchart Gardens which wasn’t too crowded and then drove around to get familiar with the area. Really wonderful.
Butchart Gardens and Victoria Tour
Marek O,Jul 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide Lee was very knowledgeable, courteous and helpful in every way. He made our tour of the Butchart Gardens and Victoria a very pleasant and memorable one.
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