Butchart Gardens and City Tour
4.5
10 Ratings
Central Saanich

This tour combines the best of both worlds: An overview of the magnificent city of Victoria and a visit to the world-famous Butchart Gardens.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Butchart Gardens - This tour combines the best of both worlds: An overview of the magnificent city of Victoria and a visit to the world-famous Butchart Gardens.

Your tour will take between 3.5-4 Hours and begins with a stunning drive along the scenic route to Butchard gardens, on the way we will show you the Lieutenant Governor’s Mansion, Criagdarrow Castle and the best views on the Island on top of Mount Tolmie.

Then we are off to

Butchart Gardens what is one of the world’s premier floral show gardens. Jennie Butchart began to shape this magnificent 55-acre landscape in 1904 from her husband Robert’s abandoned limestone quarry. The result was the dramatic Sunken Garden, a reflection of the early 20th century beautification movement and an exceptional achievement in Canadian gardening history. As a reflection of their world travels, the Butcharts also created a Japanese Garden, an Italian Garden, and a Rose Garden. Through successive generations of the Butchart family, The Gardens has retained much of its original design and continues the Victorian tradition of seasonally changing the outstanding floral displays.

After the visit to the gardens we are commencing our tour of Victoria, a place where the laid-back modernism of the West Coast blends with time-honored British, European, and Asian traditions.Where you will be exploring Chinatown, Government house, Empress Hotel, Inner Harbour and the Old town Bastion Square we will finish off with a look at Fisherman’s Wharf.

You’ll have approximately 1.5 hours to spend enjoying the gardens, which are fully lighted for evening viewing.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Entry fee to Butchart Gardens
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Location
The Butchart Gardens
800 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood Bay
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sandymac1
Oct 18, 2019
Must see! - Perfect day even in the rain. Our van driver arrived on time to pick us up at the hotel. Drove us to the ferry and over to Victoria Island. Then off to the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. 55 acres of manicured gardens that are so well maintained. After walking the gardens we were off to the city and learned all about Victoria and its rich history. Had lunch at Milestones which was quite good. Our driver was great and made sure we were comfortable all day.
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70charmainet
Aug 11, 2019
Butchart Gardens - Alex was amazing and the entire day ran very smoothly. The ferry ride was fantastic the gardens breathtaking, Victoria Islam’s is beautiful well worth spending time time. Highly recommend this tour
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Carolhr5503zy
Jul 14, 2019
Highly recommend - Our guide was Anoushca and she was knowledgeable, kind, and showed us the beauty of Victoria and the Gardens. We learned much about the culture, saw beautiful sights, and were in awe of the Butchart Gardens. Our tour was private (just four of us) and we felt like royalty. Such personal care and stellar information and sights. I highly recommend this tour. We had a sweet connection with our guide and have prayed for her and her husband ever since our tour.
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Jacqueline
Jul 11, 2019
'Duck Fun'! - This is THE tour to take in Victoria! Anouscha was an excellent driver, guide and she is the 'duck whisperer'!!! She showed us all over the Victoria area and seeing the Butchart Gardens in the evening was spectacular! We smiled, laughed and had a great 4 hour excursion with this company!
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Paul
Jun 24, 2019
Butchart Garden and City - Anoushka was great guide. Gave us a wonderful city tour with stops at parks (fed ducks and peacocks), mansions, panoramic views. Gave good historical background and was very knowledgeable. Introduced us to Garden and let us explore on our own which worked out well. Highly recommended.
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Budsalter
May 21, 2019
Seriously Consider This Versus The Cruise Excursion - Why pay $159 per person for the cruise excursion that packs you in a bus, drives you around the city and gives you maybe an hour at the Gardens when you can hire a private car (Lincoln class) and go wherever you want in the city plus the Gardens? We hired the car for a flat $200 USD and our guide showed us all of the sights plus took us to and waited for us at the Gardens. You are in complete control, ride in private comfort and save money! We highly recommend this.
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Samia_f
May 20, 2019
CANADIAN PARADISE - A lovely serence place that enchants the senses. To give it justice, one should commit at least 2-3 hours for the garden walks and an additional hour for the green house and shop.
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Toddsd3085yc
Jul 10, 2022
Night is good, but would prefer daylight - Took this tour from Norwegian cruise line while on the Bliss cruising Alaska. Considering we dock in Victoria at 7:30pm, this tour I think is special as it's in the evening to the gardens. I love the garden lit up at night. However also felt we missed out on a lot and would like to see the garden during the day. I would visit again during the day, but feel once during the evening is enough.
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Jenswiatek
Jul 13, 2019
Not what they say it is - This tour is not what they claimed it to be. They decided to add another party to my tour which caused us to have to wait for 3 other people for an hour. Because of that the driver took us to a petting zoo to kill time. This delay got us back at 3:30 instead one 1:00. I blame the tour group that Viator booked with since they were trying to get 2 tours in one. Very unprofessional. Viator has let me down. I have booked many a tour with them but this was the WORST!!!!!
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