Ottawa Walking Tour: Small Group with Boat Cruise
4.1
10 Ratings
Ottawa
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
What's Included
  • Narrated walk past the giant spider sculpture, Royal Mint and Notre Dame Basilica
  • All admission included
  • See the Centennial Flame and Fairmont Chateau Laurier
  • Local Tour guide - fully narrated tour experience
  • Experience the Byward Market
  • Cruise on the Rideau Canal (seasonal)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Your journey will commence when your local and amiable guide greets you at the colossal ‘Maman’ Spider sculpture situated in front of the National Gallery. This magnificent piece of art will surely leave you astounded.

Following this, your route will take you towards the renowned ByWard Market, encompassing breathtaking sights of the Royal Mint and Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica. At the Market, you will encounter numerous historic landmarks and institutions reflecting the city’s vibrant past and present.

Moving forward, your path leads to The Centennial Flame, permitting an enchanting view of the splendid Fairmont Chateau Laurier en route. This fountain, shaped like a flame, stands as a tribute to the centenary of Canada’s Confederation.

Concluding your journey, you will embark on a serene River Cruise to witness the distinct downtown vistas and explore the splendid Ottawa River. On boarding the boat, your tour will conclude, and you will bid farewell to your guide.

Location
Maman
Sussex Drive
Meet your guide in front of the Maman Giant Spider sculpture at the National Gallery of Canada. Your guide will be wearing a white polo shirt with our company logo on it. Please arrive 10 mins prior to the start of the tour to ensure the tour starts on time.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gilllee7947
Oct 4, 2023
Short walk and cruise - Our guide was informative, enthusiastic and well versed on the area. Cruise part was very relaxing after the walk and the guide there was very good.
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Timothy_m
Sep 17, 2023
Good informative tour ... - Good informatiove guide (Katherine) and explained the highlights of Canada's capital city. The cruise at the end of the walking tour was also very informative and gives you differing views of the Ottawan skyline from the river. Very pleased we chose this particular tour.
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David_n
Sep 12, 2023
Both the walking tour and... - Both the walking tour and cruise were enjoyable. The walking tour guide was very nice. We loved the narrator on the cruise.
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Veshannah
Jul 20, 2023
A great way to discover the city of Ottawa - I REALLY enjoyed my Ottawa walking tour. It was a group tour but I was the only person who showed up and instead of canceling it they made it a private tour which was awesome. I was able to do some things I probably couldn't have done with a group and I was able to ask more questions and have a better conversation with my tour guide concerning the city of Ottawa and Canada as a whole. I thought my tour guide Andrew was very knowledgeable and upbeat, he made the tour interesting and a lot of fun. I highly recommend this tour. I didn't expect much from Ottawa but left wanting to return and experience more. The boat tour was also a great addition to this tour. I felt like it added tremendously to the allure of the city.
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Clairesm7006pr
Oct 7, 2023
Nice tour of Ottawa - We were the only people on the tour. Our guide was young but very personable. He was learning the business so didn’t have all the extra history and information that experienced guides would have. President Zelenskyy was in parliament on our tour date so it was exciting to see the motorcade (twice actually) but it meant the Parliament grounds were closed. We enjoyed the walking tour but really enjoyed the river cruise. That guide was young, vibrant, knowledgeable and spoke everything in French and English. Overall the combination was good but not worth the per person price (plus tip)
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Joanu500
Sep 13, 2023
Disappointing walking tour, lovely boat tour. - Our walking guide met us at the appointed time and place and was cheerful We were, however, very disappointed that our guide did not seem to have an agenda, and chose to engage in political discussions, which we felt were inappropriate and at times disrespectful, putting participants in an awkward position. The guide could have given us more information about many local public art installations and buildings. The scenic River cruise was lovely; the on board guide spoke well in the two official languages, and chose to be respectful of all elected and appointed officials,
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Climber50773374944
Aug 23, 2023
Ottawa walking and boat ride tour - The walk around tour was okay, just a central location and the boat ride was basic. The whole experience was not as eventful as I expected, hence overpriced.
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Lester_g
May 31, 2024
Don't bother - This was not well organized tour. Don't book this one. On the first day we booked this tour, we arrived 10 minutes earlier at meeting place. Nobody showed up. I sent multiple messages to the guide, nobody answered. After 30 minutes past meeting time, I had to call Viator, which had a live person answering the phone. They put us on hold for 20 minutes and came back to tell us that the guide was sick so they had to cancel this tour today. But nobody had a courtesy to let us know ahead of time. Because of this schedule we wasted a whole morning instead of other activities. They asked if we wanted to keep the same tour for the next morning. I had to cancel the other activities to keep this tour. The next morning, a girl named Angie met us at the same place. She said the guide was sick so she came to replace the guide to show us around but she was not a guide. She really didn't know what she was doing. She took her phone and looked at a list and said if we wished to go there. when we asked any questions, she didn't know. She checked google on the phone. We walked around for about a couple sites for about 30 minutes, we stopped at monument plaza. She said she needed to get the tickets for our cruise. Then she fumbled on the phone for another 15 minutes. We took the next 15 minutes trying to transfer the tickets to our phones. After that, she said her job was finished. She showed us where to board the cruise ship and she left. We had about one hour before the cruise time. The walking tour was supposed to be 1 and 1/2 hour plus the boat cruise. I ended up only seeing 2-3 places and the walking tour lasted only 30 minutes. I don't want to blame Angie. She was in the wrong place doing the wrong job. If they didn't have the right person to operate this tour, they shouldn't gotten the bookings. It had wasted 2 mornings of our schedule. We only scheduled to say in Ottawa for 2 days. I also need to complain about Viator.com. I had been booking with Viator for many many tours. This kind of bad encounter had never happened. When I reported to Viator and asked for some kind of compensation, they refused. Apparently they don't care about a valuable customer like us.
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