NOTE: This tour is subject to availability of return ferry rides to/from Victoria.
This 4 day private tour is perfect to explore Vancouver, Victoria, North Vancouver & Whistler seamlessly, in luxury & comfort. You will tour and explore beautiful Vancouver and Victoria on the Pacific Northwest coast, and Whistler in the highlands of the Coast Mountains. Visit, experience, and enjoy beautiful parks, lush temperate rain forests, gorgeous waterfronts, and engage in outdoor adventure.
Start time for each day tour are as follows:
Day 1 Vancouver: 9.00 am
Day 2 Victoria & Butchard Gardens: 8.00 am
Day 3 North Vancouver: 9.00 am
Day 4 Whistler: 8.00 am
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Private transportation by air-conditioned Mercedes Benz Sprinter van
✔ Bottled water
✔ Private tour, just for you and your party
✔ Private driver/guide
✔ Entrance to Butchard Gardens
✔ Insightful live commentary in English, tailored to your group's interest
✔ Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
✔ Return ferry rides
✖ Hotel accommodation (you book your own accommodation)
✖ Tickets to Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Grouse Mountain, Peak2Peak Gondola
✖ Other out of pocket expenses
✖ Guide gratuities, up to your discretion, but deeply appreciated
Pickup Locations
1. Simon Hotel
2. Accent Inn Burnaby
3. Delta Hotels Burnaby Conference Centre
4. Element Vancouver Metrotown
5. Coast Metro Vancouver Hotel
6. Holiday Inn Express Vancouver-Metrotown (Burnaby), an IHG Hotel
7. Blue Horizon Hotel
8. Auberge Vancouver Hotel
9. Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
10. Happy Day Inn
11. Executive Suites Hotel & Conference Centre, Metro Vancouver
12. Radisson Hotel Burnaby
13. Best Western Plus Burnaby Hotel
14. Fairmont Pacific Rim
15. Travelodge Vancouver Lions Gate
16. Hazelwood Hotel
17. Holiday Inn & Suites North Vancouver, an IHG hotel
18. SureStay By Best Western North Vancouver Capilano
19. Tropicana Suite Hotel
20. Pinnacle Hotel at The Pier
Additional Info: We pick up travelers from all hotels in Downtown Vancouver, and Canada Place cruise ship terminal.
Itinerary
Vancouver
1
Stanley Park
A luscious temperate rainforest in a urban setting, the most beautiful urban park in North America. Learn its history. Visit the Rose Garden, Totem Poles at Brockton Point, enjoy majestic views of the North Shore at the lookout at Prospect Point.
Duration: 3 hours
2
Granville Island
Visit this iconic cultural hub of Vancouver, with its rich heritage and stories of this once manufacturing hub turned tourist attraction. Visit its Public Market, artists studios, antique shops. Stop to enjoy street performers. Pick up some delicious food and drinks.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Queen Elizabeth Park
Queen Elizabeth Park is Vancouver’s horticultural jewel. View beautiful floral display and spectacular views of the park, city, and mountains on the North Shore.
The 52-hectare park is home to the stunning Bloedel Conservatory. There is also a gorgeously landscaped quarry garden, the arboretum with its collection of exotic and native trees, sculptures including one by internationally renowned artist Henry Moore, and diverse recreational offerings such as tennis, lawn bowling and pitch & putt. The park is also the perfect setting for fine dining at Seasons in the Park, a picnic or stargazing!
Duration: 60 minutes
4
Chinatown
Vancouver Chinatown is the second largest in North America, after San Francisco's. Learn about its rich cultural history, the contribution of the Chinese community to the building of the Trans Canada Railways, the Canadian Pacific Railway.
5
Gastown
This is where it all began for Vancouver. Gastown was Vancouver’s first downtown core. It is named for “Gassy” Jack Deighton, a Yorkshire seaman, steamboat captain and barkeep who arrived in 1867 to open the area’s first saloon. View the famed Steam Clock in the heart of Gastown.
Duration: 30 minutes
Victoria
1
A beautifully manicured garden, with separate themed garden - the Rose Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Sunken Garden, a former quarry turned to a beautiful landscaped garden.
Duration: 2 hours
2
Empress Hotel National Historic Site of Canada
Visit this famous hotel, and its adjacent harbour front, and the BC Legislative Building (BC Parlament), and historic Bastion Square.
Duration: 2 hours
3
Victoria’s Chinatown National Historic Site
Visit Canada's oldest Chinatown, dating back to the 1850's, a gateway to the BC Interior and Fraser Valley Gold Rush. Stroll through its iconic narrow Fun Tan Street. Learn its rich history.
Duration: 45 minutes
4
Craigdarroch Castle
Visit historic Craigdarroch Castle, build by a coal magnate Robert Dunsmuir.
Duration: 45 minutes
North Vancouver
1
Deep Cove
A quaint little village by Indian Arm, a fiord formed 10, 000 years ago during the last Ice Age, stroll in the village, enjoy a cup of coffee and pastries in one of the coffee shops, and take a walk along the marina, with great views for photo ops.
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Capilano River Regional Park
Visit the Capilano River Regional Park, and its attractions: the Cleveland Dam, the spillway, the canyon, spectacular view of the Lions (twin peaks of North Shore Mountains).
Duration: 45 minutes
3
Capilano Salmon Hatchery
Visit the Capilano Salmon Hatchery and its Interpretive Centre for an educational tour to learn salmon life cycle; and enjoy beautiful view of the Capilano River Canyon.
Duration: 45 minutes
4
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, experience the Cliffwalk, and Treetop Adventure; visit the Story Centre to learn about the suspension bridge history; and Raptors Ridge to learn about the raptors and wildlife conversation.
Duration: 2 hours
5
Grouse Mountain
Visit Vancouver's premier ski resort. Ride the Skyride to the top of Grouse Mountain. See the Grizzly Bears - Grinder and Coola, watch lumberjacks put on their fun shows, learn wildlife conservations, skii (winter).
Duration: 2 hours
Whistler
1
Britannia Beach
Stop at Britannia Beach, learn the history of the once largest copper mine in the British Empire.
Duration: 30 minutes
2
Shannon Falls Provincial Park
Visit and trek up the 3rd highest waterfall in BC - 300m. Historically, a brick making spot, and later a site for beer brewing!
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Brandywine Falls Provincial Park
Visit the famed horseshoe shaped waterfall, and view the nearby Daisy Lake and the Black Tusk, an extinct volcano.
Duration: 30 minutes
4
Whistler
Visit beautiful alpine village in the Coast Mountain highlands, the venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Stroll through its pretty village, ride and enjoy the Peak2Peak experience, skii, snowshoe, go ziplining.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional info
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
• A minimum of 1 guest per booking is required
• A maximum of 11 guests per booking
• Children aged 5 and under travel for free
