Emily Carr House Tours & Attractions

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.
Duration: 4 hours.

This 2-hour tour is perfect for those visitors on a tight schedule. Visit some of Victoria's top attractions - including Fisherman's Wharf house boat community, the historical shopping district, Canada's oldest Chinatown, and Beacon Hill Park to view beautiful flowers, Peacocks, and the world's tallest Totem Pole. Journey through the Lieutenant Governor's Estate, then view the exterior of the Craigdarroch Castle. You will enjoy panoramic views from the highest viewing point in Victoria overlooking the San Juan Islands and Victoria itself. Pass though the larger estates to view some of Victoria finest homes as you make your way to Oak Bay Marina to visit the local harbor seals. Enjoy a nice seaside drive back into downtown.
Duration: 2 hours.

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours is Victoria's original public transportation company, with services starting in the Gold Rush era of the 1850s. This iconic company is the longest-running, historical attraction in the City; and is recognized for its commitment to the ethical treatment and care of their magnificent, world-renowned draft horses. Their professional, fun-loving guides delight guests with surrounding history, local folklore, and exclusive insights into their horses and operation.

Tally-Ho is a member of the Carriage Operators of North America, promoting best-practices within the industry.

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours: Uniquely Charming. Famously Fun.

Duration: 30 minutes.

Come experience what makes Victoria special through our tour of the historic heritage neighborhood of James Bay and the spectacular Beacon Hill Park.

Our guides will educate and entertain you with information about the history of our city, as it evolved from a small fur trading outpost to a booming gold rush town, to the present day capital of British Columbia.

We have lots of stops for photos along the way, so be sure to bring your camera.

Our guides are able to customize your tour based on what you want to see, feel free to inquire either before booking or while on tour about any wishes and we will do our best to make it happen.

Contact us for other start times.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you discover this historical area of Victoria & the Inner Harbour.

On this easy to walk tour you'll see a variety of historical sites, music venues, artisan shops & marine living that make up the harbour section of the city.

Highlights include Chinatown, Market Square, Waddington Alley, Inner Harbour, the Parliament Buildings, Fisherman's Wharf & more!

GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play.

The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your answer.

Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices.

Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route.

The number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

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Duration: 2 hours.

This 3 hour tour is specifically designed for cruise ship guests arriving to Victoria, BC, Canada. It includes easy and convenient pick up directly at the cruise ship terminal in Victoria and guaranteed on time return to the terminal from your local guide. Early morning and evening arrivals tour start times are also available, see our website for more options. Fall in love with the city by seeing its beauty, charm and friendly character.
Duration: 3 hours.

Visit Victoria's major highlights in the comfort of a full-size, luxury SUV on a 1-hour sightseeing trip. This tour is perfect for guests who are on a tight schedule, with a small budget, and need a flexible start time. The tour is fully narrated with historical facts, currents statistics, and a few spooky ghost stories, too. Make plenty of stops for photo opportunities on this brief but thorough adventure. Local hotel pickup and drop-off included.
Duration: 1 hour.

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As Halloween approaches, when the barrier between the world of the living and the dead is thinnest, we are more likely to experience sightings and ghostly energies. Experience the dark and twisted past of Victoria’s most-infamous haunted buildings and hear spine-tingling tales of their resident ghosts!

Your professional guide is well versed in Victoria’s rich underbelly of history and hauntings, and will take you by some of the most infamous sites. They will also take extra precautions to adorn your beautiful draft horse in brasses and ribbons, which are long-believed to help ward off evil energies; plus each horse will be dressed for the spirit of Halloween, with their own costume.
Duration: 1 hour.