Christmas in Victoria and the Butchart Gardens

Highlights

This Victoria and the Butchart Gardens tour starts with a hotel pickup from your hotel in Downtown Victoria. This tour is offered at three times, including 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6p.m. Once you arrive at Butchart Gardens, your guide takes you around to explore the festive holiday-light displays. Walk through the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas set up at the gardens, and enjoy the sounds of carolers singing some of your favorite tunes of the season. If you’d like you can also rent skates, and ice skate on the rink (own expense). Next, your guide gets you back in the vehicle to make your way around the residential areas. Some of the city’s best holiday-light displays are done by locals. Your last stop is at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Catch sight of the harbor’s Christmas lights before getting dropped at your hotel.

Summary

This Victoria and the Butchart Gardens tour starts with a hotel pickup from your hotel in Downtown Victoria. This tour is offered at three times, including 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6p.m. Once you arrive at Butchart Gardens, your guide takes you around to explore the festive holiday-light displays. Walk through the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas set up at the gardens, and enjoy the sounds of carolers singing some of your favorite tunes of the season. If you’d like you can also rent skates, and ice skate on the rink (own expense). Next, your guide gets you back in the vehicle to make your way around the residential areas. Some of the city’s best holiday-light displays are done by locals. Your last stop is at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Catch sight of the harbor’s Christmas lights before getting dropped at your hotel.

Tour info

Duration

4 hours 30 minutes

Why take this tour?

Enjoy the beautiful atmosphere of Christmas in Victoria and the Butchart Gardens. Start the evening by heading straight to the Butchart Gardens to avoid the crowds and enjoy their incredible light display and festive atmosphere. After Butchart Gardens, stop by some of Victoria's top residential Christmas lights displays. At the end of the tour, your guide will take time to enjoy the festive lights of the Inner Harbor. The tour is approximately 4.5 hours from pick up to drop off.

What’s included?

Hotel pickup and drop-off
1 Bottle of water for each passenger
Umbrellas supplied
Entrance fees to the Butchart Gardens
Gratuities
Entry/Admission - Inner Harbour
Entry/Admission - The Butchart Gardens

Things to know

Before you book

Duration: 4h 30m
Mobile tickets accepted

Covid Policy

Regular temperature checks for staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operator Website

Operated by:

Surfside Adventure Tours

About operator:

Surfside Adventure Tours is a private luxury sightseeing tour business located out of Victoria B.C on Vancouver Island. We offer professional narrated sightseeing tours in and around Victoria and Vancouver Island. We specialize in outdoor adventure, there is nobody out there like us. We take you off the beaten track and show you the best scenery Vancouver Island has to offer. We offer guided wilderness hikes along our majestic coastlines, mountain view and throughout our lush Rain Forest. We also specialize in luxury wine tours out of Victoria. The vineyards on Vancouver Island produce award winning white and red wines. So join us as we take you around to some of Vancouver Islands finest vineyards. We offer transportation in our full size 7 passenger luxury Ford Expedition, and for larger groups our 14 passenger luxury Ford Transit Touring Van. At Surfside Adventure Tours we take pride in offering the cleanest tour vehicles in the city. Free pick up at downtown locations.