Winter Butchart Gardens & Victoria City Tours

This year don't miss out on Cruise Victoria's winter tours.

Departing Saturdays and Sundays from 811 Government Street, Cruise Victoria is offering a fully narrated Victoria City Tour - this 1.5 hour tour includes Victoria's Highlights including the Songhee's viewpoint, Olde Towne Victoria, Chinatown and Antique Row. Enjoy the upper scale Rockland District home to Government House. See scenic vistas from atop Mt. Tolmie and enjoy Marine Drive, one of the most picturesque in all of North America. Tours are $20.00 CDN per Adult and $10.00 per Child.

Also departing on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the winter is our Butchart Gardens Sightseeing Package - including driver commentary on the history of the Gardens, Gardens Admission and all taxes for $44.00 per Adult and $19.00 per Child. This 3.5 hour tour includes a 2 hour stay at the Gardens - a 50 acre natural wonder.

City Tours depart at 9:00am from 811 Government Street and Butchart Gardens Tours depart at 11:30am from 811 Government Street. Hotel pick-up is available - please call 250-893-9503.

October is Ghost Tour Month

Cruise Victoria is offering a two (2) hour Ghost Bus Tour this October, 24, 25, 30 and 31st. Victoria is Canada's most haunted city! The cemeteries and narrow alleys are overflowing with eerie and mesmerizing stories of ghosts and paranormal encounters. Enjoy a nocturnal narrated ghost tour including some of Victoria’s most intriguing tales of its more famous citizens.

By lantern light, you will visit Pioneer Square, home of Victoria's first cemetery, and Bastion Square once the site of the public hangings at the hands of Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie, the notorious "hanging judge."

Delight in the tales of haunted homes in James Bay where famous ghosts like John Helmcken and Emily Carr still make their presence known. Fingers crossed, you might just catch a glimpse of a ghost on this spirited tour!

This bus tour will tour you to the best haunted sites - where you will have a change to wander the night and hear your escort's tales of the paranormal...

Call today for reservations 250-893-9503.

Pricing from $32.00 Adult or $15.00 Child

Cruise Victoria now sells Horse Drawn Carriage Rides.

Cruise Victoria, one of Victoria's premier sightseeing tour operators has partnered with the leading provider of horse drawn carriage tours - Victoria Carriage Tours Ltd.

Providing carriages seating four (4) to six (6) passengers - with rides between 15 minutes and 90 minutes - enjoy a step back in time with a narrated tour of Victoria. Visit the Cruise Victoria kiosk located at 811 Government Street and book your reservation today.

Cruise Victoria tour tickets now available Online

As a convenience for our guests, CVS Cruise Victoria now offers the option of purchasing all our Butchart Gardens Tour products on-line. The new service provides print your ticket at home convenience or you may request to pick-up your tickets via the Will Call at our kiosk located at 811 Government Street.

Pricing is available in US Dollars and allows you to avoid line-ups and ensure you have a reserved seat on any departure.

Book your on-line tickets with CVS Cruise Victoria.

Butchart Gardens Fireworks Tour

Butchart Gardens Fireworks! It must be summer time.

Cruise Victoria offers tours to the world famous Butchart Gardens to view the fireworks every Saturday night in July and August. Departing from downtown Victoria - 811 Government Street, we offer a 6:00pm departure and a 7:30pm departure with a return trip following the fireworks display.

Are you on a cruise ship, tours are designed to depart the Gardens at 10:45pm to return to your cruise ship by 11:20pm - prior to the ships All Aboard time. If you are not on a cruise ship we have a departure at 11:10pm so there is no rush to return to the motor coach.

Want to stay all day - Cruise Victoria allows guests to travel to the Gardens on any of our frequent schedules and return in the evening. Cost of the tour including admissions and tax is $49.00 Adult, $30 Youth and $19.00 Child.

This is a great tour, don't miss out.

2009 Butchart Gardens Tour Season in Full Swing!

With a kick off day of April 17th, Cruise Victoria began providing daily tour service to an from the Butchart Gardens from Downtown Victoria. Gary Gale, Manager of CVS says "we are seeing a large number of passengers on our service from Blackball Line's Coho Ferry and from Clipper Navigations "Victoria Clipper" vessels." The number of riders continue to rise as the CVS Tour is the least expensive option to travel to the Gardens and includes full narrations and all admissions. Prices start at $10.50 owe way without admission to the Gardens and complete packages for adults are $49 Canadian or $44 USD.

Spring is the very best time to travel to Butchart Gardens and Cruise Victoria makes it easy with numerous departure times and flexible return time from the Gardens. And if you are on a ferry from Washington State like the Victoria Clipper or Coho, pick-up can be arranged for right outside the Ferry Terminal. Why pay more - Cruise Victoria is your best option.

Visit us on the web: CVS Cruise Victoria

Butchart Gardens Tour 2009

This April 17th, 2009, CVS Cruise Victoria will start operating to the world famous Butchart Gardens with multiple daily tours.

Offering the flexibility and price of a shuttle type service, the Cruise Victoria Tour will also offer tour narration and the benefits of a quality tour product. The spring schedule includes five departure times from downtown Victoria with convenient pick-up at select Hotel properties. Guests are permitted to choose their return times from the Gardens allowing visits to be tailored to include an extended stay, lunch or afternoon tea. Visit the spring tour schedule page.

Pricing is in Canadian Funds with Adults at $49 including admissions and taxes. US Adult fares are $42 per person.