Worth the trip but not enough time at the Gardens. It was a lot to do when we were not traveling.
Review by: herbie2448, December 2017
Great tour with ferry trip and tickets included. _br/_ Butchart Gardens are a must see but you need a full day for there and back plus Victoria._br/_ I little more of Victoria itself would have been nice rather than dropped for more souvenir shops but it is a pretty town and worth the visit.
Review by: John C, October 2017
There was too much travelling and not enough time spent in vancouver island. If I was to go again i would definetly stay overnight as we just didnt have enough time
Review by: kido, October 2017
Awesome..beautiful gardens. Great day out.
Review by: Dave, October 2017
Simply amazing tour. I highly recommend it. - Dave J
Review by: Denise H, October 2017
Enjoyed our time, maybe start a bit earlier but oversll loved this tour
Review by: Judith O, October 2017
Butchart Gardens is a little gem. For birders, it's an opportunity to view the tiny Anna's Hummingbird who resides there all year chattering and flitting among the small tubular flowers. Our tour was well organized wand led by a terrific driver/guide, Erik, who provided lots of information and answered every question.
Review by: Dianne L, October 2017
Fantastic day, gardens were in full colour. A quick taste of Victoria and a great ferry ride. Our driver/guide was very informative and kept us entertained. Lond day but well worth it
Review by: David S, October 2017
More bus time and ferry time than anything else. Gardens were beautiful. Downtown Victoria was attractive but little to do.
Review by: William T, October 2017
Worth the long ride. Fun days outing to the gardens and the town!
Review by: David G, October 2017
This was overall a very enjoyable tour. Picked up on time but had to change busses before proceed to ferry. Ferry ride was scenic and Butchart Gardens were a site not to be missed. Only down side was after ferry ride, Butchart Gardens, and return trip, we only had about an hour in Victoria. had time to get a drink at local pub but we did not see much of Victoria. Because of distance involved and two 1 1/2 hour ferry rides the trip took 13 hours. I don't see how to provide more time in Victoria except for staying overnight. but that portion of tour was not very pleasing.
Review by: Karenleesklar, October 2017
I would give the tour part a zero since there wasn't any tour, just transportation - and a lot of it. Just too much for one day, leaving you very little time to see anything. My primary complaint was with the arrangements which started and ended poorly. The bus company refused to pick me up at my hotel in the morning though they picked up people a few blocks away. They told me they didn't do pick ups. In the evening when I was exhausted, they refused to drop me off at my hotel dropping everyone else at their hotels nearby and I faced a late night walk during which I felt unsafe and utterly exhausted. I called and wrote to victor to complain and never got the courtesy of a reply. Disappointing.
Review by: Robert D, October 2017
Amazing excursion to go visit Butchart Gardens and down-town Victoria.
Review by: Elaine H, October 2017
We took two other tours with Viator on this visit west and both were excellent, both in content and our guides. My daughter and I loved both, but unfortunately this one did not stack up. The places we went and the sights we saw along the way were wonderful but I cannot say the same for our guide, Ed. When he picked us up at the hotel around the corner from ours he was not able to park the bus so he parked two blocks away. He then told us that he would go on ahead so that he could be with the bus since he was stopped in a bad spot. Unfortunately I am handicapped and have mobility issues so that I cannot walk very fast and this seemed to upset him as he was trying to keep to a schedule. The entire trip after that he had a real attitude toward us, even remarking in Victoria to the people on the bus about us being last, although we were never past the time that we were supposed to be back. This, unfortunately, put a damper on what would have been a lovely day for us. I would recommend this trip to others as long as they had a different guide.
Review by: Paul B, October 2017
We had a most enjoyable day. Martin, our driver, was very pleasant, engaging and entertaining notwithstanding the frequent corniness. Above all he was unfailingly solicitous without being overbearing, and took full and cheery command of the numerous significant pressures attendant to a bus trip with many moving parts in equally numerous places We, as passenger customers, had nothing more to do than enjoy the experience.
Review by: Shirley B, October 2017
Everything was on time from the moment our guide picked us up. We thoroughly enjoyed the Gardens and were told a lot of history and things about the city from our guide. It was a wonderful day.
Review by: sileneferraz, October 2017
More time is needed in the gardens.
Review by: Kathryn R, October 2017
This trip , although a long day, was worth it. The Gardens are amazing. My feedback would be that there is not enough time spent at the gardens. I understand the difficulty with ferry crossing etc but maybe the time spent in Victoria could just be a drive around and have more time at Butchart or do that as an excursion on its own.
Review by: Evelyn W, September 2017
Very beautiful and worth visiting. Only negative was that with the ferry trip back and forth, it was a very long day.
Review by: Carol L, September 2017
Butchart Gardens were great and we had enough time to see it all. Unfortunately, due to the length of time it takes to get to the island, it only leaves you 1 1/2 hours in Victoria which isn't nearly enough. It would have been nice if the bus had made some stops along the short tour through the city giving you a little time in each area since you don't have enough time to walk to the different areas. It should be made clear, in the information about the tour, that in order to have adequate time at the gardens and any time in Victoria you will need to eat your lunch and dinner on the ship taking you to and from the island.
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