Tastes of Vancouver & Victoria

Start your trip in style with VIP and complimentary access to the airport lounge  before boarding your day flight to Vancouver. On arrival we recommend joining the Skytrain which takes you to the heart of Vancouver in just 25 minutes. Check in to your hotel on Vancouver’s beautiful waterfront. Enjoy your panoramic vistas before perhaps indulging, sampling one of Vancouver’s excellent Japanese and Chinese eateries, or some fresh fish on the seafront promenade.

Stay: Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel (Superior) 

Depart Vancouver this morning on a driver guided coach tour to Victoria. Cruise across the Georgia Strait through the beautiful Gulf Islands with BC Ferries.Arriving on Vancouver Island, tour to Butchart Gardens and stop to enjoy these magnificent gardens. Tour scenic Ocean Drive, Uplands, Oak Bay, University of Victoria as well as a Victoria City Tour before being taken to your choice of hotel. 

Stay: Inn at Laurel Point (Superior) 

Today take to the water, your coastal excursion is an exhilarating round trip of 50 to 80 kilometres in search of Orcas, minke whales, grey whales, porpoises, harbour seals and other marine wildlife. Aboard a 14-metre ocean cruiser or a custom-built Zodiac boat that offers high speed with extraordinary stability giving you an exhilarating, safe and intimate whale watching experience, commentary is provided by a Marine biologist. On return to Victoria your time is free to explore this very British design city.

Stay: Inn at Laurel Point (Superior) 

This unique walking tour of downtown Victoria combines a history lesson with modern food. You’ll explore Victoria Public Market, Chinatown, and the emerging Design District while stopping modern local businesses. Start the tour at the historic Hudson Bay Building, now the home of the bustling Victoria Public Market. Here you’ll get a tour of the market that includes a coffee from a local roaster, a savoury hand pie from Victoria Pie Co. and a unique version of poutine, a traditional Canadian dish from Sutra. This is the only place outside of Vancouver that you can experience food designed by Vikram Vij, one of the most famous chefs in Canada. Then head to Chinatown and visit the Chinese Public School built in 1909 and devour steamed Bao buns from a local business. After exploring Dragon Alley you’ll head towards the emerging Design District, stop at two new modern culinary stops including a delicious sandwich from Salt & Pepper Fox and a local craft beer from iconic Philip’s Brewery. Swing back along historic Store street to explore and taste your way through Fan Tan Alley, Market Square and end on a sweet note next to the new and modern Johnson Street Bridge. A great tour to sample modern local cuisine whilst getting the history and stories of one the oldest neighbourhoods in Victoria, departing late afternoon to return to Vancouver.

Stay: Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel (Superior) 

Enjoy free time in the city today before heading to downtown Vancouver's vibrant Coal Harbour to escape by seaplane to tranquil Bowen Island for a memorable seaside dinner in the early evening, at Snug Cove, Bowen Island. Enjoy an included casual meal at Doc Morgan’s restaurant where the Doc's crowded chowder and a Pesto wild sockeye salmon burger are local favourites. Enjoy ocean views before boarding the ferry from Snug Cove to Horseshoe Bay and be met by your included transfer, then experience the city lights as you return to downtown Vancouver.

Stay: Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel (Superior) 

Enjoy a morning at leisure before joining the M.V Harbour Princess from the Harbour Cruises dock in Coal Harbour, enjoy a luncheon cruise which travels through Vancouver’s inner harbour, the Burrard Inlet, and then north into the spectacular setting of Indian Arm. Nestled within the Coast Mountain range, the area was once heavily glaciated, leaving behind a spectacular landscape featuring lush green forests protecting this inlet from the open ocean. Enjoy a wonderful catered lunch as you cruise by the panoramic vistas, the pristine Silver Falls, large waterfront homes, privately owned islands, wildlife and more. Return to downtown Vancouver in the late afternoon

Stay: Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel (Superior) 

A final morning in Vancouver and the chance to explore before boarding the Skytrain to Vancouver airport for your overnight flight back to the UK, arriving on day nine.