LDS Alaskan Shore Excursions - Victoria BC

Victoria is a jewel of a city. It has a European atmosphere and an old world feel. Old style light poles line the streets draped with hanging flower baskets. The old Empress Hotel has ivy growing up the walls and the city is teeming with people. A very vibrant city indeed. The ship ports on the backside of the city and the walk can be too much for most people. If you just want to visit the town you will need to ride the shuttle bus provided by the ship at a nominal fee. Our tour is going to take you through the city center and our guide will point out the local attractions from the bus. Our ultimate destination on this tour is the Butchart Gardens but along the way you will pass beautiful ocean vistas and view the city from a lofty vantage point above the city. It takes an hour before we arrive at the gardens and once we arrive the time is yours to spend as you see fit. We will give you a map and flower guide along with the ticket for entrance. Once inside you can shop, choose to eat something from the snack bar or sit down at several full service restaurants, or just start off exploring.

There are flowers and amazing landscapes everywhere so take your time and enjoy. We are here in the evening and the soft light as the sun goes down casts some unusual tones over the gardens so take some time at sunset to as they say, smell the roses!

For those on a cruise in July and August the gardens display fireworks at dusk and we will stay for those on our tour. It is primarily seating on the grass and the fireworks are some of the best I have seen. After the fireworks it is a mad dash back to the ship as we cut the time very close by the time the fireworks are complete.