Cardiff Private Tour: Explore the City with a Passionate Local
4.5
22 Ratings
Saint Davids Centre
Experience Cardiff like a local with a passionate guide. Customize your tour or let the local show you their favorite spots. Discover the city through the eyes of a friend and make lasting memories.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • John Batchelor Statue - This is a customized walking tour so the exact itinerary will depend on the duration of the tour and the interests of the travelers and the Lokafyer. If you have any particular interests or would like to see something specific in the city, please request this in advance of the tour.
What's Included
  • Customized private walking tour
  • Local guide ‘Lokafyer’
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips and gratuities (optional)
  • Optional activity costs
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information

Discover the city with guidance from an enthusiastic local. There’s no predetermined route, which gives you the flexibility to tailor the tour or let the local guide you for an illuminating introduction to the city. Focus on the connections you make with people, rather than just the destinations. By choosing our walking tours, you’ll bypass the typical historical tours and see the city from a local’s perspective. Embark on a tour that reshapes your perception of travel, making it as much about the individuals you encounter as the sights you visit. Our local ambassadors (Lokafyers) are excited about their city and ready to impart their understanding and viewpoint. As they are not professional guides and only conduct tours sporadically, they deliver a genuine and personal experience, similar to a friend giving you a tour of their hometown. By the tour’s conclusion, you’ll be at ease maneuvering around the city and assured that you have all the essential information to fully enjoy your visit.

  • Lokafy tours provide a general overview of the city with practical information from a local’s perspective, not detailed historical facts
  • In case travellers would like to include a visit to an attraction, they would need to cover the cost of entrance for themselves and also the Lokafyer (local guide)
  • Tours are entirely personalized, please provide the start time, meeting place and information about you so that we can organize the tour
  • This is a walking tour. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Children below 3 years old are free of charge
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
John Batchelor Statue
The Hayes
Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(22 Ratings)
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Farfarandy
May 23, 2024
Get to know Cardiff! - Really enjoyable experience. Great to get to know more about the city I moved to years ago, I just love it here. Would highly recommend!!
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Zelamzeya
May 9, 2024
Best way to get to know the city in limited time. Having a Lokafy guide with you is really like having a friend along! - An absolutely amazing experience and my first time doing something like this. Our local friend Tony was the best guide and certainly catered to our requirements. Something so personalized and tailor made was extremely great! He took extra time and showed us things and places that you would not find on a regular tour. He truly cared for us and gave several useful suggestions on how to spend the remaining days of our UK trip. I fell in love with the city thanks to this experience!
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Stephensm1946ie
Mar 15, 2024
Fantastic tour, and a warm welcome to Cardiff! - Tony is an exceptional tour guide! His knowledge was excellent, and he was thoroughly entertaining throughout. My family and I were in great company and thought the tour was well-constructed. We really enjoyed seeing the historic sights across Cardiff.
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Davidfh1792dh
Jul 22, 2023
Great experience - Our guide Tony was awesome. He should us many interesting things about Cardiff. Would highly recommend.
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Lionel
Jun 28, 2023
Great and easy overview of sights, culture, and history in Cardiff - Tony was very knowledgeable about history, culture, language, and everything related to Wales and Cardiff. Easy to talk to and he was ready with plenty of suggestions for what to do with our time in Cardiff and elsewhere in Wales. Took lots of pictures and was easy to communicate with by text. Diolch, Tony!
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Michael_j
May 10, 2023
Enjoy Cardiff - Knowledgeable and friendly guide covered as much history as we desired. Good feel for the city as it grew and what’s planned for the future
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Panditsh
Jun 1, 2022
Best way to see Cardiff in two hours! - My guide Tony Lloyd was very knowledgeable and well-versed in the history and lore of Wales and Cardiff. Tony is very well-traveled and is something of a local celebrity himself. I had only two hours in the late afternoon, so not the ideal time for a tour. But Tony did the nest he could, taking us through the city centre and main sights while sharing his insights into Welsh language and history. I would highly recommend Tony (who has his own website called Difflomats) to anybody who wants to get an in-depth feel of Cardiff and the surroundings.
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989davids989
Apr 10, 2023
Well Worth spending 1/2 a day there - This was well worth doing, this World 2 tunnels and the Keep were amazing, I loved the history, the grounds were amazing,
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Emily_m
Jan 6, 2023
Great people, lacking tour - Maggie was such a kind and friendly guide! We really appreciated getting to know her! That being said, I think a bit more effort could have gone into planning the tour. It felt a bit haphazard, and we primarily visited sites we easily could have navigated ourselves.
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Jonathane57
Jun 26, 2023
Very expensive, waste of time - Darren certainly knew his way around, but for a local, he knew very little about Cardiff's history. He was unable to respond to basic questions about the history of Cardiff and its primary landmarks. He also basically ignored our three children, ages 12, 10, and 5. We specifically requested a family-friendly experience, but I felt like he was paying attention mostly to me. We feel like we need to return to Cardiff just to get another chance to get to know the city. We fell in love with this city, no thanks to this tour.
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