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Stanley Park Indigenous Walking Tour: Spoken Treasures
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28 Ratings
Vancouver
Immerse yourself in the rich stories and true history of Stanley Park and Vancouver on the Spoken Treasures Indigenous Walking Tour. Hear firsthand accounts from the people who have lived here for millennia and learn about Indigenous culture and the significance of totems.
Immerse yourself in the rich stories and true history of Stanley Park and Vancouver on the Spoken Treasures Indigenous Walking Tour. Hear firsthand accounts from the people who have lived here for millennia and learn about Indigenous culture and the significance of totems.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Stanley Park - Tour Description: Discover the iconic Stanley Park and stroll along the seawall with Indigenous Cultural Ambassadors. Our skilled Ambassador-Guides will accompany you on the 1.1 km seawall walk, sharing the stories, history, and legends of the vibrant city of Vancouver from an Indigenous perspective. This tour highlights the…
- Stanley Park - Tour Description: Discover the iconic Stanley Park and stroll along the seawall with Indigenous Cultural Ambassadors. Our skilled Ambassador-Guides will accompany you on the 1.1 km seawall walk, sharing the stories, history, and legends of the vibrant city of Vancouver from an Indigenous perspective. This tour highlights the Aboriginal Indigenous history of Stanley Park and concludes at the famous Stanley Park Totem Poles, where the guided tour will end with the captivating stories of the totem poles and the Indigenous artisans who crafted them. Please be aware that tours are available on select days this summer due to health and wellness considerations during Covid. Tours operate on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout July and August.
What's Included
- Professional local guide
- Admission to all sites
- Comfortable transportation
- Scenic photo stops
- Small group size for a personalized experience
- Learn about local culture and history
- Lunch at a traditional restaurant
- Free time to explore on your own
- Souvenirs available for purchase
- Pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation
- Professional local guide
- Admission to all sites
- Comfortable transportation
- Scenic photo stops
- Small group size for a personalized experience
- Learn about local culture and history
- Lunch at a traditional restaurant
- Free time to explore on your own
- Souvenirs available for purchase
- Pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation
What's Not Included
- Private transportation
- Private transportation
Additional Information
Spoken Treasures - Indigenous Walking Tour offers an enriching experience by sharing the profound stories and authentic history of Stanley Park and Vancouver. Participants will listen to narratives and testimonies from those who have inhabited the area for thousands of years. Talaysay Tours’ Indigenous guides serve as ambassadors, presenting both…
Spoken Treasures - Indigenous Walking Tour offers an enriching experience by sharing the profound stories and authentic history of Stanley Park and Vancouver. Participants will listen to narratives and testimonies from those who have inhabited the area for thousands of years. Talaysay Tours’ Indigenous guides serve as ambassadors, presenting both Indigenous culture and the collective history of the region, along with the current aspirations of Indigenous communities. Additionally, guests will learn about the genuine meanings and significance of the totems crafted by Indigenous groups along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Location
1100 Stanley Park Dr
Stanley Park Drive
Your guide will meet you in front of the Stanley Park Information Booth. When you arrive you will noticeable see the Horsedrawn Tours right beside the meeting location. Your guide will be standing in front of the grey building. There will be green tables on the south side.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(28 Ratings)
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Sakurako_y
Nov 8, 2025
It was raining like hell. How to utilize trees as an indigenous people, soil... - It was raining like hell. We were able to learn how to utilize trees as an indigenous people, the history of the land, the image of the old scenery of the maple tree, the meaning of the totem pole, and so on. They also answered our questions attentively.
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Bret_m
Sep 17, 2025
Shae was an incredible... - Shae was an incredible guide. Really helped us understand the first nation history, culture, and challenges set in the back drop of Stanley Park.
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Sarahbf2017nm
Aug 27, 2025
Significant Stories - We really enjoyed speaking with our tour guide. She was knowledgeable and very engaging.
We have some experience of indigenous people’s history in New Zealand and curate/ take pilgrimages to help people engage with indigenous history in Aotearoa . See pilgrimagesaotearoa.nz This spoken story journey was very interesting.
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Tommy
Aug 6, 2025
New friends in the Forest - We had the privilege of meeting Ruby & touring Stanley Park together where she shared her incredible knowledge of the peoples and the land. Learning about all the plants and their powers felt a bit like making friends very far from our home country. It was a beautiful & enriching experience which will be remembered by us very fondly.
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Ellentn7440zn
Jul 14, 2025
So informative and meaningful! - Wow, what a wonderful tour! Seraphine was a wealth of knowledge and so generous in her sharing and teaching. I learned far more about the ecology and history of Stanley Park than I ever would have on my own. I was so glad to have found a tour with an Indigenous focus because I wanted a tour informed by history, culture, and current issues. I got exactly that and so much more! Because this tour ends at the totem poles, I would recommend planning for an additional 20-30 minutes minimum after the tour to check out the totem poles and surrounding area. (I was rushing to leave but I wish I had allowed myself more time afterwards). I left Stanley Park wishing I could spend all day learning from the environment. So appreciative for the incredible tour. Well worth it!!
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954jackg
Jul 11, 2025
A fantastic tour by a fantastic guide - we would recommend it to anyone - We took the Spoken Treasures tours, lead by Seraphine and assisted by Hannah, and we couldn’t have had a better experience.
It was just me and my partner on the tour that day, but that didn’t phase Seraphine at all. She gave an incredibly compelling and rich retelling of the indigenous history of Stanley Park and Vancouver more generally.
She taught us about the various indigenous groups that lived in the park, and how they benefited from the bountiful sources of food and building materials. She explained that the people who lived there were wealthy and developed such that they hosted huge gatherings and feasts with other indigenous people from other areas. She also covered the colonialist history of the development of Vancouver, including the ruinous effect of the introduction of Old World diseases to the indigenous people, and the theft of the land where they laid their dead to rest, under the Indian Act.
She explained all of this and so much more in an engaging and approachable way, and was able to answer our questions without losing her train of thought. The whole experience was fantastic!
Whether you live in the area or are visiting, you owe it to yourself to take this tour - I guarantee that it will give you insight and perhaps an entirely different perspective of the park, the city, and the whole country.
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Troopersj
Apr 17, 2025
Interesting tour from an indigenous perspective - As we were the only couple on the tour we were treated to a personal walk through Stanley Park. Our guide Seraphine was very pleasant and very knowledgeable. We enjoyed talking to her and hearing her stories and history of her people from the Vancouver area.
Easy tour walking on flat ground and suitable for all.
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Climber28437667938
Oct 21, 2024
Amazing worth the time and money - On October 11th my group of Philadelphia Flyers fans had the pleasure of taking this tour it was Amazing ! Slow easy pace all ages can be a part of this tour.
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Kathleeng607
Jul 27, 2024
An entertaining and thought provoking tour. - We enjoyed a fascinating tour in Stanley park as Shay gave a wonderful introduction to the lives, cultures and histories of the communities who once lived on that land. She has so much knowledge and her personal passion is infectious. We all learned so much, and she kept two teens hooked for an hour. Thanks so much to both Shay and Victor for their time and for sharing their own stories. An experience we won’t forget!
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Susan
Jul 8, 2024
Fascinating, yet sad oral history. - It’s always important to acknowledge the First Nations people wherever we go and we did an amazing tour with Sera Lewis Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Guide. She showed us another perspective on Stanley Park and outlined the horrific treatment of her ancestors who had lived there long before the colonisers arrived. She painted a picture of a nomadic people who spent summers in the mountains and winters in the park before the damaging sea wall was built. Vancouver would still be a thriving city today but a more stable and less expensive and privileged place if it had grown alongside Squamish and other tribes instead of attempting to destroy their heritage.
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