Beacon Hill Park: Tranquil Horse-Drawn Carriage Tour
4.7
42 Ratings
Victoria
Experience the tranquil beauty of Beacon Hill Park on a relaxing horse-drawn carriage ride. Discover Victoria's crown jewel as you ride past ponds, lush greenery, and colorful flowers.
Duration:
45 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- 600 Menzies St - Relax and enjoy the pace of elegance through the historical streets of James Bay. Meet the outskirts of Beacon Hill Park, the city’s oldest and largest park, known for its vast ecosystem including Garry Oak meadows and fields of Camas Lilies. Be delighted by the endearing character of the homes throughout the historical neighborhood. Tour routes subject to change.
What's Included
- Local taxes
- Professional uniformed driver
What's Not Included
- Gratuity (optional)
- Food and drink
Additional Information
Immerse yourself in the serene allure of Beacon Hill Park on a calming horse carriage journey. Discover the reason behind the park’s reputation as a prized gem in downtown Victoria as you traverse alongside waterscapes and vivid foliage abundant with brightly colored flowers. Your carriage driver, proficient in their knowledge, will regale you with stories of Victoria’s history, contemporary times, and forthcoming future. The trajectory of the tour is subject to modifications.
- This tour is wheelchair accessible. As long as you are able to get out of your wheelchair, the tour operator will keep it safe at the carriage stand throughout the duration of your tour.
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility issues.
Location
600 Menzies St
Menzies Street
Tour departs and returns from the carriage stand under the green umbrella on the corner of Belleville Street and Menzies Street. Next to the Parliament Buildings at the scenic Inner Harbour
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(42 Ratings)
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Sfarage
Aug 27, 2023
Evening Carriage Ride - Very informative city history provided. Elsie the horse took us on a smooth ride. Would definitely take the ride again.
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Andrea_m
May 22, 2023
Great night around Victoria - Izzy the rider, was super nice and told us the whole story of Victoria. Izzy was patient and lovely, as was Moon her horse. We had a great night tour. I will definitely recommend
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Sren17
Aug 15, 2022
Love the experience. - The guide showed us so much about Victoria and it’s history. It’s such a good experience. Thank you!
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Sasha_w
Apr 9, 2022
a very entertaining ride - Our delightful tour guide, Hannah, shared fun and fascinating stories about almost everything we passed, at the same time as expertly jockeying an ancient Percheron and carriage through busy streets. Very impressive and a very entertaining ride overall.
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Jocelynessk
Oct 3, 2021
Nice Views of Victoria by Carriage - We booked this tour in October 2021 and thoroughly enjoyed it. The information provided by the guide was interesting, and the views were beautiful. We especially liked how well cared for and healthy the horses are. I recommend this if you visit Victoria.
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Z2079apjoanm
May 16, 2021
Wonderful carriage ride - We went on May 14 2021 - Our operator Hannah was very knowledgeable, handled the carriage extremely well, the instructions spoken softly to the horse, JT, were heard and immediately responded to. The information provided to us was very interesting, even though we both have lived in Victoria all our lives, we heard items new to us!!
Was a very enjoyable and relaxing tour on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
Thank you so much, and we will join you again for another carriage ride.
Bob and Joan
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Randall_f
Aug 26, 2020
Sightseeing - Great experience. 45 min trip was awesome. Jack the horse and his beautiful driver (cant remember her name. Sorry) were wonderful
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452danaeh
Dec 30, 2019
A favorite Victoria outing! - We went on the 45 minute Beacon Hill tour with Hannah as our guide and Dutchie as our horse. Both were AMAZING! Hannah graciously answered all our questions and gave us some great facts and entertaining stories about the Victorian landmarks we passed. We would 100% recommend this to others!
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Lucia
Aug 26, 2019
Wonderful carriage tour - We took the tour today with Kirin and Elsie through Beacon Hill Park. Our kids had a blast and so did we. We loved learning about the park and about the James Bay neighbourhood. Kirin and Elsie were both great. Our kids were saying they missed Elsie at dinner time. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone.
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Lisa_d
May 21, 2023
Not what we expected - Not what we expected. Hard to hear the driver and sights were not that interesting. Would not recommend
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