• Ogden Point Terminal & Breakwater - Start your journey at this innovative interactive sundial near the cruise ship terminal, where you become the timekeeper by stepping onto the appropriate month marker and using your shadow to tell the time. From the breakwater, gaze across the Strait of Juan de Fuca towards the Olympic Mountains and keep an eye on the water, as humpback whales, harbor seals, and orcas have all been seen from this very location.
• Mile Zero Monument - Stand at the western end of the Trans-Canada Highway, where a simple stone marker holds the profound significance of a nation spanning 7,500 kilometers. Listen to the tales of Terry Fox and Steve Fonyo, two young cancer fundraisers who each embarked from near this spot to run across Canada, journeys that captured the national imagination.
• Dallas Road Beach - Stroll along the breezy clifftop path above the Strait of Juan de Fuca, where the views across the open water to the snow-capped Olympic Peninsula have been enticing Victorians for a Sunday walk since the city’s early days. Discover how swimmer Marilyn Bell crossed this same cold, challenging stretch of water in 1956, guided to shore in the dark by two bonfires lit on the beach below.
• Beacon Hill Park - Enter one of western Canada’s most passionately protected green spaces, a 190-acre area of meadows, ponds, garry oaks, and camas fields that has been preserved from commercial development by a Supreme Court ruling since 1884. Explore paths that have remained largely unchanged for over a century and appreciate the rarity of finding a park this large, wild, and central in a city of Victoria’s size.
• Beacon Hill Children’s Farm - Stop at this beloved part of the park where peacocks roam freely and children feed goats, rabbits, and highland cattle in a setting that feels truly timeless. Enjoy a moment that connects to the park’s long-standing role as a place where Victoria’s families have come to relax, play, and unwind for more than a hundred years.
• Sun Clock - Step onto the large floral sun clock set within the park’s well-maintained grounds, its face adorned with seasonal colors and its mechanism accurate enough to keep reliable time throughout a Victoria summer. Look up from the clock towards the 127-foot Beacon Hill Totem Pole nearby, carved by master carver Mungo Martin and funded by 10,000 individual community donations in one of the city’s most collective cultural celebrations.
• Shawnigan Creek Stone Bridge - Cross the elegant 1910 stone bridge designed by Francis Rattenbury, the architect behind both the Empress Hotel and the BC Parliament Buildings, whose refined touch is evident even in this modest park structure. Pause on the bridge to look down at Goodacre Lake below, watching for Red-eared Slider turtles basking on exposed logs in the shallows.
• The Moss Lady - Encounter this captivating figure emerging from the earth in a tranquil corner of the park, her sleeping form crafted from a steel framework and covered entirely in living moss, sedums, and low-growing plants. Sit with her for a moment and soak in the unique stillness she brings to a park already rich in natural beauty and layered human history.
• Beacon Drive In Restaurant - Conclude your tour at this walk-up landmark that has been serving soft ice cream, burgers, and milkshakes from the same location since 1958, its menu and cheerful signage largely unchanged in nearly seven decades. Join the line, order something refreshing, and settle onto a bench to watch the park life pass by — a perfectly satisfying end to one of Victoria’s finest walks.

• Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
• Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
• Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
• App for Android and iOS
• Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start

• Smartphone and headphones
• Transportation
• Food and drink
• Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour

Victoria’s southern coast boasts one of the most picturesque urban walks in western Canada. This self-guided audio tour takes you along the Dallas Road waterfront into Beacon Hill Park, exploring stories of Indigenous heritage, marine wildlife, and the influential Canadians who have shaped the city’s character. The journey begins at the Ogden Point Sundial, close to the cruise ship terminal, where you become the timekeeper. From there, stroll along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, watching for humpback whales, harbor seals, and orcas, before entering Beacon Hill Park. Within the park, discover formal rose gardens, camas fields that sustained Indigenous communities for generations, a colony of 80–100 Great Blue Heron nests, and the serene Moss Lady. The tour concludes at the Beacon Drive In, a classic walk-up snack spot that has remained largely unchanged since its opening in 1958.

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