Vancouver

Best of Vancouver Private Tour

Badge of ExcellenceVancouver, Canada

4 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

While in beautiful Vancouver, treat yourself to a private tour of the city’s best sites! Your personal guide will escort your small group to key attractions such as Stanley Park, Granville Island, Chinatown and Gastown. Travel at your own pace, and request stops to snap photos, grab a souvenir or have a closer look at a site. Vancouver is at your fingertips on this private tour!

4-hour private sightseeing tour of Vancouver
See top attractions like Granville Island, the Lions Gate Bridge, Chinatown and Gastown
Visit Stanley Park and admire the historic First Nation totem poles in Brockton Point
Capture scenic views from Queen Elizabeth Park
Learn about Vancouver’s history, culture and sights from an informative guide
Enjoy the choice of a morning or afternoon tour

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

With a private guide and vehicle, you can avoid the crowds and create your own tour.

What's Included

Classic Touring Limo
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop off
Local taxes

Gratuities
Food and drink

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick up anywhere in Vancouver.

What To Expect

Your 4-hour private sightseeing tour begins with pickup at your central Vancouver hotel. Climb aboard the comfortable vehicle for a guided trip through this historic seaport city and sit back and enjoy the view as you zip through town.

From your comfortable vantage point, see the remarkable 1,000-acre (405-hectare) Stanley Park, a wonderland of 500,000 cedar, fir and hemlock trees. Stop at the park’s Seawall for splendid vistas of the North Shore Mountains and Burrard Inlet, and marvel at First Nation totem poles in Brockton Point. Then cruise to Prospect Point, atmospheric Gastown, and Chinatown.

If shopping is on your to-do list, request a stop at Granville Island to visit the colorful Public Market selling coffee and a range of delectable foods.

Along the way, learn insider tips and fascinating facts that you wouldn’t get anywhere else, and enjoy the flexibility of stopping whenever you'd like to get a closer look at a site. With witty commentary and first-rate service at a reasonable price, this private tour is a great value!

Your tour ends with drop-off at your central hotel.

Please note: This private tour requires a two person minimum for booking.

Stanley Park

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lions Gate Bridge

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gastown

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vancouver ChinaTown (Pass By)

Queen Elizabeth Park

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Granville Island

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.5

89 reviews

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Great overview of Vancouver!

Kathi_D, Sep 2023

Picked up at our hotel in a beautiful, vintage Cadillac Limo by Chuck. He gave us a great tour of Vancouver along with the history of the city

Most enjoyable tour ever!

Patricia_L, Sep 2023

Outstanding! Got to see all the highlights of Vancouver at our own pace. Comfortable ride and great experience.

Wonderful way to see the city!

Pamela_J, Aug 2023

This was a wonderful way to see the city. Our tour guide James was very knowledgeable. We really enjoyed spending our afternoon with him and learning about Vancouver.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you. James told me he had fun too. Best Regards Chuck Wild BC Tours

Amazing even in the rain....

Harley_M, Jul 2023

Amazing even in the rain. Made it fun!!!! Comfortable and saw all the areas of Vancouver in the description.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Yes indeed, sorry about that, usually it is a good bet for sun in July. Come back again and I will work harder to arrange to keep the clouds away. Best Regards Chuck Wild BC Tours

Private car tour with CHUCK

Sara_P, Jun 2023

Chuck Scott We booked for our private car for city tour a Vancouver. It was fabulous being in a private car, because we beat the buses! CHUCK was full of knowledge, and had a very easy going to demeanor, to keep us informed on everything we saw. We also went into some areas like Shaughnessy and private homes. CHUCK was able to take us off the beaten path. I had Sara and I highly recommend him Patty Larkin

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you Sara. It was a pleasure touring with you. Looking forward to seeing you again.

Great private tour at your own pace

Robert_S, Oct 2022

James was an excellent tour guide. He went out of his way to please us with his interesting background stories and his flexible time frame. I highly recommend him and this tour.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you Robert. James loves his job and it shows in kind reviews like yours. All the best. Chuck

Great overview on our first trip

Annette_Z, Oct 2022

Our guide and driver was Anita. She was so well informed and geared our trip to everything we wanted to see. It was our first visit to Vancouver and this was a great way to get the lay of the land on our first day. I loved the historic info Anita shared. I would recommend the company get a vehicle with a sun roof so we could see all the great architecture.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thanks for your kind words Annette. I agree a sunroof would be wonderful, I have even been working on getting convertibles to do the tours in. Stay tuned for new developments. Look forward to seeing you again someday. All the best. Chuck

Private tour of Vancouver

Barbara_W, Aug 2022

Our private tour was fabulous. Our guide was knowledgeable and so interesting. We got a wonderful overview of Vancouver.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Thank you for your kind words. Anita told me she had a fun tour as well.

Pleasant afternoon

JEANNE_H, Jul 2022

Anita gave us a great overview of Vancouver and tour of the city. Loved walking through the parks and gardens.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Thanks for your kind words. Anita is a real pro, and never fails to please. We are very blessed by all the green space we have in the city. Hope to see you again.

Private Vancouver city tour

Christa_M, Jul 2019

Chuck was very knowledgable. I feel like I got a comprehensive view of the city. He Was willing to stop at select locations and get out for pictures. Was enjoyable and absolutely worth it.

Response from Host, Jul 2019

Thanks a bunch. We very much enjoy our work, and you were lots of fun too.

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Abraham_N, Aug 2018

Driver showed up on time and directed us to car. Car was a very outdated old style limousine, with little to no working air conditioning on a very hot day. To make matters worse, the air conditioning was also very loud, so the two people in the back of the limousine heard none of the guide's remarks. While guide was VERY knowledgeable, he spoke very fast and I had a hard time following along. One in our party walks with a cane, and the point of doing a private tour was to be a bit more accommodating to her needs. Unfortunately, I felt that the guide and driver missed that to some extent . . . for example, parking could have been closer (there were spots available) and where closer parking wasn't available, we could have been dropped off closer to the attraction. Seemed like it was the drivers first day - she was very nice, but driving was tentative which resulted in a rougher ride than we would have expected. Content wise, we saw a lot, but over the following days when we participated in larger tours, we found the transportation much better and more accommodating to our party's needs.

We were supposed to be a group of...

Michael L, Oct 2017

We were supposed to be a group of six for a private tour of Vancouver but because one of the ladies of our group got very ill migraine headaches from an earlier private Wild BC Tour see my post we were only four adults. Actually the vehicle was an old cadillac limo which although it was fine for the four of us, I doubt that it would have been comfortable for six adults. Our tour guide was excellent and very informative. We enjoyed this tour very much. Our only suggestion would be to be able to spend more time on Granville Island.

Our guide Chuck picked us at the...

Norma P, Sep 2017

Our guide Chuck picked us at the cruise terminal. I was worried he would never find us but that worry was not necessary. He told us to call him when we were ready. We did that and there he was. He gave us a four hour tour of the town and let us decide when we were ready to move on. We enjoyed Stanley Park, had a quick lunch down in the arts section, toured China town, Elizabeth Park and gastown. He then took us to our hotel and helped us unload all our luggage. Nothing but good things to say about Viator.

This was an incredible tour of...

Kenneth_S, Sep 2017

This was an incredible tour of Vancouver including Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, Granville Island, and Gas Town where we were given time to shop, look around, and take photos, We had delays getting into port, but Chuck worked around this and gave us a great tour of the city. My wife had some issues walking and was constantly checking on her to be sure she was doing well. This tour should be in the Carnival list of available tours. Thanks Chuck for an incredible tour of Vancouver!!! Ken, Nancy, Andrew, and Christopher

Taking a private car is the way to...

Marian W L, Sep 2017

Taking a private car is the way to go because it really saves time. my only suggestion is don't go the the same places as the buses visit in the same order vere off to other interesting places where buses cannot go! its a car ok?? Also since we are paying private car prices how about a bottle of water . and a map of the city would be nice. when we get out to explore on our own. otherwise it was great!!

Perfect day, perfect driver/guide...

Diane B, Aug 2017

Perfect day, perfect driver/guide. Great pace - all the things we wanted to see and more!

This tour fit our family perfectly...

Edward C, Aug 2017

This tour fit our family perfectly - the driver was friendly and knowledgeable. We were only staying in Vancouver for the final night of our 17 day vacation and were looking for something that would give us a taste of the city as we knew we would be tired. I was surprised to see an older limo pull up to the hotel think 1980s extended Cadillac - but the ride was smooth, the car very clean, and my 19 year old sat in the 3rd bench area taking cat naps throughout the afternoon! The driver, Keenan, made sure to ask how active we wanted the tour to be, and tailored the experience to our preferences. We visited both Queen Elizabeth Gardens and Stanley Park - both lovely green spaces in the city. He also shared China Town, drove by the beaches, and - at my request - passed by the Olympic Cauldron though because of a marathon, he could not park nearby. We ended our tour at Granville Island for a snack and a bit of shopping in the impressive marketplace.

Sound system poor. Air conditioner...

Jean B, Aug 2017

Sound system poor. Air conditioner poor - very hot in Vancouver. Would recommend take Land and Sea tour instead. Worst tour we had in 15 day Alaska tour/cruise.

Great tour of Vancouver. Six of us...

Michael C, Jul 2017

Great tour of Vancouver. Six of us got everything we expected and more. Our guide was very informative with a great sense of humor. With the small group we stayed ahead of all the big bus tours.

Nails was knowledgeable...

Jack R, Jul 2017

Nails was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and accommodating. Highlights too numerous to mention. Loved Granville Island Market and vibe. Vancouver is a beautiful city and our guide who was not originally from the city, showed her love for Vancouver.

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