Vancouver

6 Hours Private tour of city of Vancouver & North Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada

Private tour of city of Vancouver Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mt

6 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

See Vancouver and adjacent North Vancouver on your own terms on this private, 6-hour tour of the city. Your driver will pick you up in a luxury vehicle and take you out on the town, driving you to popular attractions such as Stanley Park, Gastown, Granville Island, and the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, with the option to customize your tour and stops to suit your preferences.

Vehicles for up to 12 passengers are available
Get discounted admission to Capilano Suspension Bridge
Round-trip transfers from anywhere in Vancouver are included
Private tour ensures flexibility and customization

What's Included

Private Tour in a Luxury Black Sedan, SUV or Black Multi Passenger Van.
Bottled Water
Pick and drop off any where in Vancouver.
Taxes, Tolls and Parking

No admission Tickets to Capilano Suspension Bridge.
Gratuity for Chauffeur

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.

Opening hours

7/26/2019 - 5/17/2025
Monday - Sunday : 05:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Pickup details

This is a tailored tour according to needs of our clients. We can pick up anywhere in Vancouver, including Port, Vancouver International Airport, Train station or private Residencies.

What To Expect

Stanley Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Gastown

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Vancouver ChinaTown (Pass By)

Granville Island

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

English Bay (Pass By)

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Queen Elizabeth Park

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
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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Featured review

Antoinette_T

Graham our driver was excellent. He took us around Vancouver sharing with us all the history of the area. He was personable, friendly, conscious of our time , he gave great recommendations of where to eat and shop. He was a great tour guide. Ricky the manager ensured everything was set up and ready to go. He called me the day before to make sure nothing had changed on our end. He made sure I had the name and number of the driver so there would be problems with the pick up. I highly recommend this company.

Reviews

4.5

21 reviews

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Great way to spend a day before or after a cruise!

cheryl_b, Apr 2024

Mr Joy was a WONDERFUL tour guide. We visited all areas of Vancouver & especially loved Grous Mountain where we rode the gondola to the top of the mountain where it was a winter wonderland & to top it off the two grizzly bears had emerged from hibernation & were quite active. Also went to the suspension bridge park & it is lovely . Loved walking over the bridge. As a plus the food was really good here. Went to a botanical garden & to Queen Elizabeth park where we had great city views & loved the Conservatory there. Mr Joy was entertaining & a great ambassador for Vancouver. He took us to the city highlights & let us choose where we wanted to spend time. For the finale he dropped us at our hotel door. If we come back I would definitely schedule a tour with him.

I would request same people on my next trip to Vancouver

Charles_P, Oct 2023

Joy was wonderful. We could not do much walking and requested senes that were none walking. Our first was a Starbucks stop then beautiful spots that were camera ready. Joy honored our request and made the 6hrs most enjoyable.

Great tour of Vancouver

John_W, Aug 2023

Rickey our driver gave us an excellent tour that included all the highlights of Vancouver. We didn’t feel rushed or bored at any time. We especially enjoyed spending time (and lunch) at Granville market. He moved us to the front of the ticket lines at a couple of the tourist destinations so we did not have to waste our time standing in long lines.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you John for your kind words. It was a pleasure meeting you and showing you our beautiful city. I am glad that you enjoyed the tour. Thank you so much for using our service and a positive feedback. Regards Ricky

After the cruise before the flight

Patrick_M, Aug 2023

Definitely worth it, saw everything we wanted to in Vancouver before our flight. No fighting with lines or waiting around.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you for using our Service Patrick and for a positive feedback. It was pleasure to show you our beautiful city. Regards Ricky

Accomodating and Professional

John_W, Jul 2023

Ricky was very accomodating when we were forced to be very late by our cruise coming into port well behind schedule. He provided guidance, purchased tickets for us in advance to avoid lines, rearranged itinerary to get us the priority experiences, and kept us on track with good communication.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you. We are glad that our service was up to your expectations. it was pleasure to meet you and show you our beautiful city. Regards Ricky

Great Vancouver tour!

Mary_B, Jul 2023

Great introduction to Vancouver for those who have never been here. Our guide Joy was very knowledgeable and so nice. He took many pictures of us, knew all the best spots for photos and was very accommodating to our needs. We would highly recommend him and this tour. Very comfortable car and great dinner recommendation also!

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Hello Mary Brown, We are glad that you enjoyed the tour. Joy is one of our best driver/ guide and always up to the expectations of our guests. Thank you very much for writing your experience here, we appreciate your time and effort. Regards Ricky

Unexpected post-tour harassment following a disappointing experience

Tracy_G, Jun 2023

"After changing your pick uptime twice. Upgrading you to a platinum SUV Dropping you at the Airport without any extra cost. You are giving us 2 star review ??" Above is the content of a WhatsApp message received at 01.15am (UK time) from Ricky. There are always two sides to a story - let me give mine. I booked this tour a couple of months' earlier to see something of Vancouver after disembarking a cruise before boarding our flight to the UK. The pickup time was originally 10.30am and I contacted the tour operator a week before to request a change to 10.00am; Ricky replied to confirm and provided contact information and instructions for our arrival at Canada Place cruise terminal. We disembarked the ship much earlier than anticipated (9.10am) and following the instructions provided in Ricky’s WhatsApp asked the cruise terminal dispatcher to let Ricky know we'd arrived. Ricky confirmed to the dispatcher that the driver would arrive as soon as possible - we didn't ask for that and had said that we were early. The dispatcher directed us to some nearby seats to wait - which was fine. Ricky arrived in an SUV (a really nice vehicle) at approx. 9.57 and on loading our two check-in, two carry-on bags and a small holdall said "that wouldn't have all fit in a saloon". Our bags do fit in a saloon everywhere else we've been. So, I changed the pickup time only once and that was a week ahead of the tour and three days before the payment was due. My husband asked to sit in the front as he likes to take lots of photographs. We were taken for a ride through Chinatown, Gastown, the car briefly slowed down to allow photos of the steam clock and on to Stanley Park where we had some time to stretch our legs and take photos of the totem poles. It became clear that the customisable tour really needed to include either Capilano Suspension Bridge or Grouse Mountain. My husband does not like heights so neither of these were ideal. In the end we agreed to go to Capilano as Ricky noted they had installed a 'cliff walk' since our last visit to Vancouver. We had around an hour there. From Capilano we were taken on a route passing the Olympic torch, Girl in a wetsuit, English beach, the laughing buddas and ultimately to Granville Island which we were told was 'the last stop on the tour' and we could explore for a couple of hours. We could easily have taken less time here - we had lunch and stroll but were done within an hour and then waited/wasted time until Ricky returned to pick us up. We were then taken directly to the airport (our agreed drop off point) where we arrived at 5.15pm. Having done a little research since we got back and given we didn't really want to do either Grouse Mountain or Capilano (heights are a real issue for my husband), it is disappointing that we weren't offered Queen Elizabeth Park or the Botanical Gardens as alternatives – but surely there are other things we could have seen on a more leisurely drive around Vancouver? I don’t know – it’s not my city and I’m not selling private tours. Ricky was a smooth driver but didn't offer to slow down or stop for photographs and, in reality, for our six hour private tour of Vancouver we were in the car for around 2¼ hours being dropped at the airport with 45 minutes remaining of the six hours. I would have let all of this go except for Ricky's subsequent harassment (a missed WhatsApp call at 7pm (UK time) yesterday evening followed up with his WhatsApp message at 1.15am this morning complaining about the review my husband had posted on TripAdvisor. Apologies for my jet-lagged, sleep deprived grouchiness.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank youTracy for detailed review, at least now we know whom we are addressing here. we have a set time for starting the tour at 9:00, we changed that for you. As you were 2 people, you were booked for Sedan car and when we made you aware that it will cost you extra you didn't wanted to upgrade, still because we got one available we gave you a free upgrade. we charge extra for dropping at Airport, that was also waived for you. The speed limit is 50km/hour in city of Vancouver so our drivers drive accordingly, if our guests have to take pictures at a particular stop, our guests let our drivers know and driver will stop somewhere where its legal and she to park to take pictures. And moreover, you can see your husbands trip advisor feed that how many photos he has posted there from this tour. Tour is pre planned and we can make some changes if guests request that, in your case you were taken as tour was planned. If guests needs to be taken to Airport, we leave downtown at least an hour prior to your drop off time. We try everything under our control to make this tour enjoyable and happy clients and we have happy clients everyday. The reason why we called you because we were trying to figure out unsatisfied client who have written negative review. Now we know, and we respectfully accept your review as we cannot make everybody happy. we tried by being flexible with you with your pick up , giving you free upgrade of. better vehicle, dropping you at Airport without any extra cost. We usually welcome negative and positive feedbacks because positive feedbacks gives us enthusiasm and we learn from negative feedbacks to get better. Your feed back is sad, because we don't think of anything that would have made you a happy client because we tried everything under our control. it was a waste of 6 hours that we spent with you and your husband and I regret that. Ricky

Perfect day😀

DarylOswald, Jun 2023

Ricky was very helpful in every way, communicative, and pleasant. He taught us a lot about Vancouver. We had a perfect day. Thanks Ricky! My only regret is I forgot to take your picture with your nice car.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Hello Daryl, total pleasure to meet you guys and show you our beautiful city. I am sure you are going to have a nice cruise. wishing you all the best and thank you so much for sparing time to write us a review. Regards Ricky

Comfortable and interesting tour

Kwok_L, May 2023

Comfortable seating for all 9 of us. Prompt hotel pick up and drop off. Knowledgeable driver/guide, Graham. Plenty time to explore all the stops and time for lunch. Room for improvement is if there is microphone and speakers installed so all passengers can hear.

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you Kwok-L We really appreciate your feedback.Thank you for using our service for city tour, we are glad that you enjoyed it. Regards Ricky

Great Tour in Vancouver

Antoinette_T, May 2023

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you Antoinette. It was a pleasure to provide you our services. We are glad that you enjoyed your city tour. Thank you for your positive feedback. We appreciate that. Regards Ricky

Vancouver sites

Cristy_B, Oct 2022

Our group of 6 had a great day with our driver Ricky. He was a great driver and the vehicle was comfortable and well appointed. Ricky was knowledgeable about the city and engaging. We were able to visit many of the must see locations including Stanley Park, Lions Gate Bridge, and the suspension Bridge. I would definitely recommend this tour!

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Thank you Cristy, it was pleasure to meet you and your group and show you our beautiful city. Regards Ricky

Great tour of Vancouver, would recommend to everyone.

Ed_F, Aug 2022

Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and hit all the highlights of Vancouver. The vehicle was very comfortable, and the whole experience was very professional and we felt like VIP's. The _only_ thing missing was a mic for our driver. Because of some of the covid protections, road noise, and A/C and other ambient noise (normal stuff) it could be hard to hear some of the things that were being pointed out, mostly for those in the back. It wasn't a huge deal, but my only suggestion to an otherwise wonderful excursion. Extra helpful that we were transferring from a cruise ship, with half the family going to a hotel and other other half to the airport. being able to have the bags with us, unobtrusively, was a HUGE bonus!

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Thank you Ed for a review . Your feedback means a lot to us and getting our tour better. We will get a mic in our tour Van asap. we are glad that you enjoyed the tour. It was pleasure to meet you and your family. Regards Ricky

Vancouver in a day!

Susan_M, Aug 2022

Our guide, Ricky, was great. He had a lot of information about Vancouver for us and customized our tour to suit us. We only had an afternoon to spend in Vancouver, but felt we had seen all the highlights. We were very satisfied with our experience. Ricky was patient and knowledgeable. He was very considerate of the pace and abilities we had. Couldn’t have asked for a better day or guide to see Vancouver. Highly recommend him!

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Thank you Susan. It was a pleasure to meet you all. Thank you for your kind words and appreciation, thats means alot. Regards Ricky

Vancouver Highlights

Roberto_C, Jul 2022

Our driver, Ricky, is a very smooth driver and quite knowledgeable regard Vancouver and surrounding areas. Took us to locations we were interested in seeing and suggested other great options.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you Roberto. It was pleasure meeting you and showing you our city. Regards ricky

We saw all the major...

Joe_B, Jun 2022

We saw all the major sights in the comfort of a clean, spacious Lincoln. Our driver/guide was knowledgeable, friendly and accommodated our specific request. The day was expensive, but the convenience no parking hassles, no navigating city streets and no waiting for buses allowed us to see twice as much as we could have on our own with a minimum of research only us. The driver was knowledgeable, gracious, and friendly. The day could not have been better.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you Joe. It was pleasure meeting you. Regards Ricky