45-Minute By The Park Tour

Wonderful carriage ride and history tour! Gemma was a fantastic guide and Donner was such a sweet horse! Definitely recommend.

Find the adorable young lady at the corner of Menzies and Bellville (the green stand) and check in. She will walk you to your horse and driver. Hannah and Blaze were absolutely amazing. We opted for the narrated ride and wow was there some history in that beautiful city! I would do this over and over. They do have blankets if you think you will be cold.

I am writing this review to tell others about our experience with this carriage tour company on August 7, 2026. We had high expectations for this ride as a final excursion for our Alaskan cruise, but it turned out to be a deeply frustrating and unprofessional experience. The issues began before we even started. Our tour was scheduled for 9:30 PM, but we didn’t actually depart until 10:00 PM due to staffing issues and the driver taking a personal break. The quality of the tour itself was well below standard. Like other reviewers have mentioned, our guide took us thru residential areas of no value and communication was also a major issue as she mainly spoke while facing forward making it impossible for half of our group to hear her commentary. The entire tour was additionally ruined by the driver’s constant, repetitive, and loud attempts to force the horse to move faster, which created a very unpleasant atmosphere. We reached out to the company directly to address these concerns and request a refund which he refused to do sighting company policy. I felt it was important to share this experience. I would strongly recommend looking for a different tour provider if you are visiting the area.

Over half of the tour was residential areas. This was ok, but I’d prefer to see more of the city highlights.

Our driver was great! And Jack Sparrow (the horse) lived up to his name.

Loved it!! Love that the driver gave us the option to either have a guided tour of Victoria, or we could choose to just sit and talk. We opted for the tour and I am so glad we did! Our driver was super knowledgeable and provided a lot of information about Victoria. Highly recommend

Our party of 6 had a port stop in Victoria for a very short period of time on a Thursday evening. As we walked to a restaurant, we passed the curbline with all the horses and carriages. I inquired about the rides, and the attendant handed me a card and answered my questions. We came back after dinner, booked the ride, and set off on our experience. We did not make reservations. Libby, our guide, gave us lots of interesting information about all kinds of things as we clip-clopped through the neighborhoods. Our horse, Fender, was a very good boy. In telling us about Fender, she informed us that part of the price of the ride went towards a retirement fund for the horses. Libby asked if we noticed that Fender was getting a little excited and going a little faster than normal. With that, she extended our tour to accommodate for the time "lost". I would highly recommend a ride with this company. It was a beautiful night in Victoria, and we are very happy with the memories we left with.

very nice, and enjoyable, the driver was really fun and knowledgeable, very interesting information.

Our driver was friendly and knowledgeable! We learned a lot about local history. From ages 11 through 71, everyone raved about the carriage ride!!!

The tour was good. Our driver was fairly new and didn't know much about the area but she tried. She also had her back to us most of the time which made it hard to hear her when she did talk about the places we were coming up to or passing by. The places were beautiful that we could see because it was dark. Wish we could have seen it during the daytime, but not your fault, cruise ship docked late. Zach, the horse was great. Thank you.

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