Private Tour
Vancouver Private Tour: Highlights & Hidden Gems with a Local
Overview
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Vancouver is a city where nature and culture meet at every turn—where rainforest trails, mountain peaks, and oceanside walks exist alongside vibrant neighborhoods rich in diversity and creativity. With a local host, you’ll explore more than just scenic views. You’ll discover the everyday Vancouverites know: cozy cafés, colorful alleyways, and global flavors hidden in unassuming corners.
Before the tour begins, you’ll complete a short online questionnaire so we can match you with the perfect local host to design your ideal Vancouver experience.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a private City Unscripted experience: real people, real connections
After booking, you'll receive a short online questionnaire to share your interests, preferences, and must-sees. Your City Unscripted guide will personally reach out to craft a fully customized itinerary that suits your style—whether you love history, food, hidden gems, or cultural experiences.
This private tour is a walking experience. A private vehicle is not included.
Public transportation or local taxis may be used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with your host after your reservation is finalized.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Vancouver
Experience Vancouver through the eyes of someone who calls it home—where snow-capped mountains frame ocean views and vibrant neighborhoods tell stories shaped by cultures from around the world. This isn’t just a tour—it’s a City Unscripted experience: real people, real connections, designed around you, full of authentic moments and unforgettable discoveries. Before your experience begins, you’ll receive a short online questionnaire so we can craft an itinerary tailored to your interests—whether it’s sampling dumplings in a tucked-away food court, browsing independent bookstores, or taking in panoramic views from the seawall. Here are some highlights to inspire your experience:
Gastown
Wander cobblestone streets lined with heritage buildings, independent boutiques, and iconic street lamps. Your host will share how this neighborhood transformed from a historic logging outpost into one of Vancouver’s most stylish and storied districts.
What‘s Included
Online questionnaire link sent after booking to tailor your experience and match you to a local host
Flexible durations and start times - Pick your preferred duration when you book
Get picked up (on foot) at your accommodation if it's central!
Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local
Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations
Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
Gratuities (optional)
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
2-hour Vancouver Walking Tour
Duration: 2 hours
Pickup included
5-hour Vancouver Walking Tour
Duration: 5 hours
Pickup included
3-hour Vancouver Walking Tour
Duration: 3 hours
Pickup included
4-hour Vancouver Walking Tour
Duration: 4 hours
Pickup included
Reviews
13 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great Guide! Fabulous experience
Kelly B,,Dec 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The best way to do a tour, and tailored individually for just what you want a just for your private group. Our guide Erika was amazing! Great gems you won’t see without her and we even popped in for a coffee along the way.
This was the best way to...
Katherine K,,Oct 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was the best way to start my trip. Erika was so kind and accommodating. We got to see the best parts of Vancouver, and she shared so much knowledge about the buildings and the neighborhoods.
Kim as awesome. The...
Kate M,,Sep 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Kim as awesome. The sweetest tour guide. She was very personable and knew all about the city. 5 stars
GREAT experience
Samuel P,,Sep 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent. Nas was my guide. He was very flexible about changing the schedule to things that interested me specifically. Very eager to help take pictures, alter the schedule to fit in things I needed, or answer questions I had. Very knowledgeable about the city and its history. I would HIGHLY recommend him.
Great intro to Vancouver
Suzanne Y,,Jul 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Monica was a terrific guide. Lots of knowledge, very flexible, and a lovely person. Our first time in Vancouver and Monica took us everywhere. I highly recommend a 5 hour tour
Kim our guide showed us...
Luz N,,May 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Kim our guide showed us all the beautiful sites in Vancouver. She showed us beautiful architectural gems, we got to navigate the city in local transportation and got to see a different perspective of the city. She’s wonderful, has a great personality and you will feel like spending a day with an old friend. I would highly recommend her. Thanks.
Walking Tour of Vancouver, as you like it!
Betty B,,Apr 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00The tour is personalized for you! The tour guide came to my hotel, and was early. I expected others on the tour.
Walking tour with Omar
Linda M,,Sep 1, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Stanley park, coal harbor, Chinatown, and gastown. Omar took us all over Vancouver. He was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Brilliant City tour of Sights not usually seen by the normal tourist sight seeing packages
ROXANNE L,,May 24, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Kim took us to "off the tourist radar" sights and was incredibly knowledgeable about the city, architecture and history-exactly what we asked for.
Not as good as we had hoped it would be.
Deborah R,,May 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
3.00We booked this private walking tour of Vancouver prior to departing on an Alaskan cruise. We were immediately contacted by the company and asked to complete a very in depth survey of what we wanted to do during our tour. The tour guide also reached out to ask about what we wanted to do. This is the big problem - we don't know Vancouver!! We wanted a professional guide to introduce us to the city and show us as much of it as possible during our 3 hours - and that really didn't happen. We had 3 hours and we often felt like we were walking in circles and not really seeing much of the city. We also felt that our guide incorporated too much of her personal "stuff" into our tour which took away from our ability to get to know Vancouver. We all wish that we had gone with a bus or bike tour instead to get to know and see more of the city.
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