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Independent Victoria BC trip planner

Plan Victoria with real times and dated prices

Ferries, floatplanes, cruise days and the places worth your time, every fare and schedule linked to its source.

Where are you coming from?

Pick a starting point to see the routes into Victoria.
Stylised map of the Salish SeaFerry, Clipper and floatplane routes from Seattle, Port Angeles and Vancouver arriving at Victoria, plus the suspended Anacortes ferry shown as a dashed grey line, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.VictoriaVancouverTsawwassenSwartz BayPort AngelesAnacortes (ferry suspended)SeattleVancouver Island
Routes as a list
  • Seattle to Victoria: Victoria Clipper passenger ferry
  • Port Angeles to Victoria: MV Coho car and passenger ferry
  • Anacortes: the ferry to Sidney is suspended until at least spring 2030
  • Vancouver: BC Ferries Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, then bus or car
  • Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbour: floatplane

Things to do

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Getting there

Ways to reach Victoria

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Tools

Find the tool for your question

Tools sit inside the guides that answer the question. Here is everything planned, by topic.

Getting to Victoria planner

Pick where you start; see every route, time and cost.

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Trip cost calculator for ferries

Fares for your party and car, in Canadian or US dollars.

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Ferry, floatplane or flight

Compare door-to-door time and cost from Vancouver.

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Clipper, Coho and Anacortes

Sortable comparison of the routes from the Seattle area, including the suspended Anacortes ferry.

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Day trip time check: Vancouver

How many hours you really get in Victoria.

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Day trip time check: Seattle

The same sum for the Victoria Clipper.

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Car or no car checker

Find out whether you need a car for your plans.

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Attraction cards

Hours, prices and how long to allow, with filters.

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Kids and family planner

Places whose own pages list family features, with stroller and access notes.

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Afternoon tea comparison

Prices, dress codes and times side by side.

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Rainy day finder

Indoor places with hours, prices and time to allow.

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Cruise port time planner

Work out what fits between all-aboard times.

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Victoria in a few hours

Ready-made plans for 3, 5 and 8 hours ashore.

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Itinerary builder

Drag places into days with real travel times.

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Trip budget calculator

Estimate the cost of your trip, with assumptions you can edit.

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Where to stay matcher

Match your trip to areas, with facts not rankings.

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Best time to visit

Pick a month: weather, crowds, daylight and packing.

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Whale watching calendar

Which species to expect, month by month.

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Day trips from Victoria

Where to go, how long it takes, what it costs.

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Sunset and golden hour

Exact times for any date, worked out on the page.

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Tide planner

Tide times and tide-pool windows from official data.

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Trail and beach finder

Bike routes, hikes and beaches with distances.

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Scenic drive routes

Drives on a map, with times from the travel-time matrix.

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Food map

Where to eat, from OpenStreetMap data, with no reviews.

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Phone and data helper

Plans compared on facts, with dates.

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BC sales tax and tip calculator

GST, PST and tips worked out in one go.

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Travel insurance explainer

What cover to look for when visiting Canada.

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Entry requirement checker

What you need to cross into Canada, from official sources.

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Our promise

Planning you can double-check

1

Every number has a source

Prices, schedules and rules link to the official page and show the date we last checked them.

2

No fake reviews or rankings

We compare facts you can check. No invented ratings, no opinion-based “best of” lists.

3

Independent, not official

We are not BC Ferries, Clipper, the city or the tourism body. We link to them to book.

4

Fast and private

Light pages, tools that run in your browser, and no account to sign up for.

Guides

Start with the questions visitors ask most

Port Angeles to Victoria ferry

Crossing time, car or foot, and the border steps.

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Seattle to Victoria ferry

Clipper or Coho compared; the Anacortes ferry is suspended.

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Vancouver to Victoria ferry

Sailings, fares and how to go without a car.

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Vancouver to Victoria floatplane

35 minutes downtown to downtown, with fares and limits.

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Things to do in Victoria

Hours, prices and time to allow.

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Craigdarroch Castle

Hours, prices, accessibility and getting there.

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Butchart Gardens

Admission by month, how long to allow, getting there.

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Whale watching

Species by month, boat versus Zodiac, the rules.

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Victoria cruise port

What fits between docking and all-aboard.

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Arriving by cruise ship?

Work out what fits between docking at Ogden Point and all-aboard.

Plan your port day

Thinking of moving here?

Rent, costs and neighbourhoods, from official data with dates shown.

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