Enjoy the highlights of Victoria and a visit to the spectacular Butchart Gardens. Departing Ogden Point your guide will point the highlights, which will include the Majestic Parliament Buildings, Empress Hotel known for their High Teas, Royal BC Museum, Beacon Hill Park, exclusive residential districts of the Uplands and Oak Bay with their well-manicured grounds and gardens, Bastion Square, and Chinatown (the oldest in Canada) including the "Gates of Harmonious Interest". Following the highlights, your guide will provide you with a look into how the Butchart Family transformed the gardens from a barren rock quarry to what is now one of the world's best-known horticultural attractions. The gardens are a lush paradise of flowers, rare trees and winding paths. Created over 100 years ago, this once-private garden is spectacular. When darkness falls, you'll be treated to an evening wonderland of lighting displays illuminating the gardens. Enjoy the cascading fountains and footbridges connecting you to the many themed gardens - including the beautiful Sunken Gardens, the Japanese Garden and the Rose Garden. Multi-language maps help you on your self-guided tour. As an added bonus, guests visiting on Saturdays in July and August will be treated to the Butchart Gardens fireworks display, choreographed to music. Note: Order of sights may vary. Walking time and distance is at each guest's discretion. The gardens are stunning in the evening when illuminated by thousands of hidden lights. Garden illuminations offered when daylight hours shorten.