We had a great experience with Tally-Ho. The tour was fun and relaxing, and the staff were friendly and easy to talk with. They answered questions without making us feel rushed. I especially appreciated how patient they were with older adults in our group. It was a very pleasant way to see part of Victoria. read more

We had a great time on our 30 minute carriage ride. Making reservations was very easy, the coach person was informative and very friendly. We learned all about our horse Maggie and historical things around town on our ride. I would do it again next time I visit Victoria BC. read more

We had a fabulous 75-minute ride around town. Thank goodness they provided blankets, as it was a cold, windy day. Samson, the handsome horse who brought us around town, was very mild tempered and up to the task. Elijah, our carriage driver was super informative about the history of Victoria and had a very friendly demeanor. We could tell he had a deep respect for Samson. We loved the ride and highly recommend it! read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - My daughter and I enjoying our ride! - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

We chose the 30 minute tour. Our guide was friendly and easy to talk to. It was myself, my husband, and our 3 year old on the ride. We had a smooth ride. Our horse's name was Sampson. He was sweet. read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - Sampson the horse! - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

I don't know where to begin, this was hands down a highlight to our trip and the absolute perfect accompaniment to our high tea at The Empress. Our tour guide, Anna (?) and horse RED, gave us the thrill that dreams are made of on our 90 minute carriage ride. As we weaved up and down the streets of Victoria we felt like royalty, with folks snapping pictures of us and waving. We felt like beauty queens in a pageant:) Anna's knowledge of RED and the overall care of the horses was heartwarming to hear her passion. Truly memorable experience that everyone should enjoy once in a lifetime. read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - We felt like royalty:) - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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Ursula is an amazing and lovely young lady who totally understands her city . Fusion is the best young Clydesdale horse I've ever had the privilege to be near. Just an excellent experience! read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - My little family and of course Fusion is in the other photo - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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What a great experience. This was the 4th ride with Tally Ho and loved it as much as the 1st. Ursala, our driver was amazing. She was extremely knowledgeable about the city which added to our experience. Ursala was professional, courteous and very personable. She handled Fusion (our amazing Clydesdale) like a pro. We did the Grand Ride and truly got to see the city. If you are visiting Victoria for a few hours on a cruise ship, this is how you should spend your time. read more

Very entertaining and informative tour about the older portions of Victoria! Our guide (Debbie) did an amazing job of balancing the historical content, while also letting us enjoy the quiet ambiance of the Victorian neighborhoods. Be careful on a sunny day as the steady clip-clop of the horse and steady rocking of the carriage may relax you so much that you get lulled to sleep. read more

We had amazing time. Our guide was so knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend.

Terrible, Terrible, Terrible. We book the tour for 11:30am on Feb24th2024 and we arrived about 20 minutes earlier. The weather forecasts cloudy starting from 12pm. When we start our tour, It's almost not raining and from 11:46am, there is no rain at all. But the carriage was equipped with a roof all the way to the end. We asked the driver to remove the roof since the roof blocked most of our views along the route. The driver refused to do so. She told us it's company's rule to keep the roof even it didn't rain at all once you began the tour. This tour route wasn't good as well. I don't think the tour worth $345 cad +tips($50 cad). Never recommend the tour to any one. If you want to enjoy the city view of Victoria, go public tour bus. read more

Nice carriage tour with informative guides. There are city restrictions on where they can go. We toured the historic district which was OK. Recommend going in the evening where there is good visibility. read more

Super friendly driver, good prices, fun route, everything was great! Bought a tour for my family as a Christmas present. Was a highlight of our trip. Highly recommend! read more

These carriage tours never disappoint. I've been coming to Victoria off and on since 1976 and almost always try to get a tour in. We were only able to take a half-hour this time but it was still very informative and fun. There's something about seeing things at a relaxed pace from an open carriage that provides a new perspective. Thanks to Rosalyn and Scout for a great outing. read more

A Horse Named Nick Tally Ho And away we go! If you have never been to Victoria, like me, this is a great option to take a tour of the downtown and immediate area. It runs in the street just like the cars. Our hostess was great and gave us detailed and interesting information about the town and sites. We even got details on which buildings were haunted! $55 will get you a 15-20 minute ride that is very relaxing. It also gets you stardom as all the other tourists flash their cameras at you as you pass by. It also gets your kids a chance to pet and feed a very beautiful horse. Most importantly, it will be a memory for your kids that will last a life time. I cannot remember the name of our hostess. However, ask for Nick. Nick is a grand horse and a grand host. He is calm and gentle. He rides smooth and handles traffic, barking dogs and other obstructions with great patience. He is one beautiful guy. I am a fan! read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - Nick being fed - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

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Can't believe there are no reviews for this Carriage-Ride service! Some of us touristy-types went so far as to meet online to plan a carriage ride with this company, via our cruise ship arrival. We decided to share a ride, and it was a wise and fun decision. We opted for the Premier tour which was a good hour and a half. For around $50 each, four of us shared a ride that took us through a beautiful park, pretty houses, fisherman's wharf, etc. Archie (our experienced horse) and John (our experienced driver) were total pros who led us gallantly. Archie could have probably done it alone, but John was full of interesting stories! This is very much an enjoyable way to see some of this gorgeous city! read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - Awesome Archie! - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

Wonderful experience with the hosts, horse, and carriage. Great food and drink at the Sea Cidery. Great value and I learned from a carriage driver that some horses eat while lying down and napping! read more

We took the 30 minute carriage ride on a Sunday afternoon. It was wonderful! Our tour guide/carriage driver, Ursula, was great! Despite being long time residents of Victoria, she told us facts about the James Bay neighbourhood that we didn't know. I highly recommend taking a Tally-Ho Carriage tour. read more

The driver was punctual, knowledgeable, and friendly! His mastery of the history of the city and the surroundings was quite good! I will take this again with my family!! read more

Ursula and her horse, Maise, made for a great afternoon.

We booked the luxury tour online last minute as our cruise ship was scheduled to make a stop in Victoria the next day. I was a little concerned because the policy said that cancellations had to be done within 24 hours but I wasn't too worried because our ship had been on time to every port so far and I didn't think we would miss the tour. The next day we woke up and the captain on our cruise made an announcement that while we had been sleeping there had been a medical emergency on board and the ship had made a 4 hour detour to take the passenger landslide for medical care. This detour now would put us arriving in Victoria at 11 PM. I was worried that the tour company would not refund us because we were not giving them 24 hours notice, however when I emailed the from the ship they were great about it and gave me no problem or hassle. I'll definitely be coming back to book our tour when we come through again. 5 stars for great customer service! read more

After researching, I booked the Premier tour a couple of months before our cruise, as a separate ride after our cruise excursion. Tally Ho was quick to respond to emails and their website shows how well their horses are cared for. I allowed an hour between the end of the excursion and the carriage ride. Due to our excursion being an hour behind schedule, we were a few minutes late arriving for our ride. No worries, they had held the carriage for us!! We had Elliott as our driver and Clay as our horse. Clay was a great horse! Elliott was very friendly and knowledgeable in sharing his obvious love for Victoria- I'd highly recommend him as a driver guide!! We learned so much about Victoria! The ride came to an end all too quickly. Tally-Ho Carriage Tours is great and I'd highly recommend them for your carriage ride in Victoria. read more

A fun experience, as riding in a horse drawn carriage was a new for everyone in our family. Sarge the horse was very sweet and gentle and accepted all our overzealous petting. Donna, the owner, is very friendly and accommodating; when things didn't go quite as planned she was able to make it right! read more

Sophie was fantastic very friendly, kind sweet girl, Very knowledgeable had a great ride with her service was great.

This carriage ride was the highlight of our trip to Victoria. We purchased the Premier package that lasted 90 mins. It was the best way to see so much. I believe our guides name was Rick and he taught us a lot about the history of Victoria and how the neighborhoods are changing. My kids throughly enjoyed the ride and said hey definitely want to come back and do it again. read more

Our evening ride was so much fun. The driver was delightful and knowledgeable. The horses were well taken care of between each ride, and we were told each horse only works a few hours each day. read more

My boyfriend surprised me with a trip this last week in Victoria! Neither of us had been here before so needless to say we were both excited to explore this amazing place! As soon as we got off the ferry I saw that there were horse drawn carriage rides. I quickly looked them up and found a Groupon with Tally ho and purchased it. We chose to do the 45 minute tour through Beacon hill park. It was such a great experience our tour guide was very knowledgeable in the history of the city and gave us advice on some other great attractions to visit while we were there. I will for sure be back and next time we will do the night tour option instead. read more

Well, we really didn't intend to go for a horse ride but the kids saw it and thought it looked cool. So we broke down and "ponied" (LOL) up the cash for a 15 min ride. $55 gets you 15min tour around the main drag of Victoria. If you tip nicely you might get a wee longer tour. Our guide was super friendly and not overbearing with information. Just let us enjoy the ride - it was nice. They take credit cards and if you plan ahead (24hrs notice) you can get roses. Kids loved it - and actually, we did too. Well worth it! Thanks Tally-Ho! read more

A great experience. Really friendly staff and our drivers (we did two tours) were excellent. We opted for the very beautiful ride through Beacon Hill park. It checked off all the boxes. Highly recommend. (2021-09-12) read more

We finished our evening with a carriage ride with my family. We had Abby & her horse Sarge. We were looking forward to this & we weren't disappointed. My grandsons thought it was great. read more

What a terrific way to see Victoria and learn some interesting facts about the city! it was Brianna's first day as a guide, but she was a real pro!!! Can't say enough good things about her! Highly recommend Tally Ho! read more

A fantastic 30 minute tour! Katie and "Sarge" provided an awesome experience as we wrapped up our stay in Victoria. read more

Tally-Ho Carriage Tours - Amy and Alexa with Sarge! - Historical Tours Near Me - Victoria, British Columbia

The ride was simply enchanting! Kayla whisked us off on a tour through town. King the horse was very entertaining!

I had the Beacon Hill tour and it was excellent,l had a super super cute blond hair and glasses girl going to uvic super sweet ......should have found out if she was single other wise highly recommend doing this when in Victoria read more

Recieved a gift certificate for carriage ride with Tally-Ho as a christmas gift.. We used our coupon today. What a lovely gift! The booking was easy to do. Once we got to our check in, we were met by our driver, Katelyn. We had pictures taken gladly and then off we went. Our tour guide was very informative. Our carriage was clean and the horse was well taken care of and at all time we felt like the driver and horse were a team, both were working together to make our expereince as special and as safe possible. We enjoyed it immensely. We were dropped off at one of our favorite restaurants with big smiles on our faces. And experience we won't forget. Would recomend Tally-Ho to anyone wanting a safe, and fun horse draw carriage ride. read more

What an awesome experience in an amazing city. Our horse, Sarge, led us around the town and through many beautiful areas. We opted for the 90-minute tour and were not disappointed. This is a great, relaxed way to explore Victoria, especially since we only had a few hours in the city. Only negative was getting to the tour, which Tally-Ho can't control. The bus service to the center of town was $10 per person, costing a family of 5 an extra $50 bucks. We wound up walking, which was exhausting!! Besides that, a great experience. read more

Go to make tour on Tallyho in Victoria. Our caleche driver she is Carole and the horse is Sampson. We don't have good English, and Carole give the good job and do history in French. We feel so happy. We learn about Victoria. Thank you. Carole and Sampson! read more

Shane and Thor took us on the tour of Beacon Hill Park. The tour was 45 minutes long. Shane started our tour by taking a picture of us in the carriage using our phones. As we toured the area he pointed out heritage homes and told us stories about Victoria's heritage. He told us stories of Emily Carr as we passed her homes. He pointed out unique trees and told stories of who planted them. We had an awesome time. We didn't expect to be told so much. It was way better than we expected. read more