Private tour in Vancouver Mahara S
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Mahara S.
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Hello, I'd love to meet you and to have the pleasure of showing you my home town, Vancouver, and its surrounding areas. I have a unique perspective of seeing Vancouver's change from a little town of 250, 000 into its present status as a world-class city. I have experienced the history of the past fifty years: Expo 86 and the Winter Olympics in 2010, the building of Granville Island and now the revitalization of its downtown core. I know how important it is have a memorable yet fun and relaxing day, so you decide the pace. You can savor the day with delicious local food, artisan shops, or walks by the beach. You can specialize your tour. I am an experienced and good photographer, know some of the best spots, and how to make your pictures great. I've always loved travel, and from 2008 to 2011 spent three years roaming the globe, visiting and living the life. I've visited around 70 countries. This included living for two years in South America, fifteen cruises, and every type of travel you can imagine, from sleeping in the jungle to five-star hotels. I've spent my life with people, and am easy-to-be-with and flexible. I design your tour around your interests, while showing you our local highlights. I wrote The Laughing Boomer: Retire from Work - Gear Up for Living, as well as other books. I give presentations on how to live your travel dreams. Seeing the world and experiencing cultures are my passions. My interests and knowledge include art, architecture, Vancouver's Urban Planning, city highlights, people and cultures, food, nature, the environment and birding. I have excellent knowledge of eagles and the local nests, and if you are in Vancouver while they are nesting, I can take you to some nests. (need to plan this!) My Virgin River tour includes stunning nature sights, and we can visit these independently. I love showing visitors the amazing natural beauty that surrounds Vancouver. I was a post secondary educator and a music teacher. I am the volunteer education director of a local naturalist society, on the board of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation, and involved with the Cmolik Foundation, where I mentor university students. Tourism Academy: Be a Better Guide Passenger Transportation Board License and Insurance (PT 75441), Master of Education, M.Ed., Simon Fraser University Author: The Laughing Boomer: Retire from Work - Gear Up for Living (2011)
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Enjoy an amazing day in nature. I'll pick you up from your downtown hotel, cruise terminal, or airport. We'll go to Capilano Canyon Suspension Bridge for an amazing outdoor experience in the forests and by rivers. Visit the Treetops Platform, the Cliffs Walk land and enjoy the suspension bridge over a raging river. There is an Explorer Program for kids to find fun facts. Next we'll drive through Stanley Park, and visit the famous Vancouver sights and neighborhoods, downtown and the English Bay vistas. For customizing this tour, please call for a quote. After that we'll head over to Granville Market, where we will experience the fabulous Public Market, grab a bite to eat, shop at the no-chain stores and enjoy the atmosphere. Granville Island has a Kid's Zone, artist's shops, a working boat yard and marine, and music. We will return to your predetermined destination
We had a great day with Mahara! She has so much knowledge about our various destinations and always pointed out details we would surely have missed. We really enjoyed the all the parts of the Capilano Canyon, where Mahara had oodles of information about what we were seeing and experiencing. Then an extensive tour of Vancouver neighborhood was interesting, as we learned how the city and area developed.
Mahara was knowledgeable and engaging. She customized our tour to our needs. We learned a lot
Wonderful experience; will do again the next time we're in Vancouver!
Mahara is wonderfully informative and a real joy to be around. We changed our tour the day of to a City Tour rather than a Capilano Tour and I think I would have preferred what we originally booked even if I was tired. Driving around the city looking out of a car window and talking about the different neighborhoods just honestly did not interest me. We did make a couple of stops which I enjoyed, but overall I think it just wasn't my cup of tea. Others in my group were very happy with the experience. Mahara was great though, friendly, communicative, knowledgeable, and flexible.
Mahara was an absolute pleasure to have as our guide in the beautiful city of Vancouver. She picked us up from our hotel and we spent the day touring and learning so many different things. What a lovely woman and a superb guide. So glad we found her. Thank you Mahara !
Mahara was an excellent tour guide. She was knowledgeable, energetic, and enthusiastic. Had a great time at the Capilano bridge park as well as the city sights she shared with us. We highly recommend Mahara!
Pick up from your pre-determined location Drive through the city and Stanley Park, across Lion's Gate Bridge and over to Capilano Canyon Suspension Bridge. On our return: Drive through the park Visit the Vancouver Highlights, including several neighborhoods English Bay Olympic Cauldron Nike Statue Coal Harbor Go the Granville Island, famous for its festive features Public Market Dozens of food venues and sit-down restaurants Shopping Return to your pre-determined location.
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Vehicles Tesla: For one to three people with reasonable amounts of luggage, you can have fun in a white Y Tesla. Honda Odyssey: can hold up to six people. Configuration is one in the front row, two or three in the second, and the rest in the back row. Luggage is the reality. Wide suitcases - the trunk will only hold two sideways, and with six people it can only be carry-on. Everything else is in between. I can flip down the back seat, but - less people.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Airport, Cruise , Downtown Hotel
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