Private tour in Vancouver 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 and the city. First, we'll drive over the Lion's Gate Bridge and up the scenic Sea to Sky Highway to Squamish. Ride the Sea to Sky Gondola for magnificent views of Howe Sound and surrounding areas. Next, enjoy lunch at the quaint seaside village of Horseshoe Bay. Then, around Stanley Park and do a tour of the famous Vancouver sights and neighborhoods of historic Gastown and Chinatown, downtown and the English Bay. After that we'll head over to Granville Market, where we will experience the fabulous Public Market, maybe have a snack or coffee, and browse the quirky, non-chain stores and enjoy the atmosphere. Granville Island has artisan shops, a working boat yard and marina, and music. We will drive by the Olympic Cauldron, Olympic Village, and the thatched roof cottage. Finally we visit Queen Elizabeth Park and the Bloedel Conservatory, with its tropical birds. Pick-up and Drop-off at cruise terminal, downtown hotel, or airport.
This was a great tour, and Mahara was an excellent tour guide. We appreciated her love of Vancouver, and she referenced differences and similarities between Canada and the United States. We enjoyed every aspect of the tour, especially lunch at Horseshoe Bay, Stanley Park, Fisherman's Wharf, and Granville Island Public Market. She contacted us before the tour and thoroughly explained the pickup process at the cruise terminal.
This tour was amazing. We especially loved the Sea to Sky drive and Gondola. The restaurant Mahara took us to was excellent. Highly recommend you book this tour with Mahara.
My wife and I disembarked a cruise ship in the morning and our flight was not until evening. Mahara developed an outstanding itinerary that focused on city and regional locations we had not seen on past visits to Vancouver. She paced the day perfectly. We benefited from her vast knowledge of her hometown and engaging personality. We highly recommend her guide services.
Mahara is both a very knowledgeable guide as well as delightful person! She customized things for us to allow us to experience the beauty of Vancouver despite some of our mobility issues and age related issues.
Because of torrential rain our guide Mahara had to adjust our tour. After getting our approval we proceeded to have a wonderful time. She was personable and kept us entertained all day all while educating us about Vancouver.
Mahara met us as arranged at the cruise terminal She has a very capacious vehicle if necessary. The tour fullfilled all of our needs. Mahara is a bright intelligent lady and was an excellent host for the day. The choice of restaurant for lunch was very good and very reasonable.
Pick up from your downtown hotel, cruise terminal, or airport. Drive through the city and Stanley Park, across Lion's Gate Bridge and up the Sea to Sky Highway to the gondola ride Sea to Sky Gondola Ride. Walk (maybe) over the small suspension bridge and short forest trail Horseshoe Bay for lunch Drive through the park, including the totem poles Visit the Vancouver Highlights, including several neighborhoods English Bay Olympic Cauldron, Digital Orca, Nike Statue Please note that traffic is not able to go through Gastown this year. Chinatown Coal Harbor English Bay and Laughing Men Granville Island, Olympic Village, views of BC Place Stadium, and Geodesic Dome Queen Elizabeth Park and Bloedel Conservatory Drop-off at your downtown hotel, cruise terminal, or airport
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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.
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