Private Groups
Choose one of our Forbidden Vancouver signature events or arrange a custom private tour based on your interests.PRIVATE WALKING TOURS
Team Building | Field Trips | Birthday Parties | Family Reunions | Clubs
LET US MAKE YOUR DAY!
Want to get together with your crew for an outdoor experience in Vancouver that’s original, active, fascinating, and completely engaging from start to finish? You’ll discover history you won’t believe happened, on the streets where it all went down. Plus our guides are some of the friendliest, funniest and most charming people you could meet!
CHOOSE YOUR START TIME
TOURS RUN ~2HRS
AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND
FROM $29 PER PERSON
MEET IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER
EMAIL US TO GET STARTED
Email us: [email protected]
Include your group size, preferred tour, date, and time. We’ll respond within one business day. And you can cancel your experience for a full refund up to 24 hours before your tour start time. No questions asked!
Email us: [email protected]
Include your group size, preferred tour, date, and time. We’ll respond within one business day. And you can cancel your experience for a full refund up to 24 hours before your tour start time. No questions asked!
COMPELLING STORIES
GROUP PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
LEARN & ASK QUESTIONS
WHO WE’VE WORKED WITH
CHOOSE YOUR PRIVATE WALKING TOUR
THE FORBIDDEN VANCOUVER WALKING TOUR
PROHIBITION | RUM-RUNNING | RIOTS | GASTOWN
On the Forbidden Vancouver Tour you’ll explore prohibition-era Gastown, a time of bootlegging, rum-running, and speakeasies.
Stroll the city’s oldest cobblestone streets and hear the stories of legendary Vancouver mob kingpin Joe Celona, crooked prohibition commissioners, infamous riots, dry squad raids, and our city’s greatest smugglers.
THE DARK SECRETS OF STANLEY PARK WALKING TOUR
HISTORIC TOTEM POLES | NOTORIOUS CRIMES | DEADMAN’S ISLAND
On the Dark Secrets of Stanley Park Tour you’ll discover the park you thought you knew has a remarkable – and oftentimes shocking – history.
Travel back in time through murky real estate deals, forced evictions, smallpox cemeteries, bizarre public artwork, and true crime scenes. You’ll never see the park the same way again.
THE REALLY GAY HISTORY WALKING TOUR
LGBTQ2+ PIONEERS | DRAG QUEENS & KINGS | BOOKSTORE BOMBS
On the Really Gay History Tour you’ll walk the city’s bustling West End with storyteller and tour creator Glenn Tkach as your guide.
Hear tales of gay struggle at the United Church, the myth of Patient Zero, our city’s very first PRIDE parade, Jim Deva Plaza, Vancouver’s secret gay village, and the transgender activist who blew the whistle on the biggest crime in Vancouver history. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and walk away inspired!
THE MONUMENTAL SCANDALS WALKING TOUR
ICONIC BUILDINGS | CORRUPTION | FAME | MURDER
On the Monumental Scandals Tour, you’ll discover the sensational stories behind our city’s most iconic places including Granville Street’s Theatre Row, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Marine Building, and much more.
You’ll dig into the dirty foundations of our city’s most famous buildings – and their stories of murder, fame, jealous lovers, fortunes built and lost, corruption… and alluring glamour.
FORBIDDEN VANCOUVER PRIVATE TOUR REVIEWS
WE HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AS A PRIVATE TOUR!
“I cannot recommend this tour enough! We booked as a private group tour, they were quick to respond and were friendly and helpful… It was fascinating learning about Vancouver’s seedy past.”
-libbys525, Tripadvisor
GREAT CORPORATE EVENT!
“Held a corporate event with Forbidden Vancouver that from all accounts was fantastic! Recommend it to groups big or small. They were very accommodating.”
-Gwchristie306, Tripadvisor
A WONDERFUL WAY TO SPEND A DAY
“One thing that really stood out to me was his awareness and cultural humility around indigenous people, history of two spirit people, and the land thru which he guided us… would recommend.”
-M J, Tripadvisor
TERRIFIC, ENLIGHTENING TOUR
“The Forbidden Vancouver History Tour was really entertaining, full of information I did not yet know about the prohibition in Vancouver.”
-msapplesass, Tripadvisor
ARRANGE YOUR PRIVATE TOUR
Email us: [email protected]
Be sure to include:
Your group size
The tour you’re interested in
Your preferred date and time
The reason for your private tour
We’ll respond to your request within one business day. We look forward to hosting a private walking tour with your group!
ARRANGE YOUR PRIVATE TOUR
Email us: [email protected]
Be sure to include:
Your group size
The tour you’re interested in
Your preferred date and time
The reason for your private tour
We’ll respond to your request within one business day. We look forward to hosting a private walking tour with your group!