Halifax Tour Guys

Negative experience: Disappointing. When we booked this tour, I asked if it was to the Bay of Fundy. I was reassured that it was, well, it wasn't the tourist area of the Bay of Fundy. Our tour guide was just a taxi driver, he gave no information of the area, he wasn't sure about the area. Very nice person, but did not have any information about the area as he was only a driver. He told us he was to take us to a coastline that was part of the Bay but it wasn't the tourist area. We landed up going to have lunch at a winery as we knew little about the area and had very little information from our "tour guide". Had I known it wasn't the tourist area of the Bay of Fundy and only a driver not a tour guide I never would have booked this excursion.

Fantastic experience: Lem gave us a fantastic tour of Halifax and Peggy's Cover, filled with knowledge and great stories. We were able to go at the pace we wanted and get out when we wanted to. We raved about the tour to the jealousy of everyone we spoke to back on board the ship! Would recommend to anyone visiting Halifax

Fantastic experience: We had a wonderful all day tour with Al. He was full of very interesting material on so many places and made our trip along the coast a real treat & learning experience. Anyone lucky enough to have him as their tour guide is in for a marvelous time.

Fantastic experience: We spent two days touing with Lem as our guide. He took us to so many places and told us the history of Halifax. It was very obvious that he loves this place and wants to share its history. He was always willing to stop if we needed or wanted a picture. I am so glad we took these tours and would highly recommend them to everyone visiting Halifax.

Negative experience: I can not comment on their actual tour but I can tell you their communication with me has not been good. I unfortunately had to cancel this tour due to the coronovirus. I was going to cruise there and the ship we were sailing will not be ready if we are sailing at all at that time. I have written twice to cancel this tour the second time specifically asking for an acknowledgment to my email cancellation as they specifically say they will charge your credit card if you don't show. Other tour companies do NOT take you credit card information but this company was recommended so we went with them. They have not responded to my email about the cancellation and to be honest at this stressful time this is just another thing to have to deal with.

Fantastic experience: My wife and I spent an absolutely amazing day with Lem Smith on October 7, 2019. He picked us up at the cruise terminal and off we went. We had some places we knew we wanted to see but told Lem to take us to other places we shouldn’t miss. His knowledge of the area was amazing. It was like an having the author of a local history book telling us the story of the area. I highly recommend Halifax Tour Guys. Well worth the price we paid for the 9 hours we spent with Lem.

Negative experience: We booked 3 6-passenger vans (@325CAN/ea) on 10/10/2019. Upon arriving at the meeting spot, seems the guy representing the tour company was not ready with the vans. He started to negotiate with 3 separate taxi drivers and took additional 20 minutes to finally decide which vans are for us. In the meantime, we all stood in the cold wind. The driver of my van was Andy from Ethiopia. After 21 years in Halifax, he still has very heavy accent and I barely understand his English. He is a nice person, but definitely not a tour guide. Basically, we had a driver and we made it back to the ship on time and safely. Not a normal private tour booking experience.

Fantastic experience: Our tour guide was Doug and he was quite entertaining with his commentary. We started with a pretty thorough tour of uptown and downtown Halifax. Showing mainy of the sites along the way. He had many stories to tell and he was not fixed on just dates and facts, but rather stories about the town and some of its residence. He then headed towards Peggy's cove, stopping twice along the way. Peggy's Cove was picture perfect, what can I say. Perhaps the most photographed lighthouse in the world, and it was a great day. Doug hit a few more epots when we got bwck to Halifax. We had a private tour in a family van for my family, 360 for 6 hour tour. Hard to bet that price.