Vernon Tours

Spend the day exploring our beautiful valley. Simply book with one of our professional tour companies and they'll look after the rest. In Vernon you can have an adventure in every season: sip wine in the sunshine, play on and in the water, chill out on the mountains, explore the valley from above or below or meander our city streets. Our professional tour guides take the stress out of planning. 

On the Water

• Canadian Air Boats will take you out on their airboat for a one hour, four hour or full day specialty tour. Minimum 2, maximum 3 persons.

• Okanagan Life Private Boat Charters offer private captained pontoon boat tours for all occasions for a memorable day on Okanagan Lake! Full day, afternoon, or a sunset cruise options available.  

• Tricky Wakesurf School will teach you how to wakesurf as you explore the area from the water

On the Land

• Davison Orchard Tours are the perfect way to experience the orchards first hand. Learn how your food is grown and how an orchard runs. Make a furry friend in the animal barn while working up an appetite for pie and juices from the bakery. 

• Planet Bee is the most fun you'll have while getting an education on the secret life of bees. Open year round for tours and tastings.

• The Canadian Wildlife Museum is located just minutes north of Vernon, featuring over 350 mounted specimens including over 120 birds of prey and over 115 different species of Canadian wildlife as well as a large butterfly and moth collection. Open May to September for tours or you can book a tour in the winter by appointment.

In the Sky

• Coldstream Helicopters will take you on scenic flights over the Okanagan Valley and Monashee Mountains. Tours range from 15 minutes to three hours in length.

• Okanagan Mountain Helicopters Sightseeing Tours has several tours to choose from including a full tour of the Okanagan Valley and wine tours. 

• Valhalla Helicopter Tours will take you pretty much wherever you want to go. Full and half day tours include the famous heli-wine tours throughout the wine region of the Okanagan.

In the Outdoors

• Dialed Rides is pleased to offer you a guided mountain bike ride. This experience will be suited to your technical ability and endurance. Don’t spend your time trying to find the trail head – let us take you to some of our favourite trails and viewpoints!

• Elements Adventures offers unique outdoor adventure experiences including: wild mushroom tours, salmon canoeing tours and hiking tours.

• Okanagan Opal has Opal mine tours where experts will show you how to dig for opals and you keep what you find!

• Rodney's Reel Outdoors has guided fishing trips on many of the Okanagan's numerous lakes. Fly fish on a secluded mountain lake or head out on Kalamalka, Okanagan, Wood or Mable Lake.

On the Snow

• Monashee Powder Snowcats, located on Mount Tsuius in the heart of the Monashee Mountains, is famous for record-setting snowfalls - and boasts 66 km2 (17,000 acres)  of world-class terrain. Three and four day cat skiing tours are available. Book early to reserve a space

Teasing the Taste Buds

• Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery is Western Canada's oldest craft distillery. Come and taste why they are North America's only designated (World Spirits Awards) World Class Distillery. Step into their tasting room and let the heady aroma of distillation greet you. Once the tour is complete, stay and have a cocktail or a dram of award winning whiskey in the Barrel Room Patio and Lounge. 

• Olive Us Olive Oil & Vinegar Tasting Room is a great place to stop, perhaps while doing a self-guided mural tour. Tasty treats to mix and match that will make your taste buds dance!

• Waterside Winery is just outside of Vernon in Enderby. They have almost 20 wines including two fruit wines for visitors to taste, and are only 25 mins from Vernon.

Wine Tours

• Cheers! Okanagan focuses their tours on smaller family-owned, off-the-grid wineries that you might not find on your own. These owners provide behind-the-scenes look at the wine making process and you will feel their passion. Tour differently!

• Elite Mile offers a premiere wineries experience with an expert guide. Enjoy fun-filled educational tours of the Scenic Sip, Lakeshore Wine Route and Westside Wine Trail.

• MOJO Wine Tours offers daily wine tours throughout the valley. They specialize in fun, informative, small custom tours. Ask them about their Brides-to-Be wine tour.

• Sip Happens offer custom and private tours with a spotlight on Lake Country's group of wineries is collectively known as "The Scenic Sip." They will also pick up from the Kelowna airport.

• Vernon Tour & Shuttle offers airport pickups and wine tours for up to 15 people.

• Vines & Views Wine Tours offers affordable daily wine tours (and combinations with e-bikes, boats, and more) with flexible pick up times in one of their comfortable, air-conditioned vehicles.

• Vivid Tours offers unparalleled experiences that will have you craving more. Enjoy their luxurious new vehicles, custom audio / video on board, free WIFI and complimentary snacks and refreshments throughout the day.

• Wine Boss Tours offers a selection of unique handpicked tours available for easy online booking, or you may wish to take advantage of their private/corporate tours to customize your own experience. Enjoy a mix of fun and learning as they share their knowledge of the wine industry and the Okanagan Region.

For Arts, Culture & Historical Tours pop over to our Arts, Culture and Heritage page. 

Email Tourism Vernon, we'd be happy to give you more information on tours and tour operators to suit your needs.