Private Tours on Salt Spring Island: Custom Transportation for Corporate and Family Groups
Salt Spring Hop On provides private, fully customized transportation for corporate groups, family trips, and multi-generational travel on Salt Spring Island. Each private tour is planned individually around your group's schedule and interests, with access to destinations across the island — from beaches and viewpoints to wineries, breweries, art studios, and the island's well-known artisan food producers.
A Fully Customized Itinerary
Choose you customized route on a private tour of Salt Spring Island! Your itinerary is planned in advance around the destinations that matter to your group, which may include coastal beaches and waterfront parks, mountain viewpoints such as Mount Maxwell, wineries and cideries, craft breweries, artisan food producers, and the island's art studios and galleries. We work with you ahead of time to confirm pickup times, stops, and pacing, so the day is planned before your group arrives.
A Professional, Reliable Transportation Partner
For corporate groups especially, reliability and safety are as important as the destinations themselves. Private tours are operated by professional, knowledgeable drivers in well-maintained vehicles, on a schedule built around your group rather than a public timetable. Every private booking is arranged and confirmed directly with our team in advance, so your transportation plan is set and accounted for before the day begins.
Corporate Groups: Retreats, Offsites & Client Events
Salt Spring Island is a practical, low-friction location for a corporate event — a scenic ferry (or floatplane) away from Vancouver or Victoria, which, with the help of Salt Spring Hop On, can be organized without needing to worry about the logistics of car rentals, parking, or unfamiliar roads to manage. Private transportation simplifies planning logistics: your group is picked up, moved between meetings or destinations on schedule, and returned at the end of the day. Private tours are commonly booked for team offsites, executive retreats, client appreciation trips, and incentive travel, and can be scheduled around a working agenda or built as a full day of touring.
Family & Multi-Generational Groups
For family reunions, multi-generational trips, or any group with a wide age range, private transportation removes the two most common sources of friction: driving and parking. Vehicles and schedules are matched to your group's pace, with stops chosen to suit everyone travelling, from young children to grandparents. Public parking on Salt Spring fills quickly, particularly on weekends — a private pickup avoids that entirely.
Vehicle Options
Vehicles are matched to your group size and itinerary:
- 24-seat shuttle — for larger corporate groups or extended family reunions
- 11-seat shuttle bus — a comfortable mid-size option for smaller teams or family groups
- 15-seat modern passenger van — a flexible option for mixed group sizes
- 7-seat luxury EV — a premium option for smaller groups requiring a more private vehicle
- Wheelchair-accessible charter vehicle — equipped with a hydraulic lift, available for private bookings
Pickup and Drop-Off Where You Need It
Private tours can include pickup and drop-off at your accommodation(s), removing the need to arrange your own transportation to a departure point. For guests arriving without a vehicle, we can also arrange pickup and drop-off directly at the ferry terminal — Long Harbour, Fulford Harbour, or Vesuvius — so your group's trip begins smoothly as soon as you step off the ferry. Pickup locations and timing are confirmed with you in advance as part of planning your itinerary.
Sample Itineraries
Every private tour is custom-built for your group, but the following examples illustrate how a day can be structured. Each can be adjusted for group size, pacing, and interests.
Sample Itinerary 1: Art Studio Tour Day
Salt Spring Studio Tour is a self guided tour of artists on the island. Choose the artists and makers you want to explore, and we can tailor your trip around it - including a stop for lunch!
Sample Itinerary 2: Hike, Beach & Picnic Day
Planned stops at any of the multitude of Salt Spring mountains, beaches and parks - plenty of time for hiking, exploring and a picnic lunch, and a return through Ganges Village. Can include: Ruckle Provincial Park for coastal trails and tide pools, Mount Maxwell Provincial Park for panoramic Gulf Island views, Beddis Beach for swimming and beachcombing, Vesuvius Bay for driftwood-lined shoreline, and Drummond Park for tidal flats and its historic petroglyph.
Sample Itinerary 3: DIY Artisan Tour
Explore the "Artisan Trail" stops on your own schedule - and sprinkle in more as well! Include Salt Spring Brewing Co. for small-batch craft beer, Salt Spring Island Cheese for artisan goat cheeses, Garry Oaks Estate Winery for estate-grown wines and Burgoyne Valley views, and Ciderworks & Salt Spring Apple Co. for organic craft cider and ocean views, with a return to Ganges Village for a night on the town!
How to Book
Private tours are arranged directly with our team. The easiest way to get started is to book a short planning call, where we'll discuss your group size, preferred date, pickup locations, and the destinations or experiences you'd like included, then prepare a proposed itinerary and vehicle plan for your review.
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You can also reach us directly at info@saltspringhopon.com with any questions about booking.
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