Toronto Hippo Tours
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Toronto Hippo Tours was a sightseeing and tour company that operated amphibian vehicle tours around Toronto by land and water. They operated in Toronto for at least 12 years until 2012, when their access to the only land-water ramp into Lake Ontario suitable for operations at Ontario Place was discontinued. The vehicles were moved to Victoria, and the service continued to operate as Victoria Hippo Tours (they have since closed down their operations).
Their fleet consisted of 3 custom Canadian-built amphibian "Hippo" tour buses (based on a school bus platform) that can travel in both on land and water (the vehicles could float, and had a propeller at the rear). Each was given a hippo name starting with H.
Fleet
- Dates built a rough guess based on license plates.
| Fleet Names(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | License Plate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hippo | 1996? | ? | ? | ? | ? | BH8 045 | ||
| Happy Hippo | 
|
2001? | ? | ? | ? | ? | BK6 551 | |
| Henrietta Hippo | 
|
2006? | ? | ? | ? | ? | BM6 550 | Newest unit. |