Mountain Express
If your time is limited then this is the tour for you. It includes some of the best places in the Canadian Rockies - Banff and Jasper National Parks, Fraser Canyon and Vancouver.
The tour can be done either Vancouver to Calgary or in the reverse direction.
Typical Itinerary
| Day 1 | Arrive at Calgary and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Calgary. |
| Day 2 | Drive from Calgary into the Rockie Mountains and Banff National Park.
Overnight in Banff. |
| Day 3 | Explore Banff, take a ride up Sulphur Mountain, do some shopping or visit the Luxton Museum. For the more adventurous you could try river rafting on the Bow River or take a boat out onto beautiful Lake Minnewanka.
Overnight in Banff. |
| Day 4 | Drive to Jasper along the spectacular Icefields Parkway. Take a SnoCoach ride lasting 1 hour 20 minutes onto the glacier where you can walk and taste pure glacial water.
Peyto Lake, fed by runoff from the Peyto Glacier is also well worth stopping at for fantastic views. A visit to Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park should also not be missed. |
| Day 5 | Drive the Yellowhead Highway past Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Rockies. Explore Wells Gray Provincial Park pristine, untamed wilderness befoe continuing to Sun Peaks.
Overnight in Sun Peaks. |
| Day 6 | Continue your journey past Kamloops into the sage-brush covered lands along the South Thompson River. In Fraser Canyon you can marvel at the 34 metre high Hell's Gate Gorge waterfall and take a gondola ride to view the spectacle more closely.
The Fraser Valley opens up as you approach Vancouver. Overnight in Vancouver. |
| Day 7 | Spend the day exploring Vancouver and surrounding area.
Overnight in Vancouver. |
| Day 8 | Return flight from Vancouver. Deluxe continental breakfast included. |
