Best Of The Canadian Rockies Tour

Escorted Tour Highlights

• ● 5-night escorted tour of the Canadian Rockies
• ● Calgary to Banff: Explore Banff National Park, Banff Springs Hotel, Tunnel Mountain, Bow Falls
• ● Visit Lake Louise: Iconic and picturesque
• ● Optional: Banff Gondola ride
• ● Icefields Parkway: Stunning drive with stops at Bow Lake, Peyto Lake, and Athabasca Glacier
• ● Jasper National Park: Athabasca River and optional Ice Explorer Tour
• ● Yoho National Park: Visit Emerald Lake
• ● Glacier National Park: Traverse Kicking Horse Pass and Rogers Pass
• ● Historic Craigellachie: Site of the Last Spike
• ● Kamloops: Scenic drive through Monashee Mountains
• ● Kamloops to Vancouver: Journey along Thompson and Fraser Rivers
• ● Vancouver tour: Stanley Park, Robson Street, Canada Place
• ● All flights included
• ● Breakfasts included
• ● 7-night Luxury Celebrity Solstice Cruise: Drinks, Wi-Fi included

 Your Tour Itinerary in Detail

Celebrity Solstice, 3rd June 2025

‣ Day 1: United Kingdom → Calgary International Airport

● Fly UK to Calgary. Upon arrival in Calgary transfer to Hotel. Rest of the Day at Leisure

‣ Day 2: Calgary | Lake Louise | Banff

● Breakfast at hotel
● 9:00 am Leaving Calgary we travel west on the Trans-Canada Highway into the rolling foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The majestic peaks of the Canadian Rockies soon fill the horizon as we enter Banff National Park.
● We tour the region around Banff. The area became Canada's first national park in 1885 to protect its natural hot springs. We see the landmark Banff Springs Hotel, Tunnel Mountain, and Bow Falls.
● We then travel to Lake Louise - one of the most photographed scenes in Canada.
● Optional Paid Activity $82pp (£52) - Ride the Banff Gondola to the summit of Sulphur Mountain for amazing
views of the Bow Valley and the charming town of Banff!
● 5:00 pm Free time to enjoy dinner (excluded) on Banff Avenue in Banff
● 7:00 pm Check into your hotel in Banff

Breakfast Included

‣ Day 3: Banff → Jasper | Columbia Icefield → Banff

● Breakfast at hotel
● 9:00 am Depart hotel. Banff is the first and most famous of Canada's national parks
and is an incomparable combination of towering peaks and high meadows, emerald
lakes and keen mountain air.
● The journey today promises to be a highlight of our program. We travel north along the Icefields Parkway to experience a wealth of breathtaking scenery. Crystal blue-green lakes (Bow Lake & Peyto Lake), fresh mountain streams, deep forests, and snow-capped mountain peaks are the order of the day.
● We then enter Jasper National Park and pass the Athabasca River.
● Optional Paid Activity $80pp (£50)- Take the famous Ice Explorer Tour on the Athabasca Glacier.
● 7:00 pm Return to Banff in the late afternoon

Breakfast Included

‣ Day 4: Banff - Kamloops

● Breakfast at hotel
● 9:00 am Depart hotel. This morning our drive is on the famed TransCanada Highway,
following a route chartered by the railroad engineers and fur traders of the mid-1800s.
● Sightseeing at Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park

●Kicking Horse Pass leads us from the Rockies into the Columbia River Valley before we climb through Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. The Selkirk Mountains receive massive amounts of winter snow and are home to over one hundred active avalanche zones.
● Stop at Craigellachie - the site of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Last Spike
● We continue through the Monashee Mountain Range to the rugged interior town of Kamloops.
● Arrive in Kamloops in the late afternoon.
● 7:00 pm Check into your hotel

Breakfast Included

‣ Day 5: Kamloops - Vancouver

● Breakfast at hotel
● 9:00 Depart hotel. We leave the dusty, rolling ranch land of "cowboy country" and follow the dramatic course of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, the road clinging to sheer canyon walls within the turbulent waters rushing below.
● Approaching the Pacific Coast, the canyon opens into a broad fertile valley with mountain backdrops. Our destination is Vancouver, a vibrant seaside city framed by the Coastal Mountains.
● Upon arrival, we will enjoy a sightseeing tour of Vancouver featuring such highlights as Stanley Park to see the collection of totem poles, English Bay, trendy Robson Street, Canada Place, and the Cruise Ship Pier, Gastown, Chinatown.
● 5:00 pm Check into your hotel in Vancouver
● Evening at leisure

Breakfast Included

‣ Day 6: Depart Vancouver

● Breakfast at hotel
● Depart hotel and transfer to Canada Place Cruise Terminal for your Celebrity Solstice Cruise

Breakfast Included