Western Canada Explorer - Rail

Arrive in Vancouver International Airport, a vehicle from the car rental agency will pick you up, and you proceed to the hotel. In the evening, visit the FlyOver Canada for a 4D show (the tickets are included in the package). Here you get to experience flight ride technology. Chairlift-style seats are elevated before a large spherical screen creating an illusion of flying over the landscapes.

You stay overnight in a Vancouver hotel.

After breakfast, proceed on the Grouse Mountain and Capilano Suspension Bridge Tour. After you cross the Lions Gate Bridge, look-out for the British Property's exclusive homes. Enroute you also visit the Capilano Salmon Hatchery and you continue to the Capilano Suspension bridge. The Capilano experience is a heart-stopping Cliffwalk and Treetops Adventure. Later you proceed to Grouse Mountain, and take the famous Skyride to the mountaintop. Once atop the Grouse Mountain, you stroll around engaging in activities like Guided bird watching tours, Theatre in the Sky "Born to Fly", seasonal logging shows, Peak Chairlift, Lumberjack Show, the Eye of the Wind and much more.

You stay overnight in a Vancouver hotel.

After breakfast, you proceed on a full day tour of Victoria City with a 90 Minute Ferry Ride on BC Ferries through the Gulf Islands. You sail across the Strait of Georgia, to reach Swartz Bay. You disembark and drive to the Butchart Gardens. One of Victoria’s most celebrated sites and rated amongst the most beautiful gardens in the world. Later, make your way to Victoria’s Inner Harbour, and check out the maritime heritage and colonial charm. You also get to explore the world-famous Fairmont Empress Hotel, British Import Ships, and Parliament Buildings here.

You return to Vancouver by the ferry and overnight in a hotel in Vancouver.

After breakfast, check-out and keep luggage in the lobby. And then you proceed on a Vancouver City Tour where you explore and visit important waterfront landmarks like the Canada Place, Robson Street (well-known for shopping), the English Bay, Stanley Park, Granville Island, Chinatown and Gastown. Take the glass elevator to get a 360-degree view of the Vancouver city from the Vancouver Lookout observation deck on the Harbour Centre Tower.

Later you are taken to the Pacific Central Station to connect to the VIA Rail at 2000 hours for an overnight train journey to Jasper.

On arrival at 1600 hours, you transfer to the hotel. You spend the rest of the day at leisure and you are free to explore optional activities like white water rafting, sky gazing and much more.

You stay overnight in a Jasper hotel.

After breakfast, you proceed on the Explore Jasper Tour. You can leisurely spend the day to experience the uniquely beautiful landscape of the Jasper National Park where history is set amid some of the most rugged peaks in the Rockies. You explore the Jasper town-site, and visit places like the Athabasca Viewpoint, the Maligne Canyon, and the Maligne Lake. At Maligne Canyon, you stroll along 50 meter walls and learn about its unique underground water system.

Later, enjoy a Maligne Lake Boat Cruise (optional). And we suggest a visit to the Miette Hot Springs, and you should go whitewater rafting, take the Jasper Skytram, and go Sky Gazing and much more.

You stay overnight in a Jasper hotel.

After breakfast, you check-out and drive to Lake Louise via the Icefields Parkway - Canada’s most scenic mountain roadway, a route to glaciers, lakes, and waterfalls. Arrive at the Columbia Icefields Discovery Center. Here, you take the Ice Explorer Ride which takes you up the Athabasca Glacier. Later, take a coach from the Discovery Center to the Glacier Skywalk, it is a glass-floored observation platform over the Sunwapta Valley, and you get an unobstructed view of the surrounding glaciers. Continue along the Parkway to the Crowfoot Glacier, the Peyto Lake and Bow Lake enroute to Lake Louise.

You stay overnight in a Lake Louise hotel.

After breakfast, you check-out and keep the luggage in the lobby. You spend the rest of the morning at leisure and you are free to enjoy the charms of the beautiful Lake Louise. Lake Louise is known for its turquoise, glacier-fed lake surrounded by high peaks and a stately chateau overlooks it. Explore multiple optional activities like kayaking, hiking trails winding up to Lake Agnes, visiting the Spa, taking the Lake Louise Gondola and much more.

You later transfer to Banff. On arrival, check-in at the hotel and you spend the rest of the day at leisure to explore the famous Banff Avenue.

You stay overnight in a Banff hotel.

After breakfast, proceed on an Explore Banff Tour. The resort town of Banff, set amongst the towering mountains of Rundle, Tunnel, Cascade and Norquay. Explore Bow Falls, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Surprise Corner, Hoodoos, Two Jack Viewpoint, and Lake Minnewanka Boat Cruise (optional) for one hour wherein you get to witness the wildlife and vegetation and visit the Devil’s gap at the foothills of the Rockies. A gentle ride on the Banff Gondola takes you to the summit of the Sulphur Mountain for a 360 degree panoramic view of the Bow Valley. You get the afternoon to spend in leisure and you can explore the resort town of Banff.

You stay overnight in a Banff hotel.