Rocky Mountains Summer Explorer
Highlights
- Enjoy incredible sights travelling through the Fraser Valley
- Visit the beautiful Spahats Falls
- Visit the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies
- Banff city driving tour including Bow Falls, Banff Avenue
Overview
This tour includes the best sightseeing stops in the Rocky Mountains and also allows more time to explore and hike including the option to go on a hike at Lake Louise and hike up to Sulphur Mountain Gondola.
- Day 1 - Vancouver to Valemount
Depart Vancouver from Canada Place at 7:15 am
Stop at Othello Tunnels
Enjoy incredible sights travelling through the Fraser Valley
Travel the scenic Coquihalla Highway
Lunch stop in Merritt or Kamloops (or other route passing Nicola lake)
Visit the beautiful Spahats Falls
Check-in to your hotel in Valemount (Golden Oct. 30, 2021 Departure)
Free time for dinner
Hockey in the Rockies or go for a nature walk by the river
Oct. 30, 2021 Departure: Special Halloween Trip with Stay in Golden instead of Valemount - Day 2 - Valemount to Banff
Breakfast included
Mt. Robson - Visit the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies
Visit the town of Jasper
Athabasca Falls
The Icefields Parkway - optional Ice Explorer or a hike on Wilcox trail
Bow Lake with a Polar bear swim
Check into your hotel in Banff
Option to take the Sulphur Mountain Gondola for an additional cost. Enjoy amazing views of the Rockies from the top of Sulphur Mountain Gondola
Option to join your guide for a party at a local bar
Oct. 30, 2021 Departure:Depart Golden and head for Banff
Check into your hotel in Banff
Option to take the Sulphur Mountain Gondola for an additional cost. Enjoy amazing views of the Rockies from the top of Sulphur Mountain Gondola
Option to join your guide for a party at a local bar - Day 3 - Banff to Golden, BC
Bagged breakfast to go
Banff city driving tour including Bow Falls, Banff Avenue
Arrive at Lake Louise at approximately 11:00 am. Option to spend 4 hours here with plenty of time to hike and have lunch.
If you don’t want to spend 4 hours at Lake Louise you have the option to go to Lake Louise Mountain Resort from 1:00 - 3:00 pm and take the sightseeing chairlift with a buffet lunch (additional cost)
Visit Moraine Lake
Check into your hotel in Golden in the evening
Enjoy a Canadian BBQ dinner (hamburgers, hot dogs, salads)
Enjoy a campfire, make s’mores and join the END of tour party with your guide. - Day 4 - Golden to Vancouver
Breakfast included
Cedar Trails Boardwalk
Rogers Pass & the Last Spike on the Transcontinental railway
Scenic drive along the shore of Shuswap Lake & the Coquihalla Valley
Return to Vancouver at approximately 7:30 p.m.
- 3 nights hotel accommodation including one night in the center of Banff
- Friendly, experienced tour guide
- 3x breakfast, 1x dinner included
- Free entrance to the pub in Banff
- All taxes and park fees
- Coach transportation
- Flights are not included
- Travel and medical insurance;
- Gratuities