ICONIC ROCKIES AND WESTERN CANADA

• Tackle the ‘Great Outdoors’ on this effortlessly delivered adventure through Western Canada.
• Discover why Vancouver consistently ranks as one of the world’s most livable cities.
• Then, join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for a Welcome Reception.

• This morning, delve into the historic neighbourhoods of Chinatown and Gastown before boarding a ferry to Vancouver Island.
• Dive into Culture and taste local cider at a family-owned ciderhouse, before continuing to Victoria.

Included Experience: Vancouver Island Cider tasting, Vancouver Sightseeing, Victoria Orientation and Grand Pacific

• Today on your Canadian Rockies tour, the Garden City comes to life as you greet the day before opening hours with breakfast at Butchart Gardens, a 55-acre showcase of gorgeous floral gardens that have colourfully transformed a once unused quarry.
• After breakfast, enjoy time in the garden before the crowds.
• Spend the rest of the day exploring the walkable capital of British Columbia perhaps treating yourself to high tea or tucking into local fish and chips.
• Or, join an optional Victoria Whale Watching cruise and keep your eyes peeled for orca and humpback whales, bald eagles, porpoises and seals.

Included Experience: Visit Butchart Gardens

Optional Experience: Victoria Whale Watching Excursion

• See the vivid murals of Chemainus. Board a ferry and then take the scenic Sea-to-Sky Highway.
• Ascend to Summit Lodge, admiring the views from the Sea-to-Sky Gondola.

Included Experience: See the Murals of Chemainus, Scenic Drive along the Sea to Sky Highway, and Soar abroad the Sea to Sky Gondola

• Enjoy an insightful MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and learn about the First Nations at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre.
• Get a first-hand look into the traditional way of life of the original inhabitants of the area and their collection of artifacts and contemporary pieces led by Aboriginal Ambassadors who share their own stories and first-hand cultural experiences.
• After lunch at the Centre, enjoy your time at leisure.

Included Experience: Visit the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

• We continue towards Sun Peaks where we’ll enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

Included Experience: See Seton Lake

• Drive through Glacier & Yoho National Park en route to Banff.
• Sample the best of the UNESCO-listed Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
• The excitement of Canada’s highest suspension bridges awaits at the Golden Skybridge! Explore canyon ridge walking trails with sweeping views of the Columbia Valley and the Rocky and Purcell mountain ranges.
• We then overnight in beautiful Banff National Park.

Included Experience: Drive through Glacier National Park of Canada, Drive through Yoho National Park, and Visit Golden Skybridge

• Your morning is at leisure, perhaps do an optional gondola ride or explore on your own terms.
• Later in the morning, you will have your orientation tour of Banff National Park.
• This evening, meet a Mountie dressed in traditional red serge uniform and hear about their exciting history before enjoying dinner.

Included Experience: Meet a Mountie and Banff Sightseeing

Optional Experience: Banff Gondola / Mt. Assiniboine Helicopter Tour / Three Sisters Peaks Tour (25min)

• Enjoy a lakeside walk at Lake Louise, then board an Ice Explorer and drive over the Athabasca Glacier.
• Continue your drive along the Icefields Parkway to your overnight in Jasper.

Included Experience: Visit Lake Louise, Columbia Icefield Adventure, and Icefields Parkway

Optional Experience: From Jasper with Love!

• Embark on an invigorating guided walk to Maligne Canyon.
• Board a narrated cruise on Maligne Lake (seasonal) stopping at Spirit Island.
• Travel on to Jasper and this evening join Matricia Bauer for a one of a kind Be My Guest experience, on traditional First Nations land.
• Learn how to make curated drink bitters from foraged ingredients, enjoy a designer cocktail and listen to stories and drumming over dinner.

Included Experience: Warrior Women, Guided Maligne Canyon Walk, and Maligne lake Cruise

Optional Experience: Jasper Float Trip

• Admire Mount Robson – the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies.
• End the day in the Tournament Capital of Canada, Kamloops.
• Though the city is known for hosting competitions, we will take it easy and enjoy an evening at leisure.

• Drive from Kamloops, past dramatic moutainscapes toward the scenic coastal setting of Vancouver, known as ‘Hollywood North’.

Optional Experience: Capilano Suspension Bridge

• Our dazzling encounter with the Canadian Rockies has come to an end.
• Depart at leisure as you head to Vancouver International Airport.