Stroll the lakeside path at Lake Louise with your Travel Director, tracing the shoreline beneath spruce and fir. Mirror-like turquoise waters—colored by glacial rock flour—reflect the ramparts of Mount Victoria and the distant Victoria Glacier.

Learn how avalanches and ice flows carved this hanging valley and why the lake’s hue shifts with the seasons. Pause for photographs of turquoise waters framed by alpine peaks and the Chateau’s elegant profile.

Ascend by Banff Gondola to the summit of Sulphur Mountain for panoramic Rockies views. Step onto ridge-top boardwalks and feel cool alpine air while tracing the Bow Valley, Spray Valley, and surrounding peaks.

Visit interpretive exhibits or walk to Sanson’s Peak for sweeping vistas that extend to the horizon. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; timing may vary to capture soft evening light or crystal-clear mornings.

Drift on a guided scenic float on the Athabasca River, following a historic fur-trade route beneath cathedral forests. Glide past gravel bars and canyon walls while scanning for elk, eagles, and wildlife spotting opportunities.

The current is gentle, making it perfect for photography and quiet immersion in Jasper’s soundscape. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; all gear is provided, and no whitewater experience is required.

• 3 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Banff: Dive Into Culture and embrace Canada’s national sport, learning the secrets and superstitions of hockey players as a team member walks you through a day in the life of a player. Go inside the players’ dressing room and put on the full hockey gear. Grab your stick and it’s onto the ice where you’ll soon find out whether you are a lefty or righty and learn how to score the big goal.   
• Banff: Uncover how Banff is in a league of its own. Stroll through the downtown lined with historic buildings as majestic mountains stand tall in the distance. This is your chance to visit the iconic sites and the local spots on a guided tour around town. Stop at Bow Falls for great sightseeing opportunities of the river and the falls. At Surprise Corner, named for its spectacular, surprising views from Buffalo Street, capture a photo of another unique vantage point. 
• Columbia Icefield: Gear up for a Columbia Icefield Adventure. Board a massive, specially designed ‘Ice Explorer’ to view one of the largest non-polar ice fields in the world, the Athabasca Glacier. Stop at the best spot to walk on, feel and drink from the Glacier. What better way to appreciate this natural wonder? You’ll even enhance your visit learning about the Columbia Icefield, how the glacier has changed and the thrill of driving up the moraine deposits to reach the glacier.
• Icefields Parkway: Unlock the Canadian Rockies’ pristine wilderness on one of the most scenic drives in North America – the Icefield Parkway. This stretch of double-lane highway from Jasper to Lake Louise winds along the Continental Divide through rocky mountain peaks, rock spires, waterfalls, icefields, valleys and more than 100 ancient glaciers. Snap a pic at a viewpoint to capture the beauty.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• Standard regional accommodation

Explore Waterton Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where glacier-carved valleys meet windswept prairie. Travel past jade-green waters and flowered meadows framed by towering peaks, pausing to breathe in the fresh, pine-laced air.

Learn how this rare “where prairie meets the peaks” ecosystem shelters bighorn sheep, bears, and more. Capture the famous silhouette of the Prince of Wales Hotel above Upper Waterton Lake and appreciate the cross-border conservation legacy shared with neighboring Glacier National Park.

Be welcomed into traditional Blackfeet territory by Mariah Gladstone, member of the Blackfeet and Cherokee nations. During this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience, hear living history and personal stories that illuminate the tribe’s enduring relationship to the mountains, waters, and wildlife of today’s Glacier National Park.

Gain insight into stories of resilience and food sovereignty as Mariah shares her advocacy work reimagining Native foods and fostering youth connections to culture. Leave with a deeper understanding of the Blackfeet’s connection to this land, nurtured over thousands of years.

Ride the iconic Red Jammers—restored 1930s touring coaches—along Glacier’s legendary Going-to-the-Sun Road. Roll past the gleaming waters of St. Mary Lake, feel the cool mountain air under the retractable canvas roof, and watch for mountain goats perched on impossible ledges.

Hear how engineers carved this cliff-hugging route across the Garden Wall. When conditions permit, crest Logan Pass and the Continental Divide for sweeping views of U-shaped valleys, hanging gardens, and chiselled peaks that epitomize the Crown of the Continent.

Journey the Banff–Windermere Highway into Kootenay National Park, where lodgepole pines and limestone ridges frame a dramatic corridor. The road threads the rust-streaked walls of Sinclair Canyon, revealing a palette of ochres and reds sculpted by time and mineral-rich waters.

Learn how shifting plates and ancient seas shaped this faulted landscape before ascending Vermilion Pass on the Continental Divide. Watch for wildfire-renewed forests and river-cut valleys that tell the Rockies’ ongoing story of destruction and renewal.

Join a guided sightseeing tour around Banff to the thundering Bow Falls and cliffside viewpoints. From Surprise Corner, frame the turreted Fairmont Banff Springs against pine-clad slopes and the churning Bow River below.

Hear how hot springs sparked the creation of Canada’s first national park and how wildlife corridors preserve movement through the valley. Absorb alpine scents, glacier-fed hues, and a frontier spirit that still shapes this mountain town.

Embrace Canada’s national sport and learn to play hockey like a pro in Canmore. Step into the players’ dressing room, hear rink-side rituals, and suit up in full gear before taking to the ice to practice stickhandling and wrist shots.

Guided by a professional coach, hit the ice to test your balance, timing, and aim. Discover the superstitions, teamwork, and grit that define the game—and leave with a new appreciation for the country’s winter heartbeat.

Travel the storied Icefields Parkway, a corridor of serrated summits, waterfalls, and more than a hundred glaciers draped along the Great Divide. Pull over at the Peyto Lake lookout to see its turquoise waters—tinted by glacial silt—set beneath jagged Rocky Mountain peaks.

Feel katabatic breezes sweep the valley as you learn how ancient ice sculpted these U-shaped corridors. It’s a photographer’s dreamscape, with changing light revealing new facets of ancient glaciers at every bend.

Join the Columbia Icefield Adventure and board an Ice Explorer—a specialized all-terrain vehicle—to reach the safe walking zone on the Athabasca Glacier. Step onto millennia-old ice, hear the crunch underfoot, and feel the chill rising from crevasses.

Guides reveal how the glacier feeds three oceans and how climate forces shape its retreat. Pause to sip pure meltwater and contemplate the scale of this moving river of ice amid snow-capped amphitheaters.

Lift off for helicopter flightseeing over the Front Ranges, hovering beside ice-clad summits and hanging glaciers. Trace knife-edge ridgelines, emerald tarns, and braided river fans from an eagle’s perspective.

Your pilot narrates geology and glaciology while banking for the best sweeping aerial views. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; routes are weather-dependent to ensure safety and the finest visibility.

Cruise Maligne Lake, Jasper’s largest glacier-fed waters, gliding between sheer limestone walls toward the photogenic Spirit Island. Watch the lake shift from jade to deep blue as clouds play across the Maligne Range.

Onboard commentary unveils the lake’s glacial origins and the peaks that ring this calm corridor. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; operations are seasonal and subject to lake conditions.

Visit Moraine Lake in the storied Valley of the Ten Peaks, where cliffs rise like buttresses above electric-blue water. Walk the lakeshore or climb the Rockpile for the classic postcard panorama.

Learn how suspended glacial silt creates the lake’s striking color and why seasonal access protects this fragile alpine basin. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour; access is timed and subject to park regulations.

Join a Be My Guest experience with Painted Warriors near Calgary, guided by Tracey Klettl. Embark on a gentle Gathering Walk, learning to identify wild plants and how they’re used for flavor and wellness. Breathe in spruce and sage as you handle foraged ingredients and connect practical bushcraft with the rhythms of the foothills.

Hear Indigenous skills and stories rooted in Cree and Stoney Nakoda traditions as Tracey shares the legacy of mountain guides among her ancestors. Cap the walk by tasting dishes infused with your finds—Mother Earth’s “grocery store”—for a grounded, culture-rich lunch.

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