7 Days - 6 Nights

Day 1  Arrive Calgary  
Arrive in Calgary by 5:00pm. Your Tour Director will be available at the hotel from 1:00-6:00pm to provide local information for your vacation. The rest of your day is at leisure.

Day 2  Calgary - Lake Louise
After breakfast this morning, we enter the ranges of the Canadian Rockies. We'll see Moraine Lake, nestled in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, before making our way to world-famous Lake Louise. This afternoon, we will visit Yoho National Park with its beautiful Emerald Lake, the natural bridge spanning the Kicking Horse River, and the opportunity to see a train negotiating the Spiral Tunnels. In the evening, we enjoy a welcome drink hosted by our Tour Director, followed by dinner at our hotel. (American breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 3  Lake Louise - Columbia Icefields
Jasper (2 nights) - This morning we make our way to one of Canada's most spectacular roads, Icefields Parkway. View the Crowfoot Glacier and at the Columbia Icefields enjoy, the snow coach ride on the Athabasca Glacier. We will also see Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls en route to Jasper National Park. (American breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 4  Jasper National Park at leisure
Enjoy a full day at leisure in scenic Jasper National Park. Your Tour Director will be able to advise you how best to spend your time and assist you with optional excursions, for example a tour of Maligne Lake. Jasper itself is a bit of a frontier town. (American breakfast)

Day 5  Jasper - Icefields Parkway
Lake Louise Gondola -Banff (2nights) - We head south today on the Icefields Parkway. Surrounded by rugged terrain containing rushing waterfalls, snow-capped peaks and glaciers we are able to capture this gorgeous scenery on film. We stop at Peyto Lake and then visit the Lake Louise ski area to take the gondola ride for unique views of this lovely lake and surrounding ranges of Canada's Rocky Mountains. Later, we arrive in Banff for the next two nights. (American breakfast)

Day 6  Banff sightseeing 
This morning's half-day sightseeing tour of Banff includes Bow Falls, Tunnel Mountain and Lake Minnewanka. Then your afternoon is free - perhaps for an optional scenic float trip on the historic Bow River. You'll also have a chance to take an optional helicopter flight by Mount Assiniboine, from nearby Canmore. This evening, we enjoy dinner is at the fine dining restaurant of our elegant hotel. (American breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 7  Banff - Depart Calgary 
Today we descend from the Canadian Rockies back to Calgary. Time to say farewell as our tour ends upon arrival at Calgary airport at approximately noon. (American breakfast)

Including: Calgary, Yoho National Park, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff National Park