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Enjoy a host of winter activities on this eight-day tour to Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper
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Highlights
- Enjoy an ice walk through Johnson Canyon in Banff
- Experience the Jasper Dark skies preserve
- Take a scenic sleigh ride at Lake Louise
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Activity adventure | December holidays | February holidays | History & culture | January holidays | Natural world | Winter
Make the most of Alberta's glorious mountain scenery on this eight-day tailor-made winter tour, combining the spectacular landscapes of Banff and Lake Louise with a stay in Jasper. Along the way you'll have the chance to indulge in all manner of winter pursuits, including snowmobiling, snowshoeing and some of Canada's best skiing.
Day by day itinerary
Day
1
Banff
With included airport lounge access, you'll begin your trip in relaxed style before your daytime flight to Calgary, to be met and transferred to Banff Caribou Lodge in the resort town of Banff. With its timber construction, high open ceilings, wood-burning fireplaces and cherry, pine and bent-willow furnishings, this is the perfect hotel for anyone looking for a Canadian lodge experience.
Stay: Banff Caribou Lodge, Banff (Superior)
Day
2
Banff
Today you can choose between three included winter excursions. Options include a morning tour of Banff and its wildlife, set out in search of deer, elk, and bighorn sheep. Scenic highlights included Fairmont Banff Springs, Bow Falls, Surprise Corner Lookout, the Hoodoos Viewpoint and Lake Minnewanka, alternatively a morning icewalk tour across steel walkways built into the walls of Johnston Canyon to frozen waterfalls, caves and ice walls; or a snowshoe trek to Paint Pots mineral pools that also gives an insight into the fur trade and its impact on Western Canada.
Stay: Banff Caribou Lodge, Banff (Superior)
Day
3
Banff to Jasper
Transfer north along the Icefields Parkway to Jasper, massive snow covered mountains, frozen waterfalls and broad-reaching valleys will be the highlights of this spectacular drive through glacier country.to the enchanting Jasper, where your accommodation is nestled in the heart of the town.
Stay: Forest Park Hotel, Jasper (Superior)
Day
4
Jasper
Today choose between three included winter excursions, either experience the wonders of Maligne Canyon with an ice walk through the fifty metre gorge, or travel through the Athabasca Valley to see some of the park's most beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountain scenery to seek out all of the park's most iconic creatures, or in the evening join a Jasper Dark Sky Planetarium & Telescope experience, for a full evening of cosmic exploration, from a domed theatre experience to the largest telescope in the Rockies, all set in Jasper's Dark Sky Preserve.
Stay: Forest Park Hotel, Jasper (Superior)
Day
5
Jasper to Lake Louise
Today travel southward via the spectacular Icefields Parkway back to Lake Louise, where this evening enjoy a wonderful sleigh ride beside the lake.
Stay: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Superior)
Day
6
Lake Louise
Although it's possible to ski from both Banff and Lake Louise, the latter offers more varied skiing, meaning these two days are the perfect time to hit the slopes. For non-skiers there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the mountain scenery, including a highly recommended snowshoeing tour.
Stay: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Superior)
Days
7-8
Departure
Today leave behind the fresh mountain air and colourful sights of the Rockies. A transfer will bring you to Calgary Airport to catch your flight back to the UK arriving on Day 8
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Pricing
Any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Just contact us to find out more.
Accommodation rating:
8-day tailor-made holiday
from £1,895 pp incl. flights
Superior
01 - 16 Dec 2023
from £1,895 pp. incl. flights
17 Dec 2023 - 01 Jan 2024
from £2,375 pp. incl. flights
03 Jan - 10 Apr 2024
from £2,035 pp. incl. flights
Includes
- Complimentary UK airport departure lounge access
- Return flights between UK and Calgary
- Shared transfer service between Calgary and Banff, Banff and Lake Louise, Lake Louise and Calgary
- 6 nights accommodation
- Banff | Freedom of Choice - 1 of 3 Excursions
Discover Banff & its Wildlife Tour / Snowshoeing at Paint Pots Tour / Johnson Canyon Icewalk
- Jasper | Freedom of Choice - 1 of 3 Excursions
Maligne Canyon Ice Walk / Discover Jasper & Its Wildlife Tour / Jasper Dark Sky Planetarium & Telescope Experience
- Sleigh ride at Lake Louise
- National Park Fees
Terms & Conditions
Prices are per person based on two people sharing a twin/double room; prices are subject to availability and possible change; normal booking conditions apply.
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