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The Rockies & the Rocky Mountaineer

Vancouver, then two daylight days on the Rocky Mountaineer into Banff, the Icefields Parkway north to Jasper, and back over the Yellowhead.

Best time
June to September
Route
Vancouver · Kamloops · Banff · Lake Louise · Jasper

Day by day

11 days, planned in full

Vancouver, then two daylight days on the Rocky Mountaineer into Banff, the Icefields Parkway north to Jasper, and back over the Yellowhead.

  1. Day 1

    Arrive in Vancouver

    In on the direct flight and driven downtown, with an evening walk along the Coal Harbour seawall to shake the flight off.

    Night
    Vancouver
    Meals
    Dinner

  2. Day 2

    Vancouver and Stanley Park

    The park by bicycle round the seawall, the Museum of Anthropology's Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw poles, and Granville Island market.

    Night
    Vancouver
    Meals
    Breakfast

  3. Day 3

    Aboard the Rocky Mountaineer

    Out through the Fraser valley and up the canyon to Hell's Gate, under a glass dome, with lunch served at your seat, into Kamloops.

    Night
    Kamloops
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch

  4. Day 4

    Into the Rockies

    The second day: the Monashee and Selkirk ranges, Craigellachie where the last spike went in, and the Continental Divide into Banff.

    Night
    Banff
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch

  5. Day 5

    Banff and the Bow valley

    The Sulphur Mountain gondola, the Vermilion lakes, Bow falls and the Hoodoos, with a soak at the upper hot springs at the end.

    Night
    Banff
    Meals
    Breakfast

  6. Day 6

    Moraine and Lake Louise

    The first shuttle to Moraine at six, then Louise and the teahouse walk up to Lake Agnes, and Yoho's Emerald Lake in the afternoon.

    Night
    Lake Louise
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch

  7. Day 7

    The Icefields Parkway

    232 km north past Bow Lake, Peyto's wolf-head shape from the ridge, and the Weeping Wall, with a stop at the Athabasca falls.

    Night
    Jasper
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner

  8. Day 8

    The Columbia Icefield

    Out onto the Athabasca glacier in an ice explorer, the Skywalk's glass floor over the Sunwapta valley, and Maligne canyon on the way back.

    Night
    Jasper
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch

  9. Day 9

    Maligne Lake

    The boat down to Spirit Island, a wildlife drive at dusk for elk and black bear, and the dark-sky preserve after it.

    Night
    Jasper
    Meals
    Breakfast

  10. Day 10

    West over the Yellowhead

    Past Mount Robson, the highest in the Canadian Rockies, to Kamloops, then the flight down to Vancouver for the night.

    Night
    Vancouver
    Meals
    Breakfast, dinner

  11. Day 11

    Fly home

    A transfer to Vancouver airport for the direct flight back to Delhi.

    Meals
    Breakfast

What's included

  • 10 nights in 4-star city hotels and national park lodges
  • Return economy airfare from Delhi, direct to Vancouver
  • Two-day Rocky Mountaineer SilverLeaf service with meals aboard
  • Kamloops hotel night included in the rail package
  • Private vehicle with a driver-guide for the Rockies legs
  • Athabasca glacier ice explorer, the Skywalk and Maligne Lake boat
  • Banff and Jasper national park passes, and the Sulphur gondola

Not included

  • Canadian visitor visa, about ₹9,000 plus biometrics
  • Meals not named in the itinerary
  • Travel insurance
  • Banff upper hot springs entry, about ₹1,000 each

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