Luxury · 12D | 11N
The Rockies, by Helicopter
GoldLeaf service on the Rocky Mountaineer, three nights at a helicopter-access lodge in the Bugaboos, a lakefront château suite, and a private glacier landing.
- Best time
- June to September
- Route
- Vancouver · Bugaboos · Lake Louise · Banff · Jasper
Day by day
12 days, planned in full
GoldLeaf service on the Rocky Mountaineer, three nights at a helicopter-access lodge in the Bugaboos, a lakefront château suite, and a private glacier landing.
Day 1
Arrive in Vancouver
Fast-tracked and driven to a harbour suite in Coal Harbour, with a tasting menu at the hotel that evening.
- Night
- Vancouver
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
Vancouver with a curator
The Museum of Anthropology's reserve collections with a curator, a Haida gallery in Gastown, and a chef's counter at night.
- Night
- Vancouver
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 3
GoldLeaf, day one
The upper-level dome car with a dining room below it: the Fraser canyon, Hell's Gate, and lunch cooked to order, into Kamloops.
- Night
- Kamloops
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 4
GoldLeaf, day two
Through the Monashees and over the Divide, with the outdoor viewing platform for the Rogers Pass, arriving in Banff for the night.
- Night
- Banff
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 5
West to the Bugaboos
A private car to the heliport and twelve minutes in to a lodge among the granite spires, with no road within twenty kilometres.
- Night
- Bugaboos
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6
Heli-hiking
Dropped on alpine meadows and glacier margins with a guide, moved by helicopter between them, back for a massage before dinner.
- Night
- Bugaboos
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7
A via ferrata on the spires
The lodge's cabled route on the Bugaboo granite, or a second day of heli-hiking, with a summit picnic either way.
- Night
- Bugaboos
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 8
East to Lake Louise
Out by helicopter and across to a lakefront room at the château, with the Victoria glacier at the far end of the water.
- Night
- Lake Louise
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 9
Louise, before opening
A private canoe at dawn, the Plain of Six Glaciers teahouse walk with a mountain guide, and Moraine in the evening light.
- Night
- Lake Louise
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 10
The parkway, and the icefield
North with a naturalist, then a private helicopter landing on the Columbia Icefield away from the ice-explorer road entirely.
- Night
- Jasper
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 11
Jasper, privately
Maligne Lake by chartered boat to Spirit Island, a dusk wildlife drive with a biologist, and a dark-sky session after it.
- Night
- Jasper
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 12
Fly home
A private car to Edmonton or the charter to Calgary, and the connection with lounge access throughout.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 11 nights in 5-star suites, a château lakefront room and a heli-access lodge
- Return business-class airfare from Delhi or Mumbai
- Two-day Rocky Mountaineer GoldLeaf service with all meals aboard
- All helicopter transfers, including in and out of the Bugaboos
- Full board at the Bugaboo lodge with guided heli-hiking daily
- Private Columbia Icefield helicopter landing
- Private guides, a chartered Maligne boat and a dark-sky session
Not included
- Canadian visitor visa
- Drinks outside the named meals
- Travel insurance
- Spa treatments beyond the one at the lodge
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