Canada, Alaska, USA, Luxury Escorted Touring, Rocky Mountaineer, Lake Louise, Alaska Cruises, Whistler Canada
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ROCKIES & ALASKA CRUISE HOLIDAYS | 65 CANADA'S AWE-INSPIRING ROCKY MOUNTAINS Day 6. Echo Valley, Wells Gray, Mt Robson, Jasper. Breaking up your journey into the Canadian Rocky Mountains today, you'll stop to visit Wells Gray Provincial Park, which protects most of the highest regions of the Cariboo Mountains. Here, among other incredible sights, you'll see stunning Spahats Creek Falls rising from snowmelt and tranquil springs at a pass between Raft Mountain and Trophy Mountain. Your journey continues to Mt Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, where you'll stop to admire this majestic crest, before crossing from British Columbia to Alberta, arriving later in Jasper National Park. After settling in to you room, choose from a number of restaurants in which to enjoy your dinner. Then perhaps relax on the verandah and catch the sunset over Lac Beauvert. Stay: Jasper National Park, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. BLD Day 7. Jasper, Athabasca Glacier, Lake Louise. Join the Icefields Parkway and wind through the scenery of the Rockies. After pausing to take in Maligne Canyon and Athabasca Falls, stop at the Columbia Icefield. Here, you'll board an Ice Explorer vehicle and journey onto the surface of Athabasca Glacier. Continue into Banff National Park and admire Peyto Lake before arriving at Lake Louise. Stay: Banff National Park, The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in a Lakeview Room. BD EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST OUTDOOR SHOW ON EARTH Day 8. Lake Louise, Calgary. Stroll by the shores of Lake Louise with an expert Mountain Heritage Guide and enjoy one last chance to take in the impossibly blue waters. Then, don your Stetson as you arrive in Calgary and experience the cowboy fever of the annual Calgary Stampede, a famous event that attracts the world's best rodeo champions. Your two-day 'Stampede Thrill Package' includes: a rodeo ticket for the main grandstand; gate admission; souvenir program; an evening ticket to the Chuckwagon Races and the Grandstand Show; two Skyrides over Stampede Park; and a Stampede shirt and bag. Two Night Stay: Calgary, The Fairmont Palliser. B Day 9. Calgary. Enjoy a full day today to return to Stampede Park and absorb the excitement of the Calgary Stampede. Billed as 'The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth', this is the most anticipated rodeo event of the year and one of Canada's most famous events. Celebrating Calgary's western heritage and values, the Stampede is embraced by the local community and also attracts over one million visitors per year. Feel the excitement at one of the world's largest rodeos, which includes events such as bareback-riding and steer- wrestling, as well as chuckwagon racing, stage shows, parades, concerts, agricultural competitions and First Nations exhibitions. B ITINERARY OVERVIEW DAY DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT 1 Victoria Welcome Dinner 2 Victoria Freedom of Choice 3 Whistler Shannon Falls 4 Echo Valley Cariboo Mountains 5 Echo Valley Freedom of Choice 6 Jasper Wells Gray Provincial Park 7 Lake Louise Ice Explorer Glacier Tour 8 Calgary Calgary Stampede 9 Calgary Calgary Stampede 10 Banff Banff Gondola, Meet a Mountie 11 Banff Freedom of Choice DAY DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT 12 Banff, Kamloops Rocky Mountaineer – GoldLeaf 13 Kamloops, Vancouver Rocky Mountaineer – GoldLeaf 14 Vancouver Guided City Tour 15 Vancouver Holland America Line Cruise 16 Inside Passage Islands and Fjords 17 Juneau Tracy Arm 18 Skagway Klondike Gold Rush Heritage 19 Glacier Bay Glaciers and Wildlife 20 Ketchikan Misty Fjords National Monument 21 Inside Passage Coastal British Columbia 22 Vancouver Farewell The annual Calgary Stampede captures the essence of Canadian cowboy culture