Canada
There’s so much more to Canada than just Vancouver, crisp and clean and lively as it is. Just a ferry-ride away – don’t miss the seafood chowder! – Vancouver Island has pretty arty-crafty villages, hazy blue beaches, Butchart Gardens tucked into a quarry and quaint, historic Victoria. Cross the mighty Rockies – take the train – where bears wander down the main street of Banff and Lake Louise is a startling gem surrounded by glaciers.
Calgary buzzes in July when everyone comes to town for the Stampede – wear your cowboy boots and practise your ‘Yee hahs’! More bears up north: white ones this time. Cross Hudson Bay by tundra buggy and see magnificent polar bears completely at home in this hostile environment.
Over east, pretend you’re in France in Quebec and Montreal – it isn’t hard to do. Or leave sophistication behind and enter ‘Shipping News’ country along the Atlantic Coast: lighthouses, lobster pots and weathered men with Viking ancestors in brightly-painted no-nonsense fishing boats. Go whale spotting – but keep an eye open for icebergs!
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Rockies Explorer & Alaskan Cruise
This 19 day tour departs Vancouver for a journey through the Rockies. You will board the world famous Rocky Mountaineer and travel via Kamloops to Banff, this truely is a magical way to travel. Enjoy a moring tour of Banff with time to explore and then a dine around dinner at night. Then its onto Lake Louise 'The Jewel of the Rockies', take time to stroll with Mountain Heritage Guides through this fantastic area. The Athabasca Glacier in the Columbia ice field is next on the list enroute to Jasper and a memorable stay at Jasper Park Lodge. Then the tour returns to Vancouver via Sun Peaks and Whistler. There is time to take in Vancouver and Victoria Island, with a visit to Butchart Gardens, before you board your Holland America Cruise for a seven night journey through the inside Passage of Alaska.
Canadian Rockies Highlights
This 6 days tour starts in Vancouver where you can spend time exploring this scenic city in your own time. Then you will board the world famous Rocky Mountaineer Train bound for Kamloops for an over night stay before travelling onto Banff. A full day tour will take you through the magnificent Canadian Rockies to Lake Louise with a 25 minute helicopter ride to view up to six glaciers, alpine lakes and a 900 foot waterfall. One day five you will enjoy a morning sightseeing tour of Banff before taking a ride on the Banff Gondola. Included also is a 12 minute helicopter summit tour over the remarkable Rockies.
Something Different
Grizzly Bears of Knight Inlet
Located 80kms north of Campbell River is a wild and remote area of the Pacific Northwest know as Knight Inlet. The floating lodge is tucked into Glendale Cove, home to one of the largest concentrations of grizzly bears in British Colomubia. This 4 day indepent tour with a local guide, inludes return flights from Vancouver, plus the float plane to Campbell River, 3 nights accommodation, transfers, sightseeing and entrance fees, all meals and snacks whilst at the lodge, bear viewing, wildlife tracking, bald eagle and bird life excursions and the list goes on.
- 4 days from NZD $2,792pp
- Independent Touring
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