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City and country excitement awaits you on a Calgary - Rockies Adventure!
Enjoy the rolling foothills and Rockies on a Calgary - Southern Alberta Adventure!
Join us in the foothills of the Rockies for an Authentic Western Experience!
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Come experience three world-class alpine mountain resorts: Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper - charming towns and friendly people. This area is abundant in beauty and wonder: spectacular waterfalls, alpine wildflowers and all encompassing mountains. Explore historic sites, relax in steaming mineral pools, ride a horse and walk on a glacier. Follow The Cowboy Trail enroute to Waterton Lakes National Park and enjoy pristine scenery, wildlife, working ranches and major attractions. End your journey in Alberta’s Badlands and feel like you’ve gone back to the time of the dinosaurs with a visit to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology.
Take the short drive, approximately one and one-half hours, from Calgary to Banff National Park. Spend your afternoon at leisure visiting or shopping in Banff town site. Overnight in Banff.
In
Banff, you'll find lots of excitement - shopping, cafes, nightlife, museums
and art galleries. Check out the Cave and Basin National Historic Site,
birthplace of Banff and the Canadian national parks. A ride up the Banff
Gondola will lift you high over Banff for an incredible panoramic view.
Try the thrill of white-water rafting or kayaking followed by a dip in the
hot mineral pools at the newly-renovated Upper Hot Springs. Overnight in
Banff.
Another great day in the Rocky Mountains - travel from Banff to Jasper along the amazing Icefields Parkway. You're sure to be enthralled by the scenery, wildlife, incredible blue lakes and sparkling waterfalls enroute. Stop for a self-guided interpretive walk at Peyto Lake, don't miss the Columbia Icefield Visitor Centre and a ride onto the Athabasca Glacier via the Ice Explorer, and take time out to visit Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls. Overnight in Jasper.
Welcome
to Jasper, a charming mountain village close to many scenic highlights.
Take a tram ride up Whistlers Mountain a boat cruise on Maligne Lake, soak
in the pools at Miette Hot Springs or hike Maligne Canyon. Enjoy watching
the sunset over Pyramid and Patricia lakes. Then, after the sun sets take
a stroll and perhaps you’ll be fortunate enough to witness the greenish
white beams of the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky. Overnight
in Jasper.
Follow the majestic Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Lake Louise. Along the way you can make a slight detour to Cline River to take a helicopter glacier tour or join a heli-hiking visit to an isolated Alpine meadow. Overnight in Lake Louise.
At
Lake Louise there are plenty of outdoor activities available - rent a canoe,
take a lakeside stroll or a longer hike, go horseback riding or simply relax
and contemplate the lake's remarkable emerald colour! A short drive to Moraine
Lake is always enjoyable – both the drive and the lake – and
a journey up the Lake Louise gondola to visit the Interpretive Centre is
a fascinating experience. Overnight in Lake Louise.
Make your way slowly along your route to Calgary, or spend the day in Calgary to check out the shopping, restaurants, cafes and nightlife. Perhaps you’d prefer something more exciting? Visit Canada Olympic Park (Home of the 1988 Winter Olympics) and ride the Bobsleigh Bullet! Want to try authentic western cuisine for dinner tonight? Mosey on over to Buzzard’s for some great cowboy cookin’ or Ranchman’s restaurant and bar for some country line dancing and two steppin’! Overnight in Calgary.
If you only have seven (7) days, then this will be the end of your journey, and you will depart Calgary today.
2008 Basic Package (6 Nights/7 Days) 
Why
not enjoy an amazing panoramic view over the city while you eat a delicious
breakfast atop the Calgary Tower’s revolving restaurant. Then saddle
up and head down The Cowboy Trail along the foothills of Alberta’s
Rocky Mountains. On the way, you may see cowboys out herding cattle and
families out for a horseback ride. This area attracted First Nations peoples
thousands of years ago and Alberta’s first ranching families settled
here in the 1880s, transforming the rolling grasslands into cattle country.
Overnight in Waterton town site.
It’s not unusual to spot wildlife roaming through Waterton town site. Enjoy the beautiful nature or, if your feet need a break, take a cruise on the crystal blue waters of Waterton Lakes. There is boating and plenty of water activities or visit a nearby ranch to participate in a trail ride. Overnight in Waterton town site.
On the first leg of your journey to Drumheller, and not far from Waterton, you can visit the Remington Carriage Museum, The Fort Museum of the North West Mounted Police or Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Further along Highway 2 you can stop at Nanton. Here you can wander down the Antique and Art Walk of Alberta, where you will find a variety of antique and art stores. Before reaching Drumheller, you will travel through Native Indian “reserve land” allowing you an up-close look at how our First Nations’ people live. Overnight in Drumheller.
If you only have ten (10) days, then this will be the end of your journey, and you will depart Calgary today.
2008 Basic Package (9 Nights/10 Days) 
There
is nowhere quite like the Drumheller Valley; Dinosaur Capital of Canada!
Being here will take you into another world - the world of startling contrasts
between the deep past and the exciting present. Rolling fields suddenly
give way to steep, dry coulees ridged with the strata of hundreds of years
of erosion by time, wind and water. Don’t miss the Royal Tyrrell Museum
of Paleontology - Canada’s largest dinosaur museum – where you
can journey through time and come face-to-face with incredible creatures
that lived millions of years ago. Overnight in Drumheller.
As you head out of town, don’t forget to stop and view the unique canyons and the hoodoos. Enjoy your journey through fertile farmland as the foothills and the Rocky Mountains rise up on the western horizon. Spend the remainder of your day in Calgary at leisure. Overnight in Calgary.
Spend
the day exploring Calgary. Established by the North West Mounted Police
in 1875, the city's population now numbers just over 1 Million. Visit the
Zoo, take in a football game and/or hockey game, stroll the riverside pathways,
dine on the world's finest beef. Don't miss Heritage Park on the city's
south side, a "living museum" representing turn-of-the-century
Calgary with costumed interpreters, a steam train and scale-model sternwheeler,
an old-fashioned candy store and much more. Overnight in Calgary.
Take in some of the attractions that you missed or catch up on some last minute shopping. Today ends your western adventure expedition.
2008 Basic Package (13Nights/14 Days) Just tell your personal planning adviser if you would like to stay longer
or do more. Your vacation can be tailored to your schedule and interests
with additional days and/or activities.
| Day | Location | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banff | Travel day |
| 2 | Banff | Banff Gondola |
| 3 | Jasper | Travel day |
| 4 | Jasper | Maligne Lake Cruise |
| 5 | Lake Louise | Travel day |
| 6 | Lake Louise | Lake Louise Gondola |
| 7 | Calgary | Travel day |
| 8 | Waterton Lakes | Travel day |
| 9 | Waterton Lakes | Trail Ride |
| 10 | Drumheller | Travel day |
| 11 | Drumheller | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology |
| 12 | Calgary | Travel day |
| 13 | Calgary | Heritage Park Historical Village |
| 14 | Vacation ends |
Daily Departures May 19 to September 3 (All prices in Canadian Dollars)
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| May 19 - June 15 | $1,899 | $3,199 |
| June 16 - Sept 3 | $2,349 | $3,979 |
Prices are per person and do not include taxes (GST and Tourism Levies).
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our knowledgeable staff today to discuss making your western experience
holiday a reality.
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