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Home > Summer > Escorted Tours > Luxury Vacation in the Canadian Rockies
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-Duration : 14 days / 13 nights
-Theme : Mountain hiking and luxury hotels Canada
-Begin : Calgary
-End : Edmonton |
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| During this two week hiking vacation your playground is the spectacular mountainscape of the Canadian Rocky Mountains From your base in top rated hotels and lodges you set out on specially selected and rewarding outings, The trails are the goals as the guide leads your small group to ridges and summits in the high alpine for amazing views and always new impressions. Transportation is by modern, spacious minibus, easily accessible with headroom and large windows (Mercedes / Dodge Sprinter). |
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| From Calgary (day 1), here are a few optional short stays that you could easily add to your package. Please refer to their duration in order to determine the number of nights each of these trips will add to the original route. |
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City Escape - Calgary
Duration: 3 days and 2 nights
Theme: Discovery and Activities
Location: Calgary
For more information |
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Rafter Six Ranch Resort
Duration: 3 days and 2 nights
Theme: Guest Ranch Vacation
Location : Exshaw
For more information |
These are only a few samples of the short packages that are actually available. For additional ideas, please visit our short packages section.
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Day 1 - Calgary:
Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Meet your guide for pre trip information and “Welcome to Canada” drink in the hotel. Westin Hotel, downtown.
Day 2 - Banff National Park:
It is only a 90 minute drive to the Mountains and into National Park. After you settle into your hotel and sample one of the town’s restaurants for lunch it is time for the first hike, an easy warm-up to test the equipment and the condition of the participants. Your guide knows the best trails for the different seasons. Home for the next few days is Banff Park Lodge on the Bow River, a Canada Select four star hotel, with indoor pool, steam room and superb restaurants. Located in a quiet part of downtown, it is within walking distance to the shops and boutiques of bustling Banff Avenue.
Walking time 2 - 3 hours.
Day 3 - Banff National Park:
Today’s easy 15 km (9.3 mi) outing is in the front ranges of the Rockies. With 450 m (1500 ft) elevation gain you reach a grassy pass where you might want to lay down and let your mind wander, look for animals in the river valley below or scramble up the ridge where the panorama continues to unfold. Walking time 5 hours.
Day 4 - Banff National Park:
This would be a good day to do some souvenir shopping, visit one of the museums, paddle a canoe on the Bow River, do some heli sightseeing. But if you would rather hike, the guide invites you along a 7.5 km path with 725 m gain (4.7 mi, 2380 ft) to a hidden lake. Some might venture another 2 km into the pass at 2470 m (8100 ft). Walking time 6 - 7 hours.
Day 5 - Banff National Park:
A forest path through Engelman Spruce and Alpine Fir ends in a vast wildflower meadow with wide angle views in every direction, ideal for wandering and exploring. A round trip of 18 km (11.3 mi) with 655 m (2150 ft) gain, the highest point at 2330 m (7650 ft). How about rewarding yourself afterward with a relaxing soak in the pool of the Banff Hot Springs.
Walking time up to 7 hours.
Day 6 - Lake Louise:
The village of Lake Louise is base for the next four days. Now you are in the heart of the Rockies with picture postcard scenery and premier hikes close by. Take the ski lift to the top and have a glass of wine in the summit restaurant, dreaming of powder snow. Or feel the overwhelming enormity of Mount Temple when you stand by the shore of the small lake below. It is a moderate 11.5 km round trip with 250 m gain (7 mi, 830 ft) and it is worth every step. The Post Hotel and Spa, perched at 1500 meters (4995 ft) amidst the natural wonders of Banff National Park is a cherished alpine chalet, built entirely of logs with spacious rooms, gourmet restaurant and award winning wine cellar.
Walking time 4 hours
Day 7 - Lake Louise:
Iceline Trail in Yoho National Park in the western mountain ranges might become one of your favourites. It is 6.5 km (4 mi) with 685 m (2280 ft) gain to Iceline Summit but don’t turn around, complete at least one of the loops above tree line. Check out the edge of Emerald Glacier and three small rockbound lakes. Walking time 5 - 8 hours.
Day 8 - Lake Louise:
The ten peaks rising over 3500 m (11655 ft) above the shores of turquoise Moraine Lake have lured mountaineers from all over the world. Here you hike into a pass with views that get more amazing with every step. Different routes can be chosen for the return, the shortest makes this hike a 12 km (7.5 mi) round trip with 725 m (2414 ft) gain, maximum 2610 m (8690 ft). Walking time 4 - 7 hours.
Day 9 - Jasper National Park:
An early morning start for the drive north along the famous Icefields Parkway. The road climbs steadily through Bow Pass with Peyto Lake, then Saskatchewan Crossing to the immense Columbia Icefields. From here it follows down a broad river valley to the town on Jasper. This can be a driving day with several photo stops and short walks. It can also include the hike into Wilcox Pass at 2360 m (7860 ft) for a birds eye view across the valley to the icy giants guarding the vast glacier region. An 11 km (2.5 mi) loop with 325 m (1082 ft) gain. The log chalets of Coast Pyramid Lake Resort are nestled on a terraced hill high above Jasper. The tranquil lake at it’s doorsteps with canoes, small island and sandy beach is mirroring the red cliffs of Pyramid Mountain. Walking time 3 hours.
Day 10 - Jasper National Park:
Time to explore some of Jasper’s magical and inspiring landscapes, mighty Athabasca Falls, the depths of Maligne Canyon. Pyramid Lake with it’s sandy beach. You can ride a horse, go rafting, hire a fishing guide, take the cruise on Maligne Lake to Spirit Island. Of course here too one can chose from a number of day hikes. The guide suggests a 2-hour to full day trek to a series of small lakes, one above the other connected by creeks and waterfalls. 10 km (6.2 mi) round trip with 410 m (1365 ft) gain. Walking time 4 hours.
Day 11 - Jasper National Park:
On the menu is a side trip to Mount Robson, with 3954 m (13167 ft) highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, towering over it’s neighbours. This massive mountain creates it’s own micro climate comparable to the climate of the mountains along the pacific coast. Berg Lake Trail starts with an easy walk between mature cedar and hemlock trees to Kinney Lake and further up to White Falls. 9 km return to Kinney Lake, walking time 2 - 3 hours.
Day 12 - Jasper National Park:
A 5 km (3 mi) hike and there it is: one of the finest views you find in the area. From an abandoned fire lookout site at 2170 m (7225 ft), the greenish blue waters of Maligne Lake stretch towards the Narrows with glacier-clad 3000 m summits rising beyond. It is easy to work your way through the open meadows of this rolling ridge top, a carpet of flowers during the summer. highest point reaches 2600 m (8658 ft), elevation gain from 480 to 910 m (1598 to 3030 ft). Walking time 4 - 7 hours.
Day 13 - Edmonton:
An 8 km morning hike on the Sulphur Skyline at 2070 m (6791 ft) altitude with 700 m (2296 ft) elevation gain is a magnificent last peak experience to take home. If you already have enough photos, why not sit out this hike by the warm outside pool of the Miette Hot Springs. The tour ends with arrival at the hotel in Edmonton, modern capital city of Alberta. Courtyard by Marriott, downtown. Walking time 3 hours.
Day 14 - Edmonton:
Transfer to the Edmonton airport. |
| Departures dates |
 July 13, 27
August 10, 24 |
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| Price per person: |
Occupancy |
High-ends Accommodation |
| double |
5009 $ CAD- Tx. Incl. |
| single |
7403 $ CAD- Tx. Incl. |
| Your Accomodation (High-ends): |
Day 1 |
Westin Calgary Centre, Calgary |
Days 9 to 12 |
Coast Pyramid Lake Resort, Jasper |
| Days 2 to 5 |
Banff Park Lodge, Banff |
Day 13 |
Courtyard Marriott Centre-ville, Edmonton |
| Days 6 to 8 |
Post Hotel & spa, Lac Louise |
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| The cost includes: |
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The cost does not include: |
· The personalized roadbook of the perfect Globe-Trotter:road map, detailed itinerary, useful infos, touristic guides, etc.
· All transfers
· Transportation in minibus
· 13 nights in 4-star hotels (twin)
· 13 breakfasts
· 11 box lunches
· Welcome gift
· Admission to the National Parks
· Services of a guide
· The applicable taxes and the contribution to the compensation Fund |
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· Air travel (available for this program, please see the quote request form or purchase your airline tickets our website)
· The travel insurance
· Personal equipment
· Light day pack
· 13 dinners
· Lunch day 2
· Sulphur Mountain Hot Springs $7
· Miette Hot springs $7.00 |
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