Banff National Park The Most Beautiful Part of Canada
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What's included
- Calgary Airport Shuttle
- Flight Ticket
- Guided Hiking
- Hotel Accommodation
- Return transportation in 15 passenger van or minivan
- Lunch
- Tour guide's tip.
Overview
Flight tickets from Toronto to Calgary and from Calgary to Toronto are included in your travel package. You will spend a first night in Calgary and your tour will start the next day, when we pick you up from Calgary hotel. Our first stop, after pick up the Calgary hotel will be Banff.
Banff tour starts after your pick up in Calgary airport. Then we will start driving from Calgary to Banff. Our first stop will be in downtown Banff. You will have a free time for lunch. After the lunch, you can decide if you want to take Gondola to Sulphur Mountain or drive to the Tunnel Mountain Lookout for a short walk and views instead. Our next stop will be at Lake Minnewanka. You can walk along the lake and take lot of pictures as Lake Minnewanka has one of the best views of mountains.
Next day, after breakfast, we will start our Banff tour at Johnston Canyon. You can enjoy hiking in the depths of the canyon on wide trails and narrow bridges with railings that lead to the Lower Falls and to the spectacular 30 metre-high Upper Falls.
Our next stop will be at Lake Louise. Lake Louise turns into winter fairy-tale. Lot of movies were filmed in Lake Louise. You can walk along the shore, hike to the Fairview Lookout Point or enjoy a lunch and drinks at Fairmont Lakeview Lounge.
Our last stop of the day will be Emerald Lake.
After the hike, we will drive to Banff, where you can grab a dinner at one of the local restaurants.
The next day we will drive to Icefields Pkwy. Rated as one of the top drives in the world by Condé Nast Traveller, the Icefield Parkway is a 232 km stretch of double-lane highway winding along the Continental Divide through soaring rocky mountain peaks, icefields and vast sweeping valleys.
After the lunch, we will drive to Bow Lake. You can walk along the shore of the lake and take breathtaking pictures of the surrounding mountains. This is one of the popular stops on our Banff tour.
Our next stop will be at Peyto Lake. This hiking trails has been closed for couple of years and it’s one of the most popular, short hikes.
On our last day of Banff tour, after check out, we will start our day in Banff. We will take you to our secret spots for wildlife watching and to see Bow Falls. After sightseeing, you will get a free time for souvenir shopping. If you don’t want to go shopping, we recommend to go hiking the Tunnel Mountain. It’s an intermediate hike (half an hour up the hill) but he views from top of the Tunnel Mountain are beautiful.
Very last stop of Banff tour, will be at Grassi Lakes in Canmore. This will be our last hike of the trip. You will see Lower and Upper Lake and beautiful waterfalls.
We will drive you to Calgary International Airport after the hike.
Hiking level
Banff tour is scheduled for beginners. We will be hiking easy trails, however some of the trails might be steeper. You will need winter waterproof shoes and ice cleats as it’s usually snowing in Alberta in November and the trails are icy and slippery! We recommend cleats with stainless steal spikes. You can purchase them from us or you can bring your own. If you will purchase cleats from us you will have to pick them up before the tour in Toronto from us.
February Flight info:
Toronto – Calgary – February 16th at 1.15 pm from YYZ, arrival to YYC at 16.15 pm
Calgary – Toronto – February 20th at 00.20 am from YYC, arrival to YYZ at 6 am
Your carry-on luggage is included. For mor information about luggage carry-on requirements visit Lynx Air website.
Tour in November is in English.
Accommodation
Accommodation is provided at 3 star hotel, High Country Inn, Banff. Room has 2 queen size beds. You will be sharing a room with another traveler if you are a solo traveler. If you wish to upgrade to a single room, there will be an extra charge of $300 (subject to availability). If we won’t be able to match you with another solo traveler, you will have to pay extra for a single room. If you are in a group of 3 or 4, you can book a quad room or triple room (quad or triple room can be booked only for group of 3 or 4 traveling together).
Price
Price $1450/person plus tax for quad accommodation
Price $1600/person plus tax for double room accommodation
Price $1550/person plus tax for triple room accommodation
Price $1900/person plus tax for single room accommodation
Single occupancy room for extra charge $300 (subject to availability). If we won’t be able to match you with another solo traveler, you will have to pay extra for a single room. If you are in a group of 3 or 4, you can book a quad room or triple room (quad or triple room can be booked only for group of 3 or 4 traveling together).
Price Excludes
- Additional cost due to force majeure such as travel delays, wars, coups, strikes, weather, aircraft machine failures, flight cancellations or schedule changes
- Shuttle from the airport for different times or dates than scheduled
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What to Bring ?
- Hand Sanitizer
- Sun Glasses
- Hand and Foot Warmers
- Backpack
- Snacks
- Water
- Winter Jacket
- Winter Boots (Sorel)
- Gloves, Hat, Sweather (no cotton cloth)
Camera
- Ice Cleats for Winter Boots (You have to have ice cleats otherwise you won’t be allowed to hike some of the trails. You can purchase ice cleats from us or buy them in advance yourself)
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Calgary Airport Pick Up
Banff
Lake Minnewanka
Banff
Johnston Canyon
Lake Louise
Columbia Icefields Pkwy
Columbia Icefields Pkwy hiking. 
Peyto Lake
Grassy Lake
Airport Drop Off
More about Banff National Park
More about this tour
Banff is a resort town in the province of Alberta, located within Banff National Park. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade, part of the Rocky Mountains, dominate its skyline. On Banff Avenue, the main thoroughfare, boutiques and restaurants mix with château-style hotels and souvenir shops. The surrounding 6,500 square kilometers of parkland are home to wildlife including elk and grizzly bears.
If you are in Calgary and if you are looking to explore Banff National Park in one day, you can book a tour from Calgary here.
