Go West Tours

38 CANADA Day 5 : Leisure time in the morning to engage in an activity of interest or just relax by the pool or river. Start out for Wells Gray Provincial Park , a large wilderness park. Stop at 300ft-high Helmcken Falls, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in British Columbia. Barbecue lunch at a ranch inside the park. Continue to Valemount with a stop at Mount Robson , the highest peak of the Canadian Rocky Mountains (3954m). Check into your hotel. Dinner (full board) and overnight at Valemount. Day 6 : Day devoted to the visit of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies (change of time between British Columbia and Alberta +1h). Visit the picturesque town of Jasper, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, followed by Jasper National Park with its canyons, crystal clear lakes, waterfalls, peaks and forests. Lunch (full board). Excursion to Maligne Canyon. Optional cruise on Maligne Lake to Spirit Island. Return to Valemount at the end of the day for dinner and overnight. Day 7 : Pass through Jasper once more on the way to Lake Louise . Photo stops at Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls . Excursion by snow coach on the Athabasca glacier and lunch (full board) before resuming the drive. Continue along snowfields on one of the most scenic routes in North America. Photo stops at Bow Glacie r and Lake as well as at Peyto Lak e. Upon arrival in the town of Lake Louise at the end of the day, check into your hotel. Dinner and overnight. Day 8 : Photo stops this morning at Louise and Moraine Lakes . Leave for Banff and city tour on arriving: cave and basin (visit possible), Banff Springs, Mont Sulphur, Hoodoos. Lunch (full board). Continue to Calgary with a short stop at the 1988 Winter Games Olympic Park. Tour of Calgary: city center, Fort Calgary with stories of the mounted police, Stampede Park, Heritage Park historical old-west village, etc. Dinner and overnight in Calgary. Day 9 : Leave for British Columbia (change of time -1h between Alberta and British Columbia). You will cross through Yoho National Park, Glacier National Park and Mount Revelstoke National Park for more waterfalls, glacial lakes, snow- topped mountain peaks, old-growth giant cedar and pine forests and a variety of animal life. Some free time in the parks. Lunch on the way. Continue to Revelstoke for dinner (full board) and overnight. Day 10 : Return to Vancouver with a stop in Kamloops for lunch (full board). Continue along the Fraser River . Next stop at Hell’s Gate to cross the canyon by aerial tram over a stretch of rapids thundering through narrow rock gorges. Arrival in Vancouver late in the day for dinner and night. Day 11 : Free time according to your flight schedule before the transfer to the airport for your return flight. Assistance with formalities.