From your joining point today, you will be taken to Pearson International Airport, where we will join our air flight to Calgary.  Upon arrival in Calgary, we transfer to our Calgary hotel and meet your fellow travelling companions and tour director at dinner tonight. (D)

Today is yours to enjoy Calgary and the activities that are happening in the city. We have included a visit to the Heritage Park, allowing you to learn more about the western

settlers. (B)

Continue westward on the Trans Canada Highway into the Foothills of the Rockies and on to Banff. We visit Bow Falls, Cascade Rock Gardens and Tunnel Mountain, named for the 900 foot tunnel that the CPR planned to build through the mountain before they discovered an easier way around. Even though the Tunnel was never built, the name remained and Tunnel Mountain Drive provides the most scenic entry to BANFF. We also visit the

Sulphur Hot Springs. (B)

Today we travel to beautiful Lake Louise, in a hanging valley at an altitude of 5,680 feet.  Today we see spectacular Rocky Mountain

scenery as we leave Banff National Park, through Kicking Horse Pass and across the

Continental Divide to Yo Ho National Park.  Then through Glacier National Park, on one

of the world’s most beautiful roads, enroute to Revelstoke. We cross the Columbia River before arriving at Three Valley Gap. Join us for a B.B.Q. Dinner. (B,D)

Our departure this morning takes us to view where “The Last Spike” was driven to complete Canada’s first Trans Continental Railroad. Then into the Okanagan Valley, along the shores of Okanagan Lake to Kelowna, the centre of a fruit , vegetableand vineyard region. One-third of all apples

harvested in Canada are shipped from this city. Tonight we stay in Merritt. (B)

We travel through the Fraser Valley, following the mighty Fraser River to Boston Bar. Our noon luncheon today is at Hell’s Gate.  Time to view the salmon fish ladders as we descend on the Air Tram to the banks of the Fraser. Continue this afternoon via Hope to Tsawwassen to board the B.C. Ferry for our cruise to Victoria, the capital of British

Columbia. Our overnight accommodations are in Victoria for two nights. (B,L)

Then we visit the world renowned Butchart Gardens with its many acres of fragrant floral beauty extending over Japanese, Italian and English gardens. (B)

We depart Victoria today and travel to Chemainus to see the Festival of Murals, a collection of oversized professional paintings, on the walls of the downtown buildings, which portray the history of the Chemainus Valley. Then to Nanaimo to board the B.C. Ferry for our return cruise to Horseshoe Bay.  This afternoon we tour the beautiful west coast city of Vancouver including such sights as Stanley Park with its giant firs and colourful totems, Chinatown, Gastown, and Queen Elizabeth Park. Tonight will be spent in Vancouver and Dinner will be included. (B,D)

This morning will be free for you to further explore the city of Vancouver on your own. Mid-afternoon we will depart from Vancouver and travel along beautiful Howe Sound, through the logging town of Squamish enroute to Whistler, a popular all year resort village, cradled by Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. Time this evening for you to further explore this famous resort village. (B)

Our drive today, will take us past snowcapped mountains, Anderson Lake, and Seton Lake

enroute to Lillooet. After LUNCH we travel along the Caribou Highway and the Fraser River to Cache Creek. Once a gold-rush

crossroads, Cache Creek is in semi-desert country north of the big bend of the Thompson River. Continue to Kamloops for overnight. (B,L)

Our departure from Kamloops this morning takes us north via the Yellowhead Highway to Clearwater. This evening we stay in the scenic foothill community of Valemount. (B)

Today we travel through the Columbia Mountains and stop to view Mount Terry Fox and Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Time to explore Jasper, then a visit to Athabasca Falls enroute to the Famous Columbia Icefields. Here we have a Snocoach Ride on the Athabasca Glacier.  Then to Rocky Mountain House. (B)

We travel the David Thompson Highway from Rocky Mountain House to Red Deer enroute to Edmonton, Alberta’s provincial capital.  Balance of the day is yours to explore the world famous West Edmonton Mall housing hundreds of shops, live musical exhibitions, aquariums with tropical fish and sharks, a full size ice rink and one of the world’s largest indoor amusement parks. (B,D)