Wonders of the Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise Inside Cabin Summer 2017
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- Banff
- Icefields Parkway
- Jasper
- Lake Louise
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Victoria
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Welcome to Calgary, gateway to the Canadian Rockies. Get settled in at your hotel before meeting your Travel Director this afternoon.
Take a short orientation tour of Calgary before the journey from Calgary to Banff across the gently rolling prairies of Alberta. In Banff, your sightseeing tour takes you along Tunnel Mountain Drive where you view Cascade Mountain, Mt. Rundle, Bow Falls and other natural attractions like the surreal hoodoos.
Today is set aside as a free day for you to explore the area at your leisure. Why not take an exhilarating helicopter flightseeing tour, a ride up to the top of Sulphur Mountain at 7,500 feet (2,301 metres) on the Banff gondola or a more in depth exploration of Banff National Park and the surrounding wilderness.
Drive along the Icefields Parkway, offering spectacular mountain landscape views. Stop at Peyto Lake and marvel at its beautiful azure-blue waters. See the Columbia Icefield, the largest in the Rockies. Ride across the Athabasca Glacier aboard a giant Ice Explorer for a closer look at this massive glacier. Later, arrive in Jasper for an orientation tour.
Enjoy a full day at leisure in the largest National Park of the Canadian Rockies. The beauty of the area will leave you breathless. Optional activities abound-from a gentle float trip on the scenic Athabasca River, to a wilderness hike to view the glacier on Mount Edith Cavell, or a scenic cruise on Maligne Lake.
See more of Jasper National Park and enjoy views of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Rockies. Pass through white-fenced ranch lands before reaching Sun Peaks.
Pass through the Nicola Valley before reaching the coast where you board a ferry for the crossing to Victoria. Enjoy picturesque views of the many islands dotting the Strait of Georgia before docking at Swartz Bay. A short drive takes you into the charming city of Vic...
This morning, enjoy an Iconic Breakfast at world-famous Butchart Gardens in the Blue Poppy Restaurant with its conservatory atmosphere where light pours in through skylights and large windows face the gardens. The rest of the day is free to enjoy the many delights Victoria has to offer.Iconic Breakfast
Travel back to the mainland by ferry and arrive in Vancouver, one of the world's most naturally beautiful cities. Explore historic Gastown, the city's oldest neighbourhood, designated a National Historical Site. Finally, stop at Stanley Park, with its famous collection of totem poles. Continental Breakfast
For guests continuing on Holland America Line's Alaska cruise, you will be dropped off at Canada's Place where you will board the ms Volendam. Your ship sails at 4:30 p.m., passing below Vancouver's spectacular Lion's Gate suspension bridge.Dinner
Your first full day at sea and there's plenty of time to ease into shipboard life and take in the amazing scenery of the Inside Passage. The fabled Inside Passage is one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world, and one of the few where deep-draft vessels can sail cl...
Nestled between 3,000-foot (914 metre) high granite walls, the narrow, twisting slice of ocean called Tracy Arm Fjord weaves through the Tongass National Forest for roughly 35 miles (56 kilometres). The shoreline is spotted with waterfalls created by melting snowcaps ...
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If you didn't know any better, you'd think Glacier Bay ostentatious for the way it flaunts its ice. The glaciers practically terminate in your lap. A cruise to Glacier Bay National Park with Holland America Line will show you a UNESCO World Heritage Site that protects...
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Your last full day is spent at sea returning through the Inside Passage.Full Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Arrive back in Vancouver between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. for your departing flights.Full Breakfast
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