4-Day Canadian Rockies Summer Unique Tour from Calgary with Airport Transfers: Banff and Jasper National Park
What you'll experience
Highlights
• Stay at Banff & Jasper town centre - Easy access for shopping & restaurants
• Special arrangement to Johnston Canyon walk
• Discover Icefield Parkway - Lakes/Glaciers/Valleys
• Chances to participate 4 must-go activities (Optional)
• Complementary Airport pick-up services
• Assist in hotel check-in
• Provide In-depth and leisure experience
4 days
Day-by-day itinerary
- 1
Day 1 — Home - Calgary
Welcome to Calgary, also known as "Cowtown". Upon arrival, transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure. You can take one of the following options tours (Must be before 13:00PM pick up or arrive hotel by 13:30PM):
【Calgary City Tour (3 hours)】
A guided tour takes you to explore the city; from the historic site to the newest modern building. (Includes guide service, transportation, and admission)
【Heritage Park with Transportation/Admission (3 hours)】
Explore Canada's second largest living history museum in Calgary. See and feel the past as it comes to life in front of your eyes.
【Cross iron Mill Outlet Shopping Tour (4 hours)】
Discover the biggest one-level shopping centre in Alberta.
【The Calgary Zoo with Public Transportation Ticket/Admission】
The Calgary Zoo takes you to see almost 900 animals from around the world, including popular gorilla, hippos, grizzly bear, penguins, endangered red pandas and amur tigers, and etc for you to explore.Meals: B: Excluded, L: Excluded, D: ExcludedStay: Coast Calgary Downtown Hotel & Suites by APA, Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Calgary Downtown , Aloft Calgary University, Four Points by Sheraton Calgary Airport - 2
Day 2 — Banff Gondola - Johnston Canyon Walk - Bow Falls - Surprise Corner - Hoodoos - Banff Town
Today you will visit the Banff National Park, Canada's first national park.
【Banff Sulphur Mt Gondola (Optional)】
Enjoy a 360º view of Banff. (stop for about 90 minutes)
【Johnston Canyon】
Known for its walking trail throughout the year. (stop for about 60 minutes)
【Bow Falls】
Location of the film "The River of no return" in 1960's. (stop for about 15 minutes)
【Surprise Corner】
Good view for the Castle in the Rockies. (stop for about 15 minutes)
【Hoodoos】
Hoodoos are composed sedimentary rock covered by harder rock that is harder to erode. Once softer sediment erodes rock needle, only tower like natural obstacles are left. (stop for about 15 minutes)
【Banff Town】
The biggest town of National towns, many shops and restaurants waiting for your discovery. (stop for about 90 minutes)
Bow Falls
Johnston Canyon
Banff Gondola
Surprise Corner
Banff Town
Banff National Park
Meals: B: Excluded(Compulsory Selection), L: Excluded(Group Meal Option Available), D: ExcludedStay: Banff Aspen Lodge, Banff Mount Royal, Elk + Avenue Hotel, Banff Inn, Banff Park Lodge, Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa - 3
Day 3 — Bow Lake - Columbia Icefield (Ice Explorer / Glacier Skywalk) - Athabasca Falls - Jasper Town
Continue your journey to Jasper National Park, the biggest National Park in Canada.
【Icefield Parkway】
One of Canada's national treasures and most rewarding destinations. Stretching 232km (144mi) through the heart of Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, this world-class journey offers access to a vast wilderness of pristine mountain lakes, ancient glaciers and broad sweeping valleys. (pass through)
【Bow Lake】
It is the headwaters of the Bow River that runs south through the city Calgary and onto the Oldman River ultimately to Hudson Bay. (stop for about 20 minutes)
【Columbia Icefield】
Snocoach and Skywalk (Optional) $$: Visit the Canadian Rockies and tour over the Athabasca Glacier in a giant Ice Explorer. A once in a lifetime experience. Next, enjoy a breathtaking view of the glacier from The Glacier Skywalk. (stop for about 3.5 hours)
【Athabasca Falls】
It is not one of the highest waterfalls, However, it is rather known for the shear amount and force of the water that flows through it from the Columbia Glacier. (stop about 30 minutes)
【Jasper Town】
It is the heart of Jasper National Park. 2nd biggest town in the Canadian Rockies. (stop time - your own arrangement)
Columbia Icefield
Athabasca Falls
Bow Lake
Jasper National Park
Icefields Parkway
Meals: B: Excluded(Compulsory Selection), L: Excluded(Group Meal Option Available), D: ExcludedStay: Whistlers Inn Hotel, Lobstick Lodge, Jasper Inn & Suite - 4
Day 4 — Jasper - Maligne Lake - Maligne Canyon - The Crossing - Peyto Lake - Crowfoot Glacier
Today, continue your journey in the Jasper National Park.
【Maligne Lake (Optional - Lake Cruise)】
It is the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies. You can take an optional cruise to enjoy the scenery of the lake. (stop for about 100 minutes)
【Maligne Canyon】
It is carved into the Palliser Formation, a layer of limestone deposited in a shallow tropical sea by lime-secreting plankton about 365-million years ago. (stop for about 30 minutes)
【Medicine Lake】
During the summer, glacier melt waters flood the lake, sometimes overflowing it. In fall and winter the lake disappears, becoming a mudflat with scattered pools of water connected by a stream. Medicine Lake is one of the largest known sinking rivers in the Western Hemisphere. It is also maybe the largest inaccessible cave system anywhere in the world! (pass through)
【Peyto Lake】
It is a glacier-fed lake in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. During the summer, significant amounts of glacial rock flour flow into the lake, These suspended rock particles give the lake a bright, turquoise color. (stop for about 20 minutes) / (It will be replaced by Waterfowl Lake if it is closed)
【The Crossing】
A starting point for tours on the Columbia Icefield. It is also the only place for basic services including public bathrooms, gas station and a restaurant. (stop for about 10 minutes)
【Crowfoot Glacier】
Named after its shape when was discovered. A must-see stop with the climate change nowadays. The "Third Toe" was melted and barely visible. (stop for about 15 minutes)
Maligne Lake
Peyto Lake
Jasper National Park
Medicine Lake
Meals: B: Excluded(Compulsory Selection), L: Excluded(Group Meal Option Available), D: Excluded
What's included
Included
- 3-Night Hotel Accommodations
- Ground transportation via air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional bilingual tour guide
- 5% GST (Goods & Services Tax)
Not included
- Service fee on day 1: CAD$8.00/person (The first day is optional day tour, you need to pay the service fee by yourself.)
- Admission fee to National Park (Free admission for children aged 0–15) & Daily breakfast & Service Fee(Mandatory fee) (Mandatory fee. If you choose it in the upgrade, it will be included.)
- Airfares or related transportation between your home and departure locations
- Entrance fees and optional tours (rates vary from season to season; only the price at the ticket booth / box office is final)
- All personal expenses, additional hotel services and meals, unless otherwise stated
Cancellation policy
| When you cancel | Refund | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0–16 days before | 0% | Cancellation Made Within 16 days prior to departure, No Refund |
| 17–32 days before | 40% | Cancellation Made Within 17 days to 32 days prior to departure, Refund 40% of total purchase amount |
| 33+ days before | 90% | Cancellation Made 33 or more days prior to departure, Refund 90% of total purchase amount |
Read the full cancellation terms
• Decrease in number of guests, change the optional admissions & group meal purchase, as well as amending extended hotel stay will be considered as cancellation.
• All optional tours are non-refundable. Refund will be done only due to weather and force majeure event happens and the optional tours could not be continued.
• Additional fees, including but not limited to associated credit card or wire transfer service charges, will be applied to any cancellation or amendment request.
Important info
Special notes
- Each person is allowed to check in and carry on only one piece of baggage, any additional baggage will incur an extra fee of CAD$50+5%GST per piece.
- Aside from admission fees, optional tour fees and service fees mentioned above, other fees and taxes should be paid in CAD currency by. If you choose to pay in USD currency, you should pay the price difference caused by the currency exchange rate.
- Please be ready and show up at meeting location 5-10 minutes prior to the meeting time as the tour will start on time. If you miss the bus, please go to next pick up location to meet the group. Should there be any concerns, please contact us.
- Upgrade fees do not include breakfast (need to pay extra).
- Tours4Fun has put forth all necessary efforts in order to ensure that, at all times of publication, all descriptions in the present brochure are exact. For reasons out of the control of Tours4fun, modifications or cancellations may occur during the tour, where customers should not object.
- Tours4Fun shall not be liable for failure in the performance of any of its obligations for any loss or damage resulting from any delay, cancellations, loss of personal belongings, illness, bodily injury, accident, death, deterioration of services,inconvenience, loss of enjoyment, disappointment or frustration, either mental or physical, attributable to a fault, negligent act or omission by a provider or any employee thereof.
- Tours4Fun suggest you to purchase travel insurance as a measure of added protection.
- One piece of checked luggage & one piece of carry-on luggage, with applicable size restrictions, are allowed for each person.
- All room types are based on double occupancy. No extra bed for 3rd & 4th person.
- Should there be any itinerary details/price discrepancies from our website, the company's invoice will be considered as the final confirmation.
Pricing notes (children, single supplement)
* Price for Double/Triple/Quadruple Occupancy applies when two/three/four people stay in one standard hotel room.
* Triple/Quadruple price does not guarantee a third or fourth bed in the room but it can be requested at the time of check-in.
* Children prices applies when a 0-15 year-old child stays in one standard room as a third or fourth person.
* Maximum room capacity: 4 people including adult and child/infant.
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