Banff, Lake Louise & Icefields

Arrive at Calgary International, about 90 minutes by road west into the Rockies and transfer privately to your base. Time today to walk Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain closing the view.

• Private transfer via Calgary International
• Walk Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain closing the view
• Time to settle in before dinner

The Sulphur Mountain gondola and boardwalk, the Cave and Basin where the park began, the Banff Upper Hot Springs, and a wildlife drive on the Bow Valley Parkway.

• Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain boardwalk
• Cave and Basin National Historic Site
• Bow Valley Parkway wildlife drive

The catwalks up Johnston Canyon to the falls, frozen and climbable in winter, and a boat cruise on Lake Minnewanka.

• Johnston Canyon catwalks
• Lake Minnewanka cruise
• Vermilion Lakes at sunset

Drive up the Bow Valley from Banff to the lake. On arrival, walk the lakeshore in the late light once the day visitors have gone.

• Drive up the Bow Valley from Banff to the lake
• Walk the lakeshore in the late light once the day visitors have gone
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

The turquoise lake beneath Victoria Glacier, the Lake Agnes and Plain of Six Glaciers tea house trails, and canoeing from the boathouse in summer.

• Lake Agnes Tea House hike
• Canoe on Lake Louise
• Plain of Six Glaciers trail

Moraine Lake by shuttle, then over the divide into Yoho for Emerald Lake, the Natural Bridge and Takakkaw Falls.

• Moraine Lake
• Emerald Lake, Yoho
• Takakkaw Falls (summer access)

Drive the Icefields Parkway north, a full day with stops at Bow and Peyto lakes, the Athabasca Glacier Ice Explorer and the Columbia Icefield Skywalk. On arrival, walk the small town and look for elk on the edges at dusk.

• Drive the Icefields Parkway north, a full day with stops at Bow and Peyto lakes, the Athabasca Glacier Ice Explorer and the Columbia Icefield Skywalk
• Walk the small town and look for elk on the edges at dusk
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

Maligne Canyon's limestone gorge, Medicine Lake, which drains underground each autumn, and the boat to Spirit Island on Maligne Lake.

• Maligne Canyon walk
• Maligne Lake cruise to Spirit Island
• Medicine Lake

An early lake or canyon walk before the drive out. Private transfer to Edmonton airport, about four hours by road, in good time for your onward flight.

• An early lake or canyon walk before the drive out
• Late check-out arranged where the hotel allows it
• Private departure transfer