The Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise

The Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise

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The Canadian Rockies with Alaska Cruise

20 Days Starting and ending in VANCOUVER

Visiting: Vancouver, Kelowna, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Mount Robson, Sun Peaks, Lillooet, Whistler, Strait of Georgia, Victoria, Inside Passage, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan

Tour operator:

Cosmos

Tour code:

8904-2025

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Physical rating:

Low

Special diets catered:

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Tour operated in:

English
From: $4853 $4399 Operator discount: -$319 Tourhub's Big Adventure Sale: -$136

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Tour Overview

Canada’s spectacular national parks and scenic drives highlight this wonderful Canadian Rockies tour that overnights in Vancouver, Kelowna, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Sun Peaks, Whistler, and Victoria. Plus, you’ll enjoy a 7-night Alaska cruise where you’ll witness the amazing Inside Passage, one of the world’s most picturesque sea lanes with unbelievable beauty. You’ll spend time in Banff National Park, with its valleys, mountains, glaciers, forests, rivers, and meadows, and Jasper National Park, with its majestic mountains and abundant wildlife. Other Canadian national parks on this tour include Glacier National Park, with its rugged mountains, glaciers, and waterfalls, and Yoho National Park, with its vertical rock walls, waterfalls, and beautiful peaks. In addition to national parks, you’ll also visit some of Canada’s most popular resort towns on this Canadian Rockies tour such as Kelowna, attractively set on the shores of Lake Okanagan and surrounded by orchards and vineyards. And the mountain resort of Sun Peaks, where you’ll overnight after a beautiful drive that includes passing Mount Robson, the Canadian Rockies’ highest mountain at 12,972 feet. Spend two nights in the alpine town of Whistler, surrounded by stunning glaciated mountains. A tour highlight is a stop at the Columbia Icefield, the largest expanse of ice in the Canadian Rockies where you’ll ride the Ice Explorer, an all-terrain vehicle that travels on ice that is 750 feet thick! You’ll also journey to the Pacific Coast, where you’ll sail across the Strait of Georgia to Victoria for two overnights. Enjoy an included sightseeing tour, and a visit to Butchart Gardens, rated as one of the most beautiful gardens in the world, and then have free time to discover some of Victoria’s most popular attractions. For the value-minded traveler, this Canadian Rockies tour with an Alaska cruise is a dream vacation!

Highlights

  • Witness the amazing Inside Passage one of the world’s most picturesque sea lanes with unbelievable beauty

  • Spend time in Banff National Park with its valleys mountains glaciers forests rivers and meadows

  • Visit Jasper National Park with its majestic mountains and abundant wildlife Stop at the Columbia Icefield the largest expanse of ice in the Canadian Rockies

Places You'll See

Sandman Suites On Davie

Ramada By Wyndham Kelowna Hotel & Conference Centre

Banff Inn

Lobstick Lodge

Sun Peaks Lodge

Listel Whistler Hotel

Royal Scot Hotel & Suites

Itinerary

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Day 1: Vancouver

Location: Vancouver

Accommodation Name: Sandman Suites On Davie

Welcome to Vancouver! Your Tour Director is on hand late this afternoon to answer any questions.

Day 2: Vancouver

Location: Vancouver

Accommodation Name: Sandman Suites On Davie

This morning, an included city tour highlights Stanley Park, Chinatown, the harbour, beaches, and more. The rest of the day is at leisure; your Tour Director can suggest ways to further explore the city. Maybe take a water taxi to Granville Island with outdoor markets, street musicians, and waterfront cafés or, visit historic Gastown with its steam-powered clock.

Day 3: Vancouver,Kelowna

Location: Vancouver, Kelowna

Accommodation Name: Ramada By Wyndham Kelowna Hotel & Conference Centre

Our journey begins in British Columbia’s fertile valleys and continues through rich mountain forests to Okanagan Lake. Travel along the lake to the resort city of Kelowna, beautifully situated on the lake shore and surrounded by orchards and vineyards.

Day 4: Kelowna,Banff National Park

Location: Kelowna, Banff National Park

Motor north through the Okanagan Valley, famous for its peaches and vineyards. Climb up 4,379-foot-high Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. Take a break at the pass, perfect for photos of the rugged mountains, glaciers, and waterfalls. Enter Yoho National Park and ascend Kicking Horse Pass at 5,332 feet. Reach Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park, known for its unparalleled mountain scenery nestled in the heart of the magnificent Canadian Rockies. An orientation tour highlights Banff’s unspoiled beauty.

Day 5: Banff National Park

Location: Banff National Park

Enjoy the day exploring Banff, one of Canada’s favorite year-round resorts, and home to 53 species of mammals. The most commonly seen are deer, elk, and big horn sheep. Hike, golf, horseback ride, shop in the townsite, or relax at the hot springs. Perhaps treat yourself to a once in a lifetime experience on an optional helicopter ride for spectacular views of the Canadian Rockies!

Day 6: Banff National Park,Lake Louise,Columbia Icefield,Jasper National Park

Location: Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park

First, to Lake Louise, its turquoise waters a perfect natural mirror that reflects the surrounding mountains and glaciers. Precipitous gorges, snowcapped summits, and lakes of exquisite blues and greens come into view as the motorcoach continues northward into Jasper National Park. A highlight today is a stop at the Columbia Icefield to ride the Ice Explorer, an all-terrain vehicle that travels on ice measuring 750 feet thick! From ice to flowing water, take the opportunity to glide down the Athabasca River this afternoon on an optional scenic float trip. Enjoy an orientation tour of the town of Jasper upon arrival.

Day 7: Jasper National Park

Location: Jasper National Park

Today is free to enjoy everything Jasper has to offer—from quaint shops to meandering wildlife. Find serenity of the glacial blue waters of Maligne Lake and Spirit Island* with an optional narrated cruise revealing the history, geology, flora, and fauna of the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies. *This optional excursion begins operating in late May/early June.

Day 8: Jasper National Park,Mount Robson,Sun Peaks

Location: Jasper National Park, Mount Robson, Sun Peaks

Accommodation Name: Sun Peaks Lodge

Leave Jasper and follow the Fraser River to the base of Mount Robson, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, peaking at 12,972 feet. Continue following the Yellowhead Highway south along the North Thompson River—a route pioneered by fur trappers. Overnight in the mountain resort village of Sun Peaks.

Day 9: Sun Peaks,Lillooet,Whistler

Location: Sun Peaks, Lillooet, Whistler

Accommodation Name: Listel Whistler Hotel

Head south, following the once treacherous Cariboo Wagon Trail. Via Lillooet, “Mile 0 of the Gold Rush Route,” your motorcoach will follow the shores of Seton and Duffey Lakes with a late-afternoon arrival in Whistler.

Day 10: Whistler

Location: Whistler

Spend the day in the alpine resort of Whistler, nestled at the base of breathtaking Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains. Enjoy free time to explore many sites of the 2010 Winter Olympics held here. Your own adventures await with a choice of optional excursions, including a flightseeing tour by floatplane over the glacial peaks, or a Ziptrek Adventure through an old-growth temperate rainforest.

Day 11: Whistler,Ferry Crossing,Victoria

Location: Whistler, Strait of Georgia

Accommodation Name: Royal Scot Hotel & Suites

Set sail across the Strait of Georgia, known for its Mediterranean-type climate. Afternoon sightseeing includes world-famous Butchart Gardens, and then a tour of the beautiful city of Victoria featuring Bastion Square, Thunderbird Park with its unusual collection of totem poles, and the inner harbour.

Day 12: Victoria

Location: Victoria

A day at leisure gives you the chance to discover this splendid city, including the Royal British Columbia Museum, shopping on Government Street, or a leisurely stroll around the harbor. Or get back to nature on an optional Wildlife and Whale-Watching Expedition while cruising the pristine waters of the San Juan and Gulf Islands, seeking whales, porpoises, seals, and eagles.

Day 13: Victoria,Ferry Crossing,Vancouver (Embarkation)

Location: Vancouver

Meals Included: Dinner

A scenic ferry crossing to the mainland. Upon arrival, transfer to Canada Place to board Holland America’s MS Koningsdam or MS Zaandam for an unforgettable Inside Passage cruise. Your package price includes Holland America’s ‘Have It All Premium Cruise Package.'

Day 14: Scenic Cruising: Inside Passage

Location: Inside Passage

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Spend the day cruising one of the world’s most spectacular waterways. Located along the coast of British Columbia, the Inside Passage is the longest sheltered inland waterway in the world. Watch the water for orcas and humpback whales.

Day 15: Juneau

Location: Juneau

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Located at the foot of grand mountain peaks on Gastineau Channel, Alaska’s capital city of Juneau has massive Mendenhall Glacier and the Juneau Icefield at its back door. Visit the rustic shops in town—or get out and kayak, raft, hike, whale watch, flightsee, or fish. There’s no end to the adventure because of the long daylight hours.

Day 16: Skagway

Location: Skagway

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

In winter, the sidewalks are all but rolled up in Skagway, so you can imagine the frightful conditions endured by gold prospectors who passed through en route to the Yukon. Take your time and poke your head into every little shop, from the Trail Bench to Lynch & Kennedy’s Dry Goods. The Red Onion Saloon, with its honky-tonk piano and costumed barmaids, is a treasure trove of memorabilia featuring pictures of Klondike Kate, Peahull Annie, and other historic characters. To complete the picture of those rip-roaring days, visit the nostalgic Trail of ’98 Museum.

Day 17: Scenic Cruising: Glacier Bay

Location: Glacier Bay

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Glacier Bay has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world. How does it feel when a colossal chunk of ice splits off a glacier and crashes into the sea? The sound is like thunder. The impact shoots water hundreds of meters into the air. You hold your breath as you capture the moment on camera, then you wait for it all to happen again.

Day 18: Ketchikan

Location: Ketchikan

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Alaska’s “First City” of Ketchikan is so named because it is the first major landfall for most cruisers as they enter the picturesque fjords of the Inside Passage, where the town clings to the banks of the Tongass Narrows, flanked by green forests nurtured by abundant rain. An important hub of the salmon-fishing and -packing industries—visitors can try their luck on a sport-fishing excursion or simply savor the fresh seafood at one of the local restaurants. It is also one of the best spots along the Inside Passage to explore the rich cultural sights of Native Alaskan nations like the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian.

Day 19: Scenic Cruising: Inside Passage

Location: Inside Passage

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Arguably one of the greatest cruising routes in the world, the Inside Passage stretches through stunning landscapes, from Misty Fjords National Monument to famed Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve. Sailing the Inside Passage offers opportunities to spot some of Alaska’s most iconic wildlife, with humpback whales and orca plying the bountiful waters alongside the ships, bald eagles soaring overhead and brown bears lumbering on the shoreline.

Day 20: Vancouver (Disembarkation)

Location: Vancouver

Meals Included: Breakfast

Your vacation ends this morning. Please schedule homebound flights after noon.

What's Included

  • Accommodation

    Stay in comfortable hotels and lodges throughout the tour, including Sandman Suites on Davie in Vancouver, Ramada by Wyndham Kelowna Hotel & Conference Centre, Banff Inn in Banff National Park, Lobstick Lodge in Jasper National Park, Sun Peaks Lodge, Listel Whistler Hotel, and Royal Scot Hotel & Suites in Victoria.

  • Meals

    Enjoy 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 7 dinners during the tour.

  • Transportation

    Transportation includes a scenic ferry crossing to the mainland and all tour transportation as per itinerary.

  • Alaska Cruise

    A memorable Inside Passage cruise with Holland America, including the 'Have It All Premium Cruise Package.'

  • Ferry crossing to/from Vancouver Island and a cruise on Holland America’s MS Koningsdam or MS Zaandam are included.

  • Cruise itineraries are provided by Holland America Line and are up to date at time of printing. Your travel documents will contain the most current information.

What's Not Included

  • Optional Excursions

    Optional excursions such as helicopter rides over the Canadian Rockies, float trips down the Athabasca River, wildlife and whale-watching trips, and more are not included and may incur additional costs.

  • Personal Expenses

    Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone calls, mini-bar, and room service are not included.

  • Travel Insurance

    Travel insurance is not included but is highly recommended for all participants.

  • Airport Transfers at Destination

  • Gratuities

    Gratuities for tour guides, drivers, and cruise staff are not included and are at your discretion.

Meals

7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners

Notes

Early departures may not be able to visit Columbia Icefield, which opens in early May, or take the Maligne Lake & Spirit Island optional excursion, which opens in mid to late May. Visiting and participating in other activities in this region may be subject to favorable weather conditions and vendor dates of operation.

At least one member of the traveling party must be 21 years of age or older.

Cruise itineraries are provided by Holland America Line and are up to date at time of printing. Your travel documents will contain the most current information.

Maximum elevation on tour: 7,500 ft.

UNESCO Sites

Banff National Park|Glacier Bay|Jasper National Park|Yoho National Park

Accommodation

Vancouver:Sandman Suites on Davie
Kelowna:Ramada by Wyndham Kelowna Hotel & Conference Centre
Banff National Park:Banff Inn
Jasper National Park:Lobstick Lodge
Sun Peaks:Sun Peaks Lodge
Whistler:Listel Whistler Hotel
Victoria:Royal Scot Hotel & Suites

Check out our Q&As

  • What is the maximum group size?

    Usually max 43 people

  • Are airport transfers included in this tour?

    No

  • Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?

    Yes

  • Is there a limit to luggage that can be brought on the tour?

    Due to limited coach capacity, we only allow one suitcase per person. Your bag should have dimensions not exceeding 30"x21"x11" (62" linear dimensions) or weight exceeding 50 lbs. Carry-on bags should not exceed the dimensions of 12"x11"x6

  • Is there any free time to explore places during the tour?

    As detailed in the itinerary

  • Will there be an escort accompanying this tour?

    Yes

  • How long has the tour company been trading?

    Since 1961

  • What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?

    Cosmos is committed to minimizing our impact on the environment and to reducing dependence on non-renewable resources. In this endeavor, we have implemented policies to support this mission and are working carefully to enhance our products with this mission and our values combined. We are committed to complying with all relevant legislation and/or regulations.

  • What documents will I receive before I travel?

    Travel documents, including any air tickets, itineraries, and other information, are available approximately two to three weeks prior to departure provided full payment has been received.

  • What happens if I need to change my holiday date once I’ve booked?

    All guests are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for travel through February, 2023. Beginning March 1, 2023, while we highly recommend vaccination, we will no longer require it. We ask all guests to comply with airline and destination requirements, which still may apply. To check your destination requirements for your travel dates, view the Latest Travel & Health Restrictions for Travel.

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