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Canadian Parks Walk
Walking Tour 12 Days
Oh Canada! A magnificent land filled with soaring mountain peaks, pristine glaciers, abundant wildlife, and endless evergreen forests surrounding beautiful blue-green lakes.
Jasper NP BRITISH COLUMBIA Yoho NP Paul Lake PP Vancouver Banff NP ALBERTA
Seattle
ITINERARY
Departs our Seattle hotel at 0730hrs 1 2 3 4 5 6 Paul Lake PP Jasper NP Jasper NP Jasper NP Banff NP Banff NP 7 8 9 10 11 12 Banff NP Yoho NP Yoho NP British Columbia PP Vancouver Seattle
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Canada - Camping / Walking Tour
n the first day, the trail at Paul Lake Provincial Park offers a lovely setting for
route via Twin Falls or over the pass, to Emerald Lake. For an easier but still glorious day, walk to the base of Takakkaw Falls and relax under a pine tree as the highest waterfall in Canada Rockies free falls 1,000 feet. No matter what the option chosen, all will agree that Yoho National Park is wild, wonderful, Canada at its best! Leaving Yoho we head back towards Civilization, en route visiting British Columbia's Provincial Park for one last beautiful trail. The next day at Canada's west coast and one of North America's most vibrant and livable cities, Vancouver. Take in the magnificent skyline from the footpaths of Stanley Park, and stroll along English Bay Beach at sunset. Top off the evening with dinner in Chinatown and some nightlife in Gastown, before returning to the Emerald City, Seattle.
a chance to get acquainted, while loosening those legs for the rich variety of trails that lie ahead. Fill the next three days with some fine walks and hikes like Maligne Canyon, Bald Hills, Opal Hills, and Five Lakes, that define the utter serenity of Jasper National Park. Leaving Jasper for Banff National Park, witness one of the world's most beautiful drives, the Icefields Parkway, and experience some of its jewels close up: walk along the brink of Sunwapta or Athabasca Falls, explore the Athabasca Glacier on our included, guided tour, and stand in awe high above the powder-blue surrealism of Peyto Lake. We have three days to explore the incredible diversity of this splendid national park. Consider hiking to the teahouse overlooking incomparable Lake Louise from either Plain of Six Glaciers or Lake Agnes or for the energetic, just do both! Hike through Sentinel Pass to the startling views of Lake Moraine or take the easier route and just stroll the shoreline. Revive those muscles with a soak in Banff's naturally heated hot pools, rent a canoe, get back on the trail, check out the wildlife or just enjoy the spectacles of this wondrous park. Heading into Yoho National Park, consider whitewater rafting on the most aptly named Kicking Horse River. Yoho offers what is truly one of the world's great one-day walks, the Iceline Trail (conditions permitting) or take the shorter
NOTE: This is a camping based tour NP = National Park PP = Provincial Park
TOUR ESSENTIALS
Duration: When to go: Accommodation: Meals: 12 days June - September 11 camping nights US$9 daily camping food kitty Some meals paid locally
WHAT'S INCLUDED
· Services of two tour leaders, camping fees/ equipment and transportation · Guided glacier trekking tour · Admission to all national and provincial parks as per itinerary
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mountain biking · Canoeing · Mountain gondola National park hikes · Whitewater rafting
NOTE
On this tour, the second leader will be locallybased and certified by the Canadian Park Service to guide the group in Jasper, Banff and Yoho National Parks. (Days 1 and 10-12 are guided by only one leader)
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