6-Day Rockies Special Tour | Banff & Jasper & Yoho & Kootena

Meal ★Breakfast: Own Arrangement/ ★Lunch: Own Arrangement/ ★Dinner: Own Arrangement Hotel Calgary Area Hotel Itinerary Welcome to Calgary, also known as "Cowtown". Upon arrival, we will arrange transfer to the hotel (Airport pickup schedule: 10:00AM - 10:00PM, every 2 hours). The rest of the day is at your leisure. You may join our local tours as below or explore the city by yourself. **OPTIONAL TOURS: (Must arrive Calgary before 12:00N) **For more details about below tours, after selecting the departure date, please continue to the "Optional Tours upon Calgary Arrival" under the "Optional Item" [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 (3.5 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. [Crossiron Mill Outlet Shopping Tour (5 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. 

Meal ★Breakfast: Included (Hotel Breakfast)/ ★Lunch: Own Arrangement/ ★Dinner: Own Arrangement Hotel Banff Aspen Lodge or Similar (or Location Upgrade to Banff Town Core Hotels - Banff Mount Royal or Ptarmigan Inn or Similar) Itinerary Today, you will travel to Kootenay National Park, a place of unique contrasts, from icy mountain rivers to steamy hot springs. [Great Divide] The divide marks the border between Kootenay National Park to the west and Banff National Park to the east. (stop for about 15 minutes) [Marble Canyon] Take the enjoyable self-guided trail, 1km (0.6mi) each way, which leads to along this ice-caved, marble-streaked canyon and through the remains of a forest destroyed by wildfires in 2003. (stop for about 45 minutes) [Kootenay Valley View Point] This roadside viewpoint provides breathtaking views of the Mitchell and Vermillion mountain ranges and the Kootenay River far below. Watch the river wind through the rich, mountain forest following an ancient route to Castlegar, BC, where it unites with the great Columbia River. (stop for about 10 minutes) [Radium Hot Springs (Optional)] Soak in the naturally-heated, mineral-rich hot pool between the sheltering walls of Sinclair Canyon.  Radium is one of three thermal swimming pools in the Rocky Mountain National Parks - luxurious in summer and magical in the winter. (stop for about 90 minutes) [Sinclair Canyon] A scenic trail through open Douglas-fir forest along the edge of Sinclair Canyon. Features views of the Columbia Valley and verdant Sinclair Canyon falls. (stop for about 10 minutes)

Meal ★Breakfast: Included (Hotel Breakfast)/ ★Lunch: Own Arrangement (Optional Group Meal Available - Deluxe Lunch at Chateau Lake Louise)/ ★Dinner: Own Arrangement Hotel Banff Aspen Lodge or Similar (or Location Upgrade to Banff Town Core Hotels - Banff Mount Royal or Ptarmigan Inn or Similar) Itinerary Today you will visit the Lake Louise and Yoho National Park. [Lake Louise] This beautiful lake is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. Famous photo-taking location. (stop for about 2 hours) [Moraine Lake/Ten Peaks Valley] Its waters are the most amazing color, a vivid shade of turquoise that changes in intensity through the summer as the glacier melt. Set in the rugged Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake is surrounded by mountains, waterfalls, and rock piles, creating a scene so stunning it almost seems unreal. (stop for about 60 minutes) *Moraine Lake open from (Late May or early June to early Oct). If closed, it will be replaced by the Vermillion Lake [YOHO National Park] Named for a Cree expression of awe and wonder, Yoho lies on the Western slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. [Spiral Tunnel] It is one of the most bizarre feats of engineering to get the grade of a train line to be at or below 2.2%. The current two spiral tunnels where the railroad forms two spirals, crossing beneath itself twice, almost forming a figure eight, before continuing in the proper direction down the mountain were completed in 1909. (pass through) [Emerald Lake] Name comes from her green water color. (stop for about 20 minutes) [Natural Bridge] Sculpted by the erosive forces of rushing water over what had once been a waterfall, the Natural Bridge is a powerful reminder of how much influence water has in shaping the landscape. (stop for about 15 minutes)