talk with a park official about how wildlife is observed and monitored at a
ALBERTA presentation on the natural history, legends and lore of Canada’s national
parks. Join us for a lakeside barbecue tonight, where the air is fragrant with
aspen, fir, spruce and lodgepole pine. Meals BD
Jasper National Park (3,500 ft.)
Maximum Elevation: 7,200 ft.
Day 4 – Explore Maligne Canyon and go river rafting
Athabasca Glacier
(7,200 ft.)
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Check out cascading waterfalls, mysterious potholes, age-old fossils,
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lush plant life and towering, chalky limestone walls as you explore
Banff National Park
Lake Louise
Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park. One of the most beautiful
(4,500 ft.)
(5,500 ft.)
Calgary
canyons in the Rockies, it was created about 160 million years ago
by churning waters swirling through the Palliser Formation, a layer of
limestone once covered by a shallow tropical sea. Look for the ripple
marks of ancient waves imprinted on the rocks, as well as nesting ravens
and rare black swifts. Then take off on a whitewater raft trip* along the
Day 1 – Arrive Calgary and head to Lake Louise
glacier-fed Athabasca River, fresh from the Columbia Icefield. Meals BD
Tour departs: 3:00 PM from Calgary Int’l Airport. For guests who are
spending the previous night in Calgary, an airport transfer from Calgary
Day 5 – Ride an Ice Explorer on a glacier
Int’l Airport to The Fairmont Palliser is included; pick-up time today will
Get set for an amazing day in the Columbia Icefield. As you step across
be 1:00 PM at The Fairmont Palliser. Travel to Lake Louise where things
glacial ice more than 400 years old, look up and you’ll see what look like
get off to a great start at tonight’s welcome reception and dinner. Meals D
tiny toy trucks crawling along the ice. They’re specially designed Ice Explorer
vehicles – and in a few minutes, you’ll be in one of them, climbing up the
Day 2 – Icefields Parkway, one of the world’s great drives
surface of Athabasca Glacier! Later, watch for soaring eagles, hawks, grizzlies
Start an amazing day in the Rockies with a hike at Lake Louise; after
and caribou as you return to the Icefields Parkway. Wind your way between
lunch, set off on an unforgettable journey along the Icefields Parkway
snow-domed peaks and immense hanging glaciers to Banff where you’ll
to Jasper National Park. Look around and you’ll see why this stretch
stay at a “castle in the mountains.” Meals BL
of highway is world-famous – there are mountains, glaciers, waterfalls
and snowfields as far as you can see... not to mention the moose, deer,
bighorn sheep, mountain goats, or bears you might spy along the way!
Arrive at your home for the next three nights – an incredible lakefront
resort right in the heart of Jasper National Park. Meals BD
Day 3 – Hike, bike, canoe... in Jasper National Park
By gondola or by Ice
It’s a day of fun, your way, in Jasper National Park. Go on a bike ride, take Explorer, travels in the
a boat or canoe on the lake, hit some balls on the tennis court or at the
Canadian Rockies “rock”
driving range – thanks to the Summer Resort Activities Card* Tauck guests
from dusk to dawn (ask
receive; the card is good for the entire time you’re staying in Jasper. Or take
the fellow at the right...)
advantage of optional activities (available at an additional charge), such as
golf and horseback riding. You’ll have a great opportunity late afternoon to
Call your travel agent or Tauck Bridges at 866-636-6500
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