CANADIAN ROCKIES & GLACIER NATIONAL PARK


Your journey begins with the awesome natural beauty of the “Switzerland of North America” and cultural discoveries at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump


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Tauck On-tour Exclusive! Filmed narratives by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan share personal insights and stories of people behind the conservation movement to preserve Glacier National Park, the “Crown of the Continent,” for all future generations. Tauck takes you behind-the-scenes with commentary by the creators of “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”


COLUMBIA BRITISH


Jasper National Park (3,500 ft.)


Lake Louise (5,700 ft.)


Kootenay National Park


Fort Steele Lake McDonald ALBERTA


Athabasca Glacier (7,200 ft.)


Banff National Park (4,500 ft.)


Calgary


Waterton Lakes National Park


Glacier National Park MONTANA


Maximum Elevation: 7,200 ft. M


1. ARRIVE CALGARY Tour begins: 6:00 PM at The Fairmont Palliser. A transfer is included upon arrival from the Calgary Airport to The Fairmont Palliser, centrally located in the heart of downtown Calgary. Join us for a welcome reception and dinner tonight. Meals D


2. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Travel south today from Calgary through the Peigan Reserve, to Waterton Lakes National Park for lunch at the Prince of Wales hotel, then across the U.S. – Canada border into Montana,


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bound for Glacier National Park. En route, visit the prehistoric site of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. One of many such sites employed by aboriginal peoples of the plains to hunt buffalo throughout North America, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump was used continuously for more than 5,500 years by the Blackfoot people, and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site; a five-level, state-of-the-art, interpretive center is built into the 35-foot cliff at the heart of the site. Continue on to Glacier National Park; its isolated location, which means fewer visitors during the brief summer season, makes it a haven for some of the world’s


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