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Two to three hours
Suggest the Drumheller Valley in Alberta’s
Badlands with its moon-like landscape
where dinosaurs once roamed, or to the
fabulously named Head-Smashed-In Buffalo
Jump, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Four hours or more
Most tourists spend several days exploring
the scenery of Banff national park and Lake
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Louise, but a day trip is a viable option.
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Sample price: Thomas Cook Signature offers a Visitors can easily access Banff national park (above) and Algonquin Provincial Park (right) from Calgary and Toronto respectively
Dinosaur and Badlands day trip from Calgary
for £70pp, Calgary hotels from £25pppn. of Lake Ontario, which is good for hiking, Sample price: Travel 2 offers a three-day
■ tcsignature.com birdwatching, canoeing and fishing. trip to Algonquin Provincial Park from £345
including accommodation, meals and transport.
Flights: Air Canada has flights from £524 return. Two to three hours A day trip to Niagara Falls is priced from £67.
■ aircanada.com Niagara Falls is probably the highest-profile ■ travel2.com
day trip, available via most tour operators.
TORONTO.
Algonquin Provincial Park offers the chance Flights: Flyglobespan offers one-way fares to
It’s easy to take a break from Canada’s to spot bears, moose and wolves. Toronto from £199.
largest city thanks to Toronto’s location on ■ flyglobespan.com
Lake Ontario and proximity to several Four hours or more
natural attractions. Kingston, 160 miles east of Toronto, is where
MONTREAL.
Lake Ontario meets the St Lawrence river. It Quebec’s largest city, with its gourmet
Within one hour is best known for the Thousand Islands restaurants, boutique hotels and festivals, is
Darlington Provincial Park lies on the shores archipelago and 19th-century Fort Henry. a great base for seeing more of the province.
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