3-Day Canadian Rockies Tour: Yoho & Jasper National Park

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Calgary - Yoho National Park - Lake Louise - Moraine Lake - Yoho National Park⌄

   This beautiful lake is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. Famous photo-taking location, snap lots of beautiful photos as much as you want and also can enjoy to hiking the trail around the lake. In winter, you can walk on the lake with snowshoes (provided) and experience the charming snow scenery. Free Snowshoeing experience will provide for the Winter (Nov to mid-Apr) itinerary (about 20 minutes)

   Its waters are the most amazing color, a vivid shade of turquoise that changes in intensity through the summer as the glaciers 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. *Moraine Lake opens from JUNE to Early Oct. If closed, it will be replaced by the Vermillion Lake

   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.

   Towering peaks of Continental Divide in Yoho National Park. Emerald Lake is the largest lake in Yoho National Park, snap photos of its turquoise water.

   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.

   Overnight: Overnight at Banff Town Core hotel (Banff Aspen Lodge or Similar)

2. 2Bow Lake — Columbia Icefield — Athabasca Falls — Jasper Town⌄

   It is the headwaters of the Bow River that runs south through the city Calgary and onto the Oldman River ultimately to Hudson Bay

   One of Canada's national treasures and most rewarding destinations. Stretching 232km (144mi) through the heart of Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, this world-class journey offers access to a vast wilderness of pristine mountain lakes, ancient glaciers and broad sweeping valleys.

   At the edge of the Columbia Icefield, hop out to explore a small corner of the largest icefield in North America. Consider OPTIONAL tours to the Ice Explorer and Columbia Icefield Skywalk, Once in a lifetime experience to visit the heart of the incredible Icefields Parkway, one of the largest non-polar ice fields in the world. After Snocoach, continuing on experiencing features waterfalls, wildlife, fossils and more on an exciting 1-kilometre walkway that leads to a platform where glass is all that separates you from a 918-foot (280 m) drop. Step out on a cliff-edge walkway where giant glaciers perch above you and the spectacular Sunwapta Valley spreads out below - Skywalk (Optional) **With the high demand, we strongly recommend to book the option provided with admission.

   It is not one of the highest waterfalls, but is rather known for the shear amount and force of the water that flows through it from the Columbia Glacier.

   Jasper Town, the heart of Jasper National Park. 2nd biggest town in the Canadian Rockies. (stop time – your own arrangement)

   Meals: Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at Jasper Town hotel (Whistlers Inn Hotel or Lobstick Lodge or Similar)

3. 3Jasper Town - Maligne Lake - Maligne Canyon - Peyto Lake - Crowfoot Glacier - Calgary⌄

   It is the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies. You can take an OPTIONAL cruise to enjoy the scenery of the lake. **With the high demand, we strongly recommend to book the option provided with admission.

   It is carved into the Palliser Formation, a layer of limestone deposited in a shallow tropical sea by lime-secreting plankton about 365-million years ago.

   Medicine Lake is one of the largest known sinking rivers in the Western Hemisphere and may be the largest inaccessible cave system anywhere in the world.

   It is a glacier-fed lake in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. During the summer, significant amounts of glacial rock flour flow into the lake, and these suspended rock particles give the lake a bright, turquoise color. (if closed, replaced by Waterfowl Lakes)

   Named after its shape when was discovered. A must-see stop with the climate change nowadays. The “Third Toe” was melted and barely visible.

   Meals: Breakfast: Hotel Breakfast