7-Day Canada West: Banff City, Glacier & Banff National Park, Lake Louis, Optional 1-Day Tour( Vancouver, Victoria or Whistler)

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Guest arrived Vancouver/Seattle airport before 12:00pm will enjoy a complimentary brief city tour in Vancouver/Seattle respectively before transfer back to hotel in Vancouver.

Airport transfer service:
1) For Canada domestic arrivals, we will greet you at Claim Belt #3 or at the YVR Info Center for international arrivals
2) Free airport pickup for group (YVR) 08:00am - 21:00pm, (need to wait for the other passengers)
3) Pay for pickup, pick and go (YVR) 08:00am - 23:00pm (Please call 1-626-898-7658 to ask for price)
4) For Cruises pick up/drop off (Vancouver only), 09:00am at the front door of Pan Pacific Hotel ($18/trip/person)
5) For arrivals at Seattle airport, we will greet you before noon at Claim Belt # 14, others pickup 13:00 at Space Needle ($44/trip/person)

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Morning depart Vancouver and travel through the scenic Fraser Valley, enter a semi-desert area and stop at Merritt. Then depart for Kelowna and go through the beautiful Lake Okanagan in search of the lake monster Ogopogo. To learn the basic of wine making along with some tasting of Canadian wines and “Ice Wine”.

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Travel through the Roger Pass, situated in the middle of Glacier National Park, we can see the final part of the Trans-Canada Highway completed in 1962. The other famous lake in Banff is the Lake Louise which is a hamlet of Alberta. You will be stunned by the natural beauty of the emerald-green lake and of the Victoria glacier which rose above it. Exploit the Bow River Falls which was filmed in “River of No Return” starring Marilyn Monroe in 1954. Taking the gondola at Lake Louise. Banff is a resort town and one of Canada’s most popular tourist destination.

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The Icefields Parkway is a scenic road travelling through Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. Visible from the parkway, the Crowfoot Glacier is situated on the Crowfoot Mountain. The glacier has retreated and now has lost one entire lobe, it therefore no longer resembles the glacier which early explorers named. Lines along the Icefields Parkway is Bow Lake which is a glacial lake with origins in a melted glacier. Lies in Jasper National Park is the Columbia Icefield which has an area of 325 sq km and up to 365m in depth. Athabasca Glacier is one of the glacier feed by the Icefield. We can step on this glacier after a ride on the giant snow coach over the steep grades up the glacier.
Another exciting experience of the glacier is to walk on a glass-floored walkway of 280m that extends over the Sunwapta Valley. A bird's eye view provides the most unique perspective of nature at its finest.

Admission included: Snow Coach, Glacier Sky Walk and Lake Louise Gondola.
All admission fees must be prepaid and operating hours/prices subject to change at the discretion of the respective operating facilities.

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The Last Spike of Canadian Pacific Railway was driven in 1885 and marked the completion of the CPR. The work was mainly done by underpaid Chinese workers. The site is marked by a historic obelisk with the names and details of the construction of the railway. In Kamloops,different visits to famous ginseng farm and production factory is arranged. Tasting of ginseng tea and shopping of various ginseng products.
The tour will back to Vancouver at evening.

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* Day Tour for A ,B or C(Pick 1 out of 3）：
(A) Vancouver one day city tour (Capilano Suspension Bridge admission included)
The Vancouver city tour starts with a visit to the famous Capilano Suspension Bridge. The bridge hanged 70 meters above a river where you may find ancient
pine trees. At the same time you can stroll along the cliff walk. Next visit is the Granville Island, Vancouver’s art town. You can find unique shops, restaurants,
galleries and roadside art performance. FlyOver Canada utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you the feeling of flight. You will hang suspended, feet
dangling, before a 20-metre spherical screen while our film whisks you away on an exhilarating 8-minute journey across Canada, from east to west. Special
effects, including wind, mist and scents, combine with the ride’s motion to create an unforgettable experience. Gas town, the next stop, was the born place
of Vancouver’s economy. The historic steam clock whistles every hour. Coming next is the landmark of Vancouver “five sails” which was the World Expo
site 1986, now is a cruise ship terminal and a convention centre. Nearby is the Canada Winter Olympic Park with the 2010 Winter Olympic Cauldron. The
Stanley Park, the next stop, covers 1,000 acres with forest and numerous totem poles crafted by the First Nations. The last stop is the Vancouver China Town,
one of the largest in North America, has the world’s most narrow office Sam Kee Building with the width of 1.5m.

(B) Victoria one day tour (B.C. Ferries & Butchart Garden admission included)
In the morning tour depart from Tsawwassen with BC Ferries through Strait of Georgia to Vancouver Island. During the voyage you can enjoy beautiful scenery
along Georgia Strait Coast. Upon arrival in Vancouver Island we first visit the century old Butchart Gardens. The Garden covers an area of 50 acres with
numbers of theme garden planted with all kinds of flowers, begonia kiosks, and Sunken Garden. Sunken Garden is the most exciting district, originally a nest
-shaped trap lime quarry converted to a garden covered with colorful flowers and ingenuity set of trees. Other theme gardens are the Concert Lawn, Rose
Garden, Three Sturgeon Fountain, Japanese Garden, and Italian Garden. Afterward tour proceeds to the Victoria City Chinatown. First stop at the narrowest
commercial street in Canada the Fan Tan Alley, for an understanding of the development history of Chinese in Canada. After lunch first visit Old British Style
Inner Harbor tourist area, the BC Legislature Building, or the Royal BC Museum (optional), the Centennial Square or the fisherman wharf for the tasty fish &
chip or the famous Empress Hotel. Then move on to Beacon Hill Park with a stop at the Mile Zero, the starting point of the TransCanada Highway 1. Tour
transfers back to Vancouver in late afternoon.

(C) Whistler one day tour (Peak 2 Peak Gondola included)
Tour travels through the Sea-to-Sky Highway winding along the coast line from Horseshoe bay to Whistler. Enjoy the breathtaking views along Georgia
Strait and Sunshine Coast, one side by the sea and the other side by the mountain. The Whistler village is a Swiss-setting alpine village where you can enjoy
European style shopping fun. Ride the new Peak-2-Peak Gondola (admission included) between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains up to the top scenery.
Back to Vancouver in late afternoon. (Whistler tour schedule may be changed due to seasonal and weather condition.)

The optional itinerary may be subject to change depending on the departure date of the Rockies Tour.

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