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CANADA
Rockies Panorama & Alaskan Cruise
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Tour Summary
Tour name: Rockies Panorama & Alaskan Cruise
Tour code: ERVA.601  
Days: 18  
Overview:

  
Tour Itinerary
Day 1Arrive Victoria (D)
Welcome to Canada. On arrival at Victoria International Airport you will be met and transferred* to your downtown hotel in the heart of Victoria, British Columbia's beautiful capital city. After check-in tonight meet your Evergreen Tours’ Tour Director and travelling companions for a ‘Welcome to Canada’ reception and dinner.
Two Night Stay: Chateau Victoria
Day 2Victoria – Butchart Gardens - Sightseeing (FB)
Today visit the world-famous Butchart Gardens, a 22-hectare showplace of magnificent, colourful gardens. A horticulturist joins you and explains the garden’s history and flora. There is ample time to explore these gardens which have delighted visitors from around the world for over one hundred years. Afterwards enjoy an orientation tour of Victoria’s Inner Harbour, Bastion Square, Beacon Hill and residential areas. This afternoon is free to explore or perhaps as an option we suggest a Whale Watch Tour & Hop-on / Hop-off Explorer Bus.
Day 3Victoria – Vancouver - Overnight VIA Rail “The Canadian (FB)
This morning board the ferry for the scenic journey to mainland Vancouver. Crossing the Lions Gate Bridge we head to North Vancouver and visit the spectacular Capilano Suspension Bridge, where you’ll take a walk across the bridge suspended 230 feet above the Capilano River. Join the award-winning Treetops Adventure, a guided nature walk along a series of elevated walkways. Heading back into the city we enjoy a sightseeing tour of Vancouver including the waterfront, Gastown, Chinatown, Stanley Park, and stopping for lunch (own expense) at GranvilleIsland. Afternoon is at leisure to explore Vancouver until your transfer this evening to VIA Rail train station. Relive the Golden Age of train travel aboard VIA Rail’s The Canadian for one of the world’s great train journeys. Its then time to retire to your private sleeper cabin for the night, and be slowly rocked to sleep.
Day 4“The Canadian” – Jasper (FB,L,D)
In the morning you wake up and open the curtains to be greeted by the majestic Rocky Mountains. After breakfast is served in the dining car, you can head to the Exclusive Park car, with its lounges and 360-degree panoramic views to watch the spectacular views. Late afternoon we arrive into the mountain township of Jasper.
Overnight: Lobstick Lodge
Day 5Icefields Parkway - Glacier ‘Ice Explorer’ – Lake Louise (FB,D)
This morning enjoy a guided walk down the stunning Maligne canyon and marvel at the spectacular rock formations of one of Canada’s’ longest underground river systems. Depart Jasper and travel south along the Icefields Parkway, acclaimed as one of the most spectacular journeys in the world, and enjoy breathtaking mountain scenery. Be amazed by the powerful Athabasca Falls, then make a stop at the Columbia Icefield, where you’ll take the ‘Ice Explorer’ onto the mighty 300-meter thick Athabasca Glacier. Day’s end finds us at the beautiful Lake Louise.
Overnight Stay: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Day 6Lake Louise - Emerald Lake - Banff (FB,D)
Visit Emerald Lake and Natural Bridge enroute to the township of Banff. On arrival into Banff enjoy sightseeing tour including Bow River and Bow Falls and enjoy your Gondola Ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain, with unbelievable views of the Bow River valley.
Two Night Stay: Caribou Properties
Day 7Banff (FB)
Today is reserved for you to enjoy Banff and its many sights and attractions.
Day 8Glacier National Park - Sun Peaks (FB,HD)
Cross into Yoho National Park as we begin our descent from the Canadian Rockies. Re-entering British Columbia, we travel through Glacier National Park and Mt Revelstoke National Park before arriving in the resort village of Sun Peaks. This evening enjoy a highlight dinner including music and dancing.
Overnight Stay: Coast Sundance Hotel 
Day 9Okanagan Valley - Whistler (FB)
This morning we pass through the towns of Kamloops and Cache Creek. Visit Historic Hat Creek Ranch and learn about the Shuswap people. We continue throught he townsite of Lillooet and travel along the very scenic Duffy Lake Road, through the historic farming Village of Pemberton, to the charming alpine resort of Whistler Village – home to the 2010 Olympics, with time to explore the village’s cobbled pathways and plazas.
Overnight Stay: Delta Whistler Village Suites
Day 10Whistler – Sea to Sky Highway – Vancouver (FB,D)

After a morning at leisure in Whistler we head south along the Sea- to sky highway, following Howe Sound.  We stop to marvel at the impressive Shannon Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in British Columbia, before arriving into the City Lights of Vancouver.
Overnight Stay: Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver

WHISTLER MOUNTAINEER  - Travel onboard the Whistler Mountaineer, a three-hour train experience. See cascading waterfalls, old-growth forests, snow-capped mountain peaks and brilliant Pacific waters from a unique train perspective (additional expense).
Day 11Vancouver- 7 Night Alaskan Cruise (FB,D)
This morning is at leisure, before you are transferred to Canada Place. Board your luxurious cruise ship and check into your comfortable Stateroom on the luxurious Holland America Cruise Ship ms Zuiderdam and settle-in for an unforgettable 7 night voyage.
Day 12Cruising the Inside Passage (FB,L,D)
Spend the entire day cruising the Inside Passage one of the worlds' most spectacular waterways as your ship threads her way past forests of spruce and hemlock, mountains, islands and inlets.
Day 13Tracy Arm Fjord - Juneau, Alaska’s Capital (FB,L,D)
This morning we cruise into the spectacular Tracy Arm, a narrow, 26-mile-long fjord, another of Alaska's most dramatic glacier settings. The panorama of 7,000-foot mountain peaks and nearly vertical rock cliffs is astounding. Waterfalls appear at every turn. Tucked away at the end of this remarkable waterway are two very active reminders of the Ice Age - the twin Sawyer Glaciers, calving icebergs into the jade-colored inland sea. In the afternoon arrive into Alaska's scenic capital city, Juneau. Learn the city's Gold Rush story, drop into the Red Dog Saloon, take a helicopter flight over the Mendenhall Glacier or visit the fascinating Alaska State Museum (shore excursions are at own expense).
Day 14Skagway (FB,L,D)
Established in 1897 as a trading post for prospectors headed to the Klondike Gold Rush, Skagway was once known as “hell on earth,” an untamed, violent town controlled by organized criminals. Today, of course, the town is a bit more civilized, though its colourful past is carefully preserved in the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park. For a truly memorable excursion, take an optional ride on the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Railroad, which was built in 1897 to take miners over treacherous terrain to the distant gold fields (shore excursions are at own expense).
Day 15Glacier Bay (FB,L,D)
Early this morning your cruise ship enters the iceberg-strewn waters of Glacier Bay National Park, where thirteen spectacular glaciers flow from surrounding mountains into the waters of the bay. A National Park Service Ranger will help you spot wildlife, while pointing out sights and explaining glacier activity. Perhaps you will be lucky enough to see a pinnacle of ice ‘calve’ or break away from the face of the glacier, and with a thunderous boom land in the bay.
Day 16Ketchikan (FB,L,D)
Welcome to the salmon capital of the world! Part of the town is built along a steep hillside, part is built on pilings over the water where bald eagles watch from waterside perches. An outstanding collection of totem poles makes the town an essential stop for anyone interested in native art. To make the most of your time ashore, consider taking an optional guided tour through town, jeep ride or mountain excursion on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, a harbor cruise or a float plane “flightseeing” trip (shore excursions are at own expense).
Day 17The Inside Passage (FB,L,D)
Today is a day of relaxation as your cruise returns to Vancouver. Take advantage of the ship’s many outstanding facilities, or simply relax on deck with a drink and watch unmatched scenery glide by, as you travel south through the Inside Passage.
Day 18Vancouver (FB)
Disembark early this morning and transfer* to Vancouver International Airport to board your homeward flight.

*Check transfer entitlements with your travel agent. For passengers who have already received documentation - refer to your booking summary. 
Tour itinerary is valid from 01/04/2010 to 31/12/2010 and is subject to change. Enquire for itinerary details that fall outside of these dates. If you have booked on a tour please refer to the itinerary provided in your tour documentation or on Tour Personaliser for any changes that have been made.


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