Itinerary
- Day 1
Calgary
- Start point
- Calgary International Airport (YYC), 2000 Airport Rd NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8X5, Canada (Calgary Airport Level 1 Exit 7)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (West Yellowstone area hotel)
Optional Activities
- Calgary City Tour (3 hours) - guided tour covering historic sites and modern buildings with guide service, transportation, and admission
- Heritage Park with Transportation/Admission (3 hours) - Canada's second largest living history museum
- Crossiron Mill Outlet Shopping Tour (4 hours) - Alberta's biggest one-level shopping centre
- The Calgary Zoo with Public Transportation Ticket/Admission - approximately 900 animals from around the world
- Day 2
Banff National Park
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Banff Aspen Lodge or similar)
Included Activities
- Johnston Canyon - hiking through catwalks along canyon walls with dramatic waterfalls and narrow gorges
- Bow Falls - wide cascading waterfall near Banff Springs Hotel
- Surprise Corner - scenic viewpoint of Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Hoodoos - naturally-formed sedimentary rock towers
Optional Activities
- Banff Sulphur Mountain Gondola (approximately 90 minutes) - scenic ride with panoramic views of Rocky Mountains, boardwalk trails, observation decks, and interactive exhibits
Landmarks Johnston Canyon Bow Falls Surprise Corner Hoodoos Banff Town Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Banff Sulphur Mountain 
- Day 3
Banff to Jasper - Icefield Parkway
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
- Accommodation
- (Whistlers Inn Hotel / Lobstick Lodge or Similar)
Included Activities
- Icefield Parkway drive - 232km scenic route through Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
- Bow Lake - headwaters of the Bow River
- Athabasca Falls - powerful waterfall from Columbia Glacier meltwater
Optional Activities
- Columbia Icefield Adventure - Ice Explorer tour over Athabasca Glacier and Glacier Skywalk with breathtaking glacier views (approximately 3.5 hours)
Landmarks Icefield Parkway Bow Lake Columbia Icefield Athabasca Glacier Athabasca Falls Jasper Town 
- Day 4
Jasper National Park
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Banff Aspen Lodge or similar)
Included Activities
- Maligne Canyon - limestone canyon carved from 365-million-year-old Palliser Formation
- Medicine Lake - sinking river and largest known inaccessible cave system in Western Hemisphere, passes through seasonal changes
- Peyto Lake - glacier-fed turquoise lake (or Waterfowl Lake if closed)
- The Crossing - service area with basic facilities
- Crowfoot Glacier - glacier viewpoint showing climate change effects
Optional Activities
- Maligne Lake Cruise (approximately 100 minutes) - cruise on the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies
Landmarks Maligne Lake Maligne Canyon Medicine Lake Peyto Lake The Crossing Crowfoot Glacier 
- Day 5
Lake Louise and Yoho National Park
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (West Yellowstone area hotel)
Included Activities
- Lake Louise - turquoise glacial lake in Canadian Rockies with mountain backdrop
- Moraine Lake/Ten Peaks Valley - glacier-fed turquoise lake surrounded by mountains and waterfalls (open late May or early June to early October, or replaced by Vermillion Lake if closed)
- YOHO National Park - exploration of western slopes of Canadian Rockies
- Spiral Tunnel - historic 1909 railroad engineering feat forming figure-eight pattern
- Emerald Lake - glacier-fed lake with distinctive greenish hue from glacial rock flour
- Natural Bridge - water-carved bridge at former waterfall location
Landmarks Lake Louise Moraine Lake Valley of the Ten Peaks Vermillion Lake Spiral Tunnel Emerald Lake Natural Bridge 
- Day 6
Waterton Lakes National Park
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (West Yellowstone area hotel)
Included Activities
- Waterton Town - charming lakeside community with cafés and shops
- Cameron Falls - cascading waterfall over 1.5 billion-year-old Cambrian rock
- Red Rock Canyon - short walking trail through canyon with red and green rock layers carved by glacial streams
- Buffalo Paddock - scenic drive to observe plains bison (sightings not guaranteed)
Landmarks Waterton Lakes National Park Waterton Town Cameron Falls Red Rock Canyon Buffalo Paddock 
- Day 7
Drumheller Valley
- End point
- Calgary International Airport (YYC), 2000 Airport Rd NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8X5, Canada (Calgary/Banff)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hotel Breakfast)
Included Activities
- Horseshoe Canyon - glacier-carved "U" valley surrounded by golden prairie
- Little Church - place of worship built in 1968 and reconstructed in 1991
- Drumheller Information Centre - visitor centre at base of World's Largest Dinosaur
- Hoodoos - internationally-recognized sand and clay rock formations with unique mushroom-like shapes
Optional Activities
- Royal Tyrrell Museum (approximately 90 minutes) - paleontology museum featuring 10 signature galleries, 40 dinosaur skeletons, and more than 110,000 fossil specimens
Landmarks Horseshoe Canyon Royal Tyrrell Museum Little Church Drumheller Information Centre Hoodoos 
