Ancient Wonders Tours & Trips in Canadian Rockies

What people love about Ancient Wonders Tours in Canadian Rockies

• RonaTraveled in March

  5

  Great tour! I would recommend it! Highlights as follows: 1. Great Tour Lead Chris ensured everyone was comfortable, and he was fun, informative, polite/respectful! He is great! Great people skills! 2. Mr. Yee – our driver. Drove us safely and back! Could not have asked for a more skilled driver. Ace driver, given the varying road conditions with rain and snowfall we encountered. 3. Comments on the activities we did: 1. We did tubing for 2 hours before calling it a night in Vernon. Two hours were plenty to enjoy the stop. The activity was free to enjoy for everyone. Has the option to ice skate on a smaller frozen lake. Also for free 2. Day 2 in Banf – we did have the option to ice skate in Lake Louis. Optional at the cost of CAD 24.99. Spent a chunk of time walking to the rental store inside the chateau to registering and getting our skate shoes. After we got our shoes and were ready to skate, we had little time to ice skate and enjoyed the frozen Lake Louise. 3. We did have some time at night to stroll around Banf center 4. Day 3 – option to ski at Lake Louise Ski Resort (can rent ski clothing and equipment for a fee of abt $150~. The ski lift is $50-100. For non-skiers, they offered optional activities for a fee - e.g., snowshoeing/hiking in the AM and Gondola in the PM. You also have the option to go around town on your own at no extra cost. They give you plenty of information, and you can ask questions to decide what you want to do for Day 3. Somehow you could only pick one option. Wish they could allow doing more than one option, e.g., doing one AM activity and then doing a PM activity with no conflict in time. If you plan to ski, you spend your day at the ski resort until the bus comes and picks you up. You have to plan for how to store your luggage since you will go on a different shuttle for the ski resort. You may have to arrange to leave your luggage with someone in the group so it’s on the bus and you don’t carry it with you to the resort. The Lake Louise Ski Resort was top-notched! 5. We end day 3 in Golden. 6. Day 4 It’s pretty much driving back to Vancouver. Chris was great at keeping us informed/entertained for that long drive back. Props to Mr. Yee as well. 7. We did stop at two frozen lakes as bonus stops. One is in Banf, and the other is the Emerald Lake. It was almost magical at the time of the visit to Emerald Lake because it was snowing pretty heavily, and we were walking on a frozen, snow-covered lake! Beautiful! We had a group picture here. 8. Lots of driving, which usually is the deal with types of tours. I am used to this type of tour. I take this type of tour all the time. So be in that mindset. 9. Overall I enjoyed the tour a lot! I enjoyed this part of Canada! My first was on a frozen lake! So thank you! On a side note, a big thank you to Mr. Yee. He knew we were spending two more days in Vancouver and gave us the best tip on maximizing the 24-hour hop-off hop-on tour. If you care to know, here are his tips. 1. Go to Gas town first (on your own). Get your picture of the Steam Clock. Go there before the hour because, at the hour, the clock will whistle and will blow off steam. You don’t want to miss this. 2. After you are done with Gastown, you walk to Canada Place. It is only like 5-6 minute walk. You get your ticket there. You start the hop-hop-off tour here. 3. Then stop and explore for a certain amt of time: 1. Stanley Park, 2. Granville Park, and 3. Chinatown. Explore the other stops if you have time, based on your interest.

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• MaryAnneTraveled in July

  5

  Just finished the Western Canada trip with Adriann as our guide plus Kaitlyn and Haley as apprentices, and was excellent. Everything went well, on time, no hiccups and even managed to see a lovely elk family on the side of the road. Incredibly professional but always fun and friendly, I would definitely want to go on another tour with them. 10 out of 10

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• AmandaTraveled in November

  5

  Meghan was the tour guide for my trip and she was fabulous! The sights were beautiful, and meghan made sure we had enough time to fully explore everything and gave us all the interesting background of the locations… as well as making sure to see all the items on our bingo cards. The tour group ranged from 10-94 but the majority in their 20s-30s, and there was something perfectly catered to fit everyones interests. Also, if you are traveling alone this tour is a great option! The cool thing about tours is you are always traveling with people who want to explore, but also make friends! So at the end of the trip you’ve met so many new people from so many different places. If you haven’t been to Banff it is a must see and this is such an amazing way to see it, and if you have I completely understand why you’re rushing back. This trip takes all stress the planning out of the equation, provides lots of good recommendations in local places you’ll stop, helps you experience some great food, see the most beautiful sights, the accommodations were better than expected, and you'll make great friends! The price of the tour is considerably low for how great the tour, the sights, time spent, accommodations, and all that’s included. Really worth every penny! I only hope everyone is as lucky as I was to get Meghan as my guide, and to have the most fantastic travel companions!

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