Spectacular Rockies and Alaska Inside Passage Cruise

Welcome to Canada! You will be met at Vancouver International Airport and transferred to your hotel. This evening, meet your Tour Director and fellow travellers for a welcome dinner.
Two Night Stay: Exchange Hotel

Meals Included: Dinner

You’re Invited: Start the morning with a unique breakfast at the Vancouver Aquarium, where there is an opportunity to view a variety of marine life from all over the planet. Later, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Vancouver including Stanley Park with its intricately carved totem poles, the waterfront area, and historic Gastown with its lively shops and restaurants. Visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, where you can make your way across this spectacular suspension bridge, 70 metres above the Capilano River. Take in the surrounding forest and join the award winning Treetops Adventure along a series of elevated walkways.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Set off on a two day rail experience on “The Most Spectacular Train Journey in the World”. Settle back in your GoldLeaf carriage as you enter the Fraser Valley then follow the Thompson River towards Kamloops.
Overnight Stay: Kamloops Hotel (as assigned by Rocky Mountaineer)

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Continue your journey into the soaring, rugged snow-capped mountains.  Marvel at the beauty of the glaciers, lakes and forest sitting at the foot of these grand mountains.  Arrive in Banff a picturesque town located within Banff National Park and is the quintessential Rocky Mountains town.  Spend the next two nights at the “Castle in the Rockies” one of the most iconic and impressive hotels in Canada.
Two Night Stay: Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today enjoy a sightseeing tour including the Bow River, the Hoodoos and Bow Falls, then take the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain where you will witness inspiring views over the surrounding peaks and valleys.

Discover More: Take a breath taking helicopter flight, enjoy an outback dinner and wagon ride, or relax on a float trip along the river (extra expense).

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Bid farewell to Banff and make your way to the beautiful Lake Louise and the famous ‘Diamond in the Wilderness’, where we will stay in one of the Rockies most stunning and historic properties.
Two Night Stay: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Meals Included: Breakfast

Lake Louise enjoys picture perfect surroundings. Spend the day exploring the lake and soaking up the spectacular scenery. Take a walk around the edge of the lake or simply sit back, relax and take it all in.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

This morning, we travel north along the Icefields Parkway, acclaimed as one of the most spectacular journeys in the world. Enjoy breathtaking mountain scenery as you pass rugged peaks and glaciers fringed by thick forest and shimmering lakes. We make a stop at the Columbia Icefield, North America’s largest sub-polar ice pack, where you’ll climb aboard the ‘Ice Explorer’ for a once-in-a-lifetime journey onto the mighty 300 metre thick Athabasca Glacier. The day’s end finds us in Jasper National Park, an alpine wonderland of pristine wilderness and abundant wildlife.
Two Night Stay: The Crimson Jasper or similar

Meals Included: Breakfast

Today, you have the opportunity to explore Jasper and its surrounds. You’re Invited: This evening, walk above the Rockies deepest canyon; Maligne Canyon, then dine at Wilderness Kitchen an original Canadian smokehouse located at the canyon trailhead.

Discover More: Discover Jasper wilderness and wildlife tour, float trip along the Athabasca River, an exhilarating motorcycle sidecar tour or authentic Canadian canoe adventure (extra expense).

Meals Included: Breakfast

Depart Jasper and head past the awesome, 3,954 metre Mt. Robson. Continue through the Cariboo Mountains region and into the lush Okanagan Valley to Kelowna. Visit one of Kelowna’s award-winning wineries and sample some of the local wines.
Overnight Stay: The Cove Lakeside Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Travel through scenic landscapes as the road meanders alongside the Nicola River and through sandstone chasms. Follow the Thompson and Fraser River past the town of Lillooet to the charming alpine resort of Whistler. You’re Invited: Head to the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre for an authentic First Nations BBQ where you will learn about the history and culture of the native Canadians.
Two Night Stay: Four Seasons Whistler

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Today is at leisure for you to explore the resort village of Whistler.

Discover More: Special opportunity to take a bear viewing tour, or a dinner tasting tour (extra expense)

Meals Included: Breakfast

Travel along the Sea to Sky Highway following the rugged coastline stopping at the awesome Shannon Falls. Board the BC ferry and cruise through the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island. Afternoon arrival into Victoria, British Columbia’s capital.
Two Night Stay: The Inn at Laurel Point

Meals Included: Breakfast

This morning, visit the world-famous Butchart Gardens, a 22 hectare showplace of magnificent, colourful gardens. Learn about the history and flora while exploring the gardens. Afterwards, enjoy an orientation tour of Victoria’s Inner Harbour, Bastion Square, Beacon Hill and residential areas.

Discover More: Take a horse and carriage ride, or go whale watching (extra expense)

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Transfer on the Victoria Clipper to Seattle. Board your luxurious cruise ship and check into your comfortable ocean view stateroom (upgrade to verandah stateroom additional expense) on the Holland America Cruise Ship ms Eurodam and settle-in for an unforgettable 7 night voyage through the famed Alaskan waterways.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Relax as you cruise one of the world’s most spectacular waterways. Take advantage of the ship’s many outstanding facilities, or simply relax on deck and watch unmatched scenery glide by.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sail picturesque Stephens Passage known for its wildlife and dramatic beauty before arriving into Juneau. Perched on a thin strip of land at the mouth of Gold Creek, Juneau is arguably one of America’s most beautiful state capitals, with the looming summits of Mt. Juneau and Mt. Roberts providing a gorgeous backdrop.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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 glacial activity.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sitka is easily one of the most beautiful seaside towns in Alaska, and has a unique blend of Russian history and Tlingit culture.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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. Ketchikan is rich native history making the town an essential stop for anyone interested in native art.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today is a day of relaxation as you cruise south to the stunning capital of British Columbia, Victoria.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark early this morning and transfer to Seattle International Airport to board your homeward flight (book flight after 2pm).

Please note: Pre-release itinerary subject to change.

Meals Included: Breakfast