Framed by dramatic vistas on all sides, Vancouver is known as a nature haven and adventure hub. Vancouver residents (and visitors) can ski in the morning and go for a swim in the ocean in the afternoon.

You’ll meet your tour guide and fellow travellers at your hotel this afternoon, but if you arrive early make sure to head downtown for a wander along the waterfront.

Accent Inns Vancouver Airport, or similar

Your guide will take you around Downtown Vancouver this morning, exploring Gastown, with its famous steam-powered clock, and the totem poles amongst the trees of Stanley Park.

In the afternoon, take the ferry to Vancouver Island, then making the short drive into Victoria. Discover the English influence evident in the city’s architecture, as you head to your Vancouver Island hotel.

The Vic, Ascend Hotel Collection, or similar

Your day begins amongst the blooms and blossoms of world-famous Butchart Gardens. Enjoy breakfast and a stroll through this incredible 55-acres showcasing floral displays.

Your guide will then give you a tour of the city, where you’ll visit Canada’s oldest Chinatown, the grand Empress Hotel, the harbour and the Parliament Buildings. The rest of the day is yours to explore Victoria at your leisure. Why not explore Government Street, grab some lunch and watch the yachts, or visit the Royal BC Museum.

Optional Activity: Prebook a Whale Watching Excursion from Victoria Harbour. In the Spring and Summer you can expect to see humpback whales, minke whales, grey whales, and resident orcha pods. You may also see other wildlife like bald eagles, seals, and poprpoises. This tour lasts around three hours. Please mention at the time of booking if you would like to add this activitiy.

The Vic, Ascend Hotel Collection, or similar

Breakfast

Enjoy the views on the ferry crossing as you head back to the mainland today, you might even spot dolphins. Your journey into the Canadian Rockies begins, the scenery gradually shifts from thick forests to glacial peaks.

Your destination is Sun Peaks, a laid-back mountain village. It’s the perfect spot to unwind, enjoy the fresh air and get ready for your adventure in the Rockies.

Sun Peaks Lodge, or similar

You can enjoy a slow start this morning, with some free time to explore Sun Peaks. Why not walk some of the villages’ stunning trails, take in the wildflower meadows (in the summer), or soak in the views from a quaint café.

The views get even better as you head to Jasper this afternoon. You’ll stop at Mount Robson Visitor Centre to admire the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies.

Lobstick Lodge, or similar

As the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, explore exactly as you like with a choice of excursions.

Optional Morning Activity: Cruise glacier-fed Maligne Lake, visiting the picture-perfect Spirit Island.

Optional Afternoon Activities: If you’re looking to get active, choose to see the park on a guided nature hike or an e-bike tour. Food-lovers can join a Jasper Food Tour, or you can go rafting on the Athabasca River, spotting wildlife like elk, deer, moose and bears.

Optional Evening Activity: Your choice of evening tour combines delicious food and remarkable wildlife. Enjoy a three-course dinner at Becker’s Chalet, beside the Athabasca River. Then spend two hours with a local guide on a ‘horns and antlers tour’, keeping your eyes peeled for wildlife.

Lobstick Lodge, or similar

in the vistas of towering peaks, turquoise lakes and ancient glaciers all along the way. Stop at the Columbia Icefield for a ride on the giant Ice Explorer across the Athabasca Glacier before trekking across the ice for your first sip of fresh glacial water. After all that adventure, warm things back up with a photo stop at dreamy Lake Louise, amiring the postcard-perfect turquoise water. By evening, you’ll arrive in Banff, ready to relax in this buzzing alpine town.

Red Carpet Inn, or similar

You can design your day however you’d like.

Optional Morning Activities: Get up and at ’em to watch the sunrise at Moraine Lake, enjoying breakfast as you take in the views, before you head to Lake Louise to take in the view without the crowds. Alternatively, or in addition to your sunrise experience, embark on the Mahikan Trails Guided Medicine Walk, learning about plant medcine from an Indigenous perspective.

Optional Afternoon Experiences: You may like to take to the skies for a helicopter ride to Mount Assiniboine, soaring 11,870 feet along the Great Divide. You can then take a tour of the Three Sisters Peaks, the Spray Valley, the Goat Range, Bow River and Canmore.

Optional Evening Experience: This evening, you have the opportunity to take the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain for 360-degree views of the mountains. At the top, setting in for dinner at a mountain-top restaurant.

Red Carpet Inn, or similar

Enjoy the last views of the Canadian Rockies as you travel from Banff to Calgary. You have the option to meet your group for a farewell dinner this evening, before your tour draws to a close and you head on to your next adventure at Niagara Falls.

Ramada Plaza Calgary Downtown, or similar

Make your way to the airport this morning for your flight to Toronto. Freshen up at your hotel before heading out to explore the shops, bars, restaurants and parks of the country’s largest city.

Chelsea Hotel, or similar

Entrance to the CN Tower’s Observation Deck and a 24 hour Toronto Hop-On Hop-Off bus pass are included in your holiday, to make sure to you can do the city justice. The bus stops at 20 locations including Lawrence Market, Yonge-Dundas Square, the wonderful Casa Loma and the Harbourfront, where from May to October you can join a complimentary harbour and islands cruise.

Chelsea Hotel, or similar

Today you’ll get up close and personal with one of North America’s greatest natural wonders.

You’ll be picked up from your hotel at around 09:30, to travel with your group of a maximum 12 guests, to Niagara Falls where you’ll enjoy a buffet lunch followed by a cruise past American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, into the mist at the foot of the thundering Horseshoe Falls, the most powerful of the trio.

You’ll be accompanied by a tour guide throughout the trip, who’ll provide insightful commentary on the journey to and from Toronto.

Chelsea Hotel, or similar

Make your way to the airport for your flight back home. You could of course choose to spend some extra time here in Toronto, or add on other destinations. Just let your Travel Consultant know what you’d like to do.