Canadian Masterpiece with Rocky Mountaineer & Alaska Cruise

Experience extraordinary beauty and adventure on this value-minded Canadian vacation. Explore the exciting city of Vancouver before boarding the Rocky Mountaineer Train for a two-day trip to retrace the route of the great 19th-century explorers. Travel through spectacular scenery following the Fraser and Thompson River canyons and overnight in Kamloops. Continue through the Selkirk Mountains en route to the towering peaks of Yoho National Park, wind through the Spiral tunnels, an engineering marvel, as your train climbs Kicking Horse Pass and cross the Continental Divide to Alberta and Banff National Park. Spend two nights in Banff with time to hike, relax at the hot springs, or watch for big horn sheep, deer, bear, and elk that inhabit the park. Take your adventure higher with an optional helicopter ride for breathtaking aerial views of the Canadian Rockies. Visit gorgeous Lake Louise, where turquoise waters perfectly reflecting the surrounding mountains and glaciers. Then travel the stunning Icefields Parkway for a ride aboard the all-terrain Ice Explorer across ice that’s 750-feet-thick! Arrive in magnificent Jasper National Park with its majestic peaks and natural beauty, with the chance to take an optional scenic float trip down the Athabasca River. Journey to the base of 12,972-foot Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, on your way to the resort town of Sun Peaks. Follow the historic Gold Rush en route to Whistler where fur traders and prospectors pursued fortune. Take the ferry from Vancouver for a stay in Victoria and visit beautiful Butchart Gardens with free time to explore on your own before returning to Vancouver to board your 7-night cruise through the Inside Passage to Alaskan ports of call. Follow the coast through spectacular waterways and watch for orcas, whales, otters, and eagles. Dock in historic and panoramic ports of Juneau on the Gastineau Channel, Skagway, and Ketchikan—to retrace the steps of Gold Rush days. Cruise on to Glacier Bay, which has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anywhere in the world. This is a Canadian and Alaskan tour and cruise adventure for the ages!