BEST OF CANADA WEST

(Fly-In to and from Vancouver)

May 13 - 23, 2009

Tour Includes

11 days & 10 nights accommodations

15 Meals - 10 Breakfasts & 5 Dinners 

Attraction admissions/fees

Luxury Motorcoach Transportation

The services of one of Trafalgar's professional Tour Directors on tour

Baggage handling for 1 bag per person

All taxes, gratuities on included items (excludes gratuities for local Tour Director, local guides, and driver)

Bottle Water provided

Mobile telephone available for emer­gency use

Gift for each person booked on the tour

Ozarkland Group Tours Escort exclusively

Highlights

Vancouver - Discover Chinatown, Gastown, English Bay and Stanley Park.

Victoria - See the city's landmarks and enjoy breakfast at Butchart Gardens.  Tour the gardens.  Enjoy the Strait pf Georgia.  Leisure time.

Whistler - Enjoy a guided walking tour of this future Olympic venue.

Cache Creek - Visit the Historic Hat Creek Ranch.

Banff National Park - Discover this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Banff - Enjoy the beauty of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. Explore the township and enjoy a scenic gondola ride.  Leisure time.

Lake Louise - Enjoy an interpretive walk along the lake.

Icefields Parkway - Motor along this spectacular alpine drive.

Columbia Icefield - Ride aboard an Ice Explorer onto Athabasca Glacier.

Jasper National Park - Enjoy Maligne Canyon and learn about local wildlife.  Leisure time.

Mount Robson - View the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies.

Lac Le Jeune - Leisure walk along the lake and learn about the resident beavercolony.

Cost Per Person

(Land Arrangements Only)

$3178 pp double occupancy

                  $4257 pp single occupancy                   

$2864 pp triple occupancy 

$2099 pp quad occupancy

NOTE: This Fly-in Tour is presented with land arrangements price only. We will make Air Reservations for the entire group to travel together.  But you may fly on your own if you wish.  This allows you more flexibility and convenience when planning your trip. This also allows you to use your Frequent Flying. We will provide air schedules and make your air reservations if you desire and make certain you receive the lowest airfare available at that time. Let us know your desires at the time of booking.

Schedule

Day 1- Arrive Vancouver.  Welcome to Vancouver! A complimentary transfer is provided to the Trafalgar hotel. Your Tour Director is at the hotel this afternoon to greet you and answer your questions. Join us at 6:00pm for a Welcome Reception at the hotel.

Day 2 - Vancouver - Strait of Georgia - Victoria (2 nights).  We take a sightseeing tour of Vancouver before crossing the Strait of Georgia to Vancouver Island and the city of Victoria. Here, we enjoy an orientation tour of this very British city. Tonight enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. (Full Breakfast/ Highlight Dinner)

Day 3 - Victoria sightseeing & at leisure.  After breakfast hosted by a horticulturist at Butchart Gardens, we explore the spectacular floral displays before returning to Victoria where the rest of the day is at leisure. (Full Breakfast)

Day 4 - Victoria - Strait of Georgia -- Sea to Sky Highway - Whistler.  We travel to Chemainus, known for its beautiful murals, and cross the Strait of Georgia. We travel along the Sea-to-Sky Highway to Whistler and enjoy a guided walking tour of the village and future Olymic venue. (Full Breakfast)

Day 5 - Whistler - Kamloops.  At Historic Hat Creek Ranch we visit the historic buildings and learn about this early trading route. We also visit a Native Village where we learn about the Shuswap Nation's fascinating history and culture. In Kamloops we enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. (Full Breakfast/ Highlight Dinner)

Day 6 - Kamloops - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks - Banff (2 nights).  Today we experience the beauty of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. We travel through Mount Revelstoke, Glacier and Yoho National Parks. We then enter Banff National Park and arrive in Banff. (Full Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 7- Banff sightseeing & at leisure

Our tour of Banff includes the viewpoint of Surprise Corner along Tunnel Mountain Drive, Bow Falls and the rock formations known as hoodoos. We then board the Banff Gondola for a ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain. The rest of the day is at leisure. (Full Breakfast)

Day 8 - Banff - Lake Louise - Icefields Parkway - Jasper National Park (2 nights).  At Lake Louise we are taken on an interpretive lakeside walk and learn about the geography and history of the area. Next we travel along the Icefields Parkway and board an Ice Explorer for a ride onto Athabasca Glacier. Our Tour Director shares a Hidden Treasure of the Canadian Rockies with us before we arrive at Jasper National Park. After dinner learn about Rocky Mountain wildlife at a presentation by a local expert.(Full Breakfast/ Dinner)

Day 9 - Jasper National Park sightseeing & at leisure.  We learn about the underground river system at Maligne Canyon during a narrated walk along the canyon's trail. The rest of the day is at leisure. Stroll the township of Jasper, join an optional guided nature walk to Mount Edith Cavell, or a relaxing cruise on beautiful Maligne Lake. (Full breakfast)

Day 10 - Jasper - Mount Robson - Lac Le Jeune.  We travel past Mount Robson and across British Columbia to our resort on the shores of Lac Le Jeune. Here we join a local expert for a nature walk to the lake's beaver colony. Tonight join us for a Farewell Dinner. (Full Breakfast/ Farewell Dinner)

Day 11- Lac Le Jeune - Depart Vancouver.  Heading back for the Pacific coast, we arrive back in Vancouver. A  complimentary transfer is provided to Vancouver International Airport.  (Full Breakfast)