Welcome to Canada! On arrival, please make your own way to your hotel located in the heart of Downtown Vancouver's Entertainment District.

Alternatively, you can pre book a private arrival transfer where a representative will meet you on arrival and transfer you to the hotel. Further details can be found under the ‘Upgrade Options’.

The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is known as the 'Castle in the City', symbolising timeless elegance and luxury since 1939. Holding a prime downtown location, you are minutes away from Vancouver's biggest attractions.

The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore on your own.

After breakfast, meet your tour director at the hotel for a tour briefing before we head out for a guided tour of Vancouver.  Highlights will include Stanley Park, the Lions Gate Suspension Bridge, Gastown, Chinatown, Canada Place, Robson Street, and many other points of interest.

A highlight today is a visit to the incredible Capilano Suspension Bridge Park before returning to your hotel for an afternoon and evening at leisure.

This morning is at leisure before we transfer to Vancouver railway station early this afternoon. On arrival, relax in the VIA Rail Business Class Lounge before enjoying priority boarding to your Sleeper Plus Cabin. Each Sleeper Plus Cabin offers private toilet and basin and at the end of your car, you have exclusive access to a shower room at all times with complimentary towels and toiletries. 

Enjoy dinner in the dining car as you travel towards Japer this evening. A selection of local Canadian beers and wines can be purchased by the glass to accompany your meal.

Enjoy breakfast on board this morning as the incredible winter landscape passes before you. Locally known as the “Snow Train”, be sure to venture up to the glass domed carriage to take in snow capped vistas before arriving into Jasper mid-morning.

Upon arrival, meet your local guide who will escort you through the Rockies region. Depart on a half- day guided tour of Jasper National Park where you will experience a sweeping expanse of scenic beauty - of awesome mountain peaks and century’s old glacial ice and mirror-like lakes. Sightseeing will include visits to Patricia Lake and Pyramid Lake. 

This afternoon check into your hotel where the rest of the day is at leisure.

After breakfast we head out to Maligne Canyon. The Maligne Canyon Icewalk Tour Jasper Alberta is one of Jasper’s most popular and impressive winter adventures. Your tour guide will take you to the bottom of the Maligne Canyon,  the deepest accessible canyon in Jasper National Park, where you will explore frozen waterfalls, ice caves, and incredible ice formations. You will learn about Jasper’s Maligne Valley, Karst topography, and the mystery of the “disappearing” Medicine Lake. 

Following this, we travel through the Athabasca Valley, on a wildlife discovery tour. Sit back and relax in the comfort of a heated vehicle as you explore this protected area where you will see some of the park’s most beautiful scenery and incredible wildlife. The types of animals seen on the tour depends on the season, the time of day, and the weather. Big or small, there are lots of animals to see in Jasper! Elk, deer, sheep, goats, coyotes, wolves, and moose are just a sample of Jasper’s wild mountain fauna. 

Return to your hotel where the afternoon is at your leisure. 

Note: Today’s ice walk covers approximately 3.5 kms (2.1 miles), is mostly downhill and is graded as easy to moderate. Please indicate your shoe size when booking as warm boots and ice cleats will be provided.

Today we depart on a spectacular day of sightseeing on the Icefields Parkway, regarded as perhaps Canada's most scenic drive.

A highlight is a visit to Lake Louise - the jewel of the Rockies. At every turn of the road, we encounter breathtaking vistas of dramatic mountain ranges, glaciers, blue-green lakes and rivers. Take a guided tour of Lake Louise then escape the cool winter air while you enjoy an Inspiring Taste with an included afternoon tea at the iconic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.

Feast on freshly prepared pastries and sandwiches accompanied by tea and coffee, then enjoy the quintessential winter wonderland experience with a sleigh ride which follows the lake-side trail beneath Victoria Glacier. 

Continue onto Banff where we arrive in the evening and check into your hotel located in the very centre of this charming town.

A true winter wonderland awaits you today as we partake in an ice walk through the famous Johnston Canyon where a spectacular show of natural ice sculptures when the thundering falls freeze solid. Our guided ice walk takes you along steel catwalks built into the canyon walls all the way to the iconic frozen Johnston Canyon upper falls, with views into the icy gorge below (weather permitted). 

Return to your hotel where the rest of the afternoon and evening is at leisure. Spend the afternoon and evening visiting the many shops and cafes that line the street and be sure to visit the Christmas Shop opposite the hotel!

This morning we take a tour around Banff, Canada's first national park established in 1885 to protect its natural hot springs. We visit Tunnel Mountain, Banff Avenue and Bow Falls. Afterwards, you will ascend Sulphur Mountain with Banff Gondola to experience spectacular views of Banff and surrounding area. 

Return to the hotel this afternoon where the remainder of the day is at leisure.

Leaving Banff, we travel along on the Trans-Canada Highway to the picturesque city of Calgary, home of the famous Stampede. Upon arrival, discover some highlights during an orientation tour of Calgary downtown with your guide, passing by the Calgary Tower, Stephen Avenue Mall, City Hall and Calgary Olympic Plaza. 

Check into your hotel located just a short walk to the East Village and downtown Calgary. Spend an afternoon at leisure exploring on your own or relax at the hotel enjoying the many amenities including indoor pool or relax by the fire at the hotel bar.

After breakfast, we transfer to Calgary Airport for your flight to Yellowknife located in Canada’s North West Territories.  - recognised as the best place in the world to see the Northern Lights, better known as Aurora Borealis. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel ahead of your first night of Northern Lights viewing. 

The Aurora Viewing Tour begins with a pick up from your hotel at around 9pm and journeys along the ‘Aurora Hunting’ Ingraham trail to Aurora Village. Follow the lantern lit paths to your heated Teepee for the evening with wood burning fires, providing welcome warmth from the cold and a perfect base to view the light show above.  

Following a brief orientation, you can walk around the spacious property to find your perfect aurora viewing location using the Teepee as a base. The Village is sheltered from the subarctic wind by a beautiful forest – with groomed trails leading up to surrounding panorama hills for secluded and clear viewing of the stunning display from mother nature. We leave the Aurora Village around 1am and return to your hotel approximately 30 minutes later. 

Included as part of our package is a 5-piece winter clothing set that will be ready and waiting for you in your hotel room. This includes a parka, winter pants, extreme winter boots, elbow length mitts, and a versatile face mask that can also be used as a neck warmer, toque, or everything at once. The face mask is yours to keep when you leave! 

Enjoy a sleep in today with a relaxed day at leisure before we enjoy another night of Aurora viewing this evening at the Aurora Village. 

Alternatively, you may wish to join an optional day tour prior to this evening's excursion. 

Today is at leisure to explore Yellowknife on your own. 

You may wish to join a city day tour or add an extra night of Aurora viewing to increase your chances of seeing this incredible phenomenon.

Your winter wonderland journey of Western Canada ends today with an included transfer back to Yellowknife airport for your onward flight.