2012 Scenic Tours Trip - British Columbia/Alberta, Alaska Route Map - Canada

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In August 2012 we commenced a 12 day tour of British Columbia and Alberta with Scenic Tours. The tour kicked off in Victoria with a stay in the iconic Fairmont Empress Hotel, located centrally in Downtown Victoria, BC. A sea plane flight over the city and surrounding districts of Victoria and a day, and a separate night visit to Butchart Gardens were a highlights of our stay in Victoria.
From Victoria we traveled by ferry to Vancouver from where we picked up the Rocky Mountaineer train to Kamloops and on to Banff. After a walk along the Bow River to Bow Falls and a trip to the top of Sulphur Mountain we drove down to Canmore and Kanaskis where we took a scenic helicopter flight over the Rocky Mountains. Heading north from Banff on the the stunning Icefields Parkway, part of the Trans Canada Highway, we took in stops at Lake Louise, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Maligne Canyon, Natural Bridge, Kicking Horse River, the Athabasca Glacier, part of the Columbia Icefields and on to Jasper.
From Jasper we headed to Mt Robson and on to the ski resort villages of Sun Peaks, Whistler and Blackcomb Mountain. The tour finished in Vancouver but not before a visit to the Capilano Suspension Bridge just out of Vancouver.
After some time in Vancouver which included a visit to Stanley Park, we boarded the Holland America Cruise ship Zuiderdam for a relaxing 7 day trip to the Alaskan Ports of Ketchican, Tracey Arm, Juneau, and Skagway, finishing in Glacier Bay in the north before heading back to Vancouver.
We then headed south into the USA to Seattle, Portland and on to San Francisco from where we picked up a 16 day Insight Vacations tour of western USA. We finished the trip with a week in Hawaii on our way home. An amazing trip which gave us a taste of the incredibly diverse scenic beauty of the USA and Canada. We are thus returning to the USA and Canada in August September October 2018.

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Taken on: August 15, 2012

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