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Rockies Explorer & Alaska Cruise 12 days/ 11 nights land package from €5105 p.p* 19 days/ 18 nights land & cruise package from €6935 p.p* Day 1- Spectacular Vancouver. Upon arrival, be met and transferred to your hotel.Tonight, join your fellow travellers for a Welcome Reception. Accommodation:The Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver (2 nights)
Day 2- Vancouver Sights. Today, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Vancouver, including the Waterfront, historic Gastown and Stanley Park.The remainder of the day is yours to explore. (B) GUARANTEED INCLUSIONS • Two days aboard the Rocky Mountaineer train in GoldLeaf Service • Two nights at The Fairmont Banff Springs in Valleyside or Mountain View rooms • Two nights in charming Victoria at Delta Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa in Harbour View Rooms • Overnight at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Lake View Rooms • Seven night Inside Passage Cruise in a Verandah Stateroom on board your Holland America Line ship • Meals as listed per itinerary. Premier Plus tours With Premier Plus Touring you get the added advantage of APT’s Freedom of Choice Touring and Dining. APT provide you with the opportunity in select locations to choose the activities and restaurants that best suit you, ensuring a personalised holiday experience.
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Day 3- Rocky Mountaineer Rail.
then join your selected Freedom of Choice activity. (BD)
Day 6- Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Dine Around Dinner. This morning, ride the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain for views of the Rockies.Then head to Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. In the afternoon arrive at Lake Louise, set against the backdrop of Victoria Glacier. Accommodation:The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (BD)
Early today board the Rocky Mountaineer train. Enjoying GoldLeaf Service, pass through Fraser Valley and view the towering Coast Mountains before entering Fraser Canyon and travelling to historic Kamloops. Perhaps take in an optional dinner show (own expense).
Day 7- Icefields Parkway, Athabasca Glacier, Jasper, Dine Around Dinner.
Accommodation: Kamloops, hotel assigned by Rocky Mountaineer. Kamloops has limited accommodation (two or three-star hotels). (BL)
Accommodation:The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (BD)
Day 4- Spiral Tunnels, Banff. Rejoining the Rocky Mountaineer, journey alongside the South Thompson River to Shuswap Lake and travel over the Continental Divide to Banff. Accommodation:The Fairmont Banff Springs (2 nights BL)
Day 5- Banff Sights, Freedom of Choice Touring, Dine Around Dinner. Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Banff this morning,
Today, journey along the Icefields Parkway. Stop at the Columbia Icefield for a ride in an Ice Explorer onto the Athabasca Glacier. Arrive this afternoon in Jasper National Park.
Day 8- Mt Robson, Sun Peaks. Your journey follows the famous Yellowhead Highway. Pass Mt Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. In the afternoon, arrive in Sun Peaks, tucked in among the rolling mountains of British Columbia’s interior. Accommodation: Delta Sun Peaks Resort (BD)
Day 9- Whistler. Follow the tracks of the early gold rush pioneers through the Cariboo region. Continue into the Coast Mountain Range to the ski resort of Whistler. After dinner,