Canadian Rockies Panorama
6 - 14 April 2010
Originates in Vancouver. A railway sojourn through Western Canada featuring Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Canada's wilderness railway line across northern British Columbia.
Highlights:
• Stay at the Chateau Lake Louise, a former Canadian Pacific Railway hotel overlooking Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier
• Travel the Icefields Parkway along the crest of the Canadian Rockies through Jasper and Banff National Parks, truly one of North America's greatest road trips.
• Ride the rails across northern British Columbia, across the Canadian Rockies and through the towering Coast Range into the north Pacific coastal rainforest on the Skeena. See totem poles in traditional Gitskan villages, eagles and osprey along the four rivers we follow, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, and more on this incredibly scenic rail journey.
• Visit Jasper and Banff
• Enjoy travel aboard VIA Rail's Canadian, ranked as one of the world's great rail journeys. Enjoy the beauty of the Canadian Rockies from the vista dome observation car, and freshly prepared meals in the traditional dining car.
• Extend your holiday by four days with rail travel from Southern California and intermediate West Coast cities on Amtrak's Coast Starlight and Cascade trains, featuring the California coastline, Cascade Mountains in Oregon, and travel along Puget Sound in Washington.
• Sleeping car accommodations are included.
Fares are based on type of sleeping car accommodations selected, starting at $1795 per person, based on double occupancy. Fares include all transportation, lodging, 11 meals, sightseeing, admission fees, luggage handling and taxes.
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Photos: Top left: Canadian in Jasper National Park; top right: Chateau Lake Louise; center: lounge at Chateau Lake Louise; bottom left: Sunwapta Pass on Icefields Parkway; bottom right: Mt. Robson and VIA Rail's Skeena.