Four national parks highlight this wonderful Canadian escorted tour. Begin your vacation in the "Emerald City" of Seattle for a sightseeing tour, before traveling to Canada and the resort city of Kelowna. Here, visit a family-owned orchard; then travel through the agricultural region to Canada’s Glacier National Park and Yoho National Park. Enter Alberta and Banff National Park, the scenic heart of the Canadian Rockies. Sightseeing and free time in Banff follow, including a gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain. Leisure time allows you to explore on your own and enjoy the tranquil setting of this mountain resort. Travel on the Icefields Parkway to Lake Louise and Sunwapta Pass, then take an Ice Explorer ride on the Columbia Icefield before reaching Jasper National Park. Spend time discovering Jasper’s unspoiled beauty on a sightseeing tour and the beautiful waters of Maligne Lake on a narrated cruise. Head back into British Columbia via the base of 12,972-foot Mount Robson, the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. Enjoy leisure time in Sun Peaks and the alpine resort of Whistler. Then travel to the Pacific Coast, where you sail to Victoria for two nights and an orientation tour. After a visit to Butchart Gardens, with its 55 acres of floral displays, ferry through the Gulf Islands to Vancouver for a sightseeing tour and free time. Extend the fun by boarding a Holland America 7-night cruise ship bound for majestic Alaska. Explore the remote and rugged beauty of Alaska, and watch for spouting whales, soaring eagles, barking seals, and other wildlife. Marvel at glaciers and witness the amazing spectacle of thunder and spray as tremendous slabs of ice break off and “calve” into the sea—what a perfect finale to your Western Canada and Alaska cruise vacation.
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