Includes:

• 15 Day guided holiday with luxury tour operator, APT
• A selection of Freedom of Choice Inclusions to help you customise your holiday to your own interests
• Luxury dining – a total of 25 meals included
• Expert APT tour director
• Sightseeing and activities as per itinerary
• Lakeview Room at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
• Mountain View Room at Fairmont Banff Springs
• Overnight VIA Rail journey into the Rockies
• Transfers, porterage and gratuities
• Take a heli-flight and then marvel at the frozen ice bubbles of Abraham Lake

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive Vancouver
Be taken to your hotel and get to know your fellow travellers at a welcome dinner.
Stay: Two Nights, Vancouver, Fairmont Waterfront Hotel

Day 2: Vancouver
The morning is set aside for a tour of the city. The rest of the day is yours.

Day 3: Vancouver, Whistler
Head for the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park to wander over the seven suspended footbridges. After, treasure the scenery along the Sea to Sky Highway, passing landscapes covered in a thick, white blanket.

Day 4: Whistler
FREEDOM OF CHOICE – Maybe you’ll enjoy a helicopter ride, or take a tree trek or zip trek tour. You might prefer to jump on a snowmobile, or maybe even enjoy a dog sled ride. Otherwise, you might like to ride the Peak 2 Peak Gondola or relax with a Scandinave Spa experience.

Choose how you’d like to spend your day in Whistler.

Day 5: Whistler, Vancouver, VIA Rail
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE – At the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, enjoy breakfast and explore the museum, discovering your First Nations ‘animal spirit’ with the help of your guide. 

Return to Vancouver and board your overnight VIA Rail journey to Jasper National Park.
Stay: VIA Rail, in Sleeper Plus Class

Day 6: VIA Rail, Jasper
Sights set on Jasper, watch as the snowy Canadian Rockies pass by your window.
Stay: Two Nights, Jasper National Park, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

Day 7: Jasper
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE – This evening, head out to one of the lodge’s Signature Luxury Cabins for a private soiree of live music and traditional food.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ – Watch for local wildlife, or don some snowshoes for a trek through the alpine scenery. Maybe take the chance to view the icefalls that can only be seen at this time of year during a Maligne Canyon Ice Walk, or visit the planetarium to explore the world’s largest dark sky preserve.

To keep things exciting, you’re invited to choose how you want to explore Jasper.

Day 8: Jasper, Abraham Lake, Lake Louise
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE – A helicopter takes you to backcountry where a snowshoe exploration awaits. After a hearty lunch, visit Abraham Lake where, if you’re lucky, you’ll see ice bubbles trapped beneath the lake’s frozen surface. 

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ – Choose one of your hotel’s restaurants for dinner this evening.

Travel along the Icefields Parkway today (weather permitting) to Lake Louise.
Stay: Two Nights, Banff National Park, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, in a Lakeview Room

Day 9: Lake Louise
Today has been left free for you to soak up the wintry atmosphere of this special place. You might like to use the time to curl up by the fireplace and watch the snowy landscapes outside. Or venture outdoors and choose from one of the resort’s many activities on offer, which are available at an extra cost.

Day 10: Lake Louise, Banff
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE – Tonight, experience the excitement of an action-packed ice hockey match, including a pre-game briefing with the coach.

Enjoy breakfast before travelling to Banff for a tour and ride the Banff Gondola.
Stay: Two Nights, Banff National Park, Fairmont Banff Springs, in a Mountain View Room

Day 11: Banff
FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ – Maybe take an ice walk in Johnston Canyon, enjoy a dog sled ride, or embark on a wilderness experience. Or should you wish to take things a little easier, enjoy a soak in the mineral pool at the Willow Stream Spa. An equally tempting option is to indulge your taste buds in an indulgent afternoon tea at Fairmont Banff Springs.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ – This evening, dine at one of your hotel’s restaurants.

Choose how you would like to spend your morning.

Day 12: Banff, Calgary, Yellowknife
Fly from Calgary to Yellowknife today (flight not included). You’ll be taken to your hotel before a viewing of the northern lights at Aurora Village. Stay warm in a teepee, where hot drinks bubble away on a woodfire stove.
Stay: Three Nights, Yellowknife, The Explorer Hotel, in a Deluxe Room

Day 13: Yellowknife
FREEDOM OF CHOICE™ – Meet the village’s team of sled dogs and ride over the frozen lake in a sled, strap on a pair of snowshoes and head off on a guided walk through the back trails of the village, or join a snowmobile to a trapper’s tent – we have enough time to do any two of these options. Perhaps you’d rather spend the afternoon trying your hand at ice fishing?

At this time of the year, Yellowknife is a wonderland of wintry delights. Spend the morning at leisure before setting off on your chosen activity. After dinner at your hotel, head out for another aurora viewing experience. In the specially designed heated outdoor seats, you can take in the views from all angles in warmth.

Day 14: Yellowknife
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE – This evening is set aside for a special farewell – in a private ‘ViTeepee’. Designed for dining experiences on a magical level, enjoy dinner and entertainment under a magical starlit sky.

Discover Yellowknife, taking in sites including the Legislative Assembly and Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre before a scenic drive through the Old Town and on to the Ice Road (weather permitting).

Day 15: Depart Yellowknife
Be taken to the airport after breakfast for your onward flight.