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Destinations: to Vancouver Victoria Whistler
11 Days 10 Nights
From: 4299 SGD
Valid date: from 2008-02-16 to to 2008-09-30.

11 Day CANADIAN ROCKIES VICTORIA & WHISTLER

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HightLights

1 Spend 1 night each in Victoria and Whistler with more time to explore each city

2 View 3 palace hotels:
Chateau Lake Louise, Banff Springs Hotel and Empress Hotel

3 Enjoy a snocoach ride on the Athabasca Glacier.

4 Visit the world-renowned Butchart Gardens

Itinerary

Day 1: SINGAPORE-VANCOUVER
Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Vancouver. Upon arrival, enjoy a brief city tour if time permits, and enjoy dinner thereafter.
Meals on Board/Dinner

Day 2: VANCOUVER-HOPE-KAMLOOPS-VALEMOUNT
Travel through the farmlands in Fraser Valley past Hope, a beautiful small town. Continue on the Coquihalla Highway to another township Merritt, located in the heart of Nicola Valley with a small population of some 8,000. The town is named in honour of William Hamilton Merritt, a mining engineer and railway promoter. Visit a ginseng plant in Kamloops. In the afternoon, pass beautiful Canyon and Thompson River. Stay overnight in Valemount.
Breakfast

Day 3: VALEMOUNT-JASPER-BANFF-CANMORE
This morning, pass through Mt Robson, the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. After a brief stop at Jasper, continue along the famous Icefields Parkway, one of the most spectacular highways in North America. At Columbia Icefield, go on the snocoach adventure if weather permits. In the late afternoon, you will reach the fabled alpine town of Banff before you spend the night at nearby Canmore.
Note
The ride on the snocoach adventure is available from 14 April until 15 October.
Breakfast

Day 4: CANMORE-BANFF-LAKE-LOUISE-GOLDEN-VERNON
After breakfast, embark on a morning city tour to Banff, including Bow Falls. Thereafter, continue to Lake Louise, the Jewel of the Rockies, and the world-famous resort, Chateau Lake Louise. You will have some leisure time to take photographs at the breathtaking Lake Louise and enjoy your lunch nearby. In the afternoon, pass by Golden, Rogers Pass and the township of Revelstoke. Stay overnight in Vernon
Breakfast/Dinner

Day 5: VERNON-KELOWNA-VANCOUVER
Travel through British Columbia’s fertile valleys and lush mountain forests to Lake Okanagan and the resort city of Kelowna, a city currently home to about 98,000 people. This city, with its beautiful setting, mild weather and quality of life, is a very popular destination all year round. Okanagan Valley is one of North America’s premier wine-making regions. Many different fruits can be found in this region too. Your tour will include wine tasting and you may have the chance to purchase wines and fruits. In the late afternoon, head back to Vancouver.
Breakfast/Lunch

Day 6: VANCOUVER-VICTORIA
From Vancouver, take a 90-minute ferry ride through the scenic Gulf Islands to Victoria, a charming city steeped in history and capital of British Columbia. Victoria’s picturesque architecture, quaint shops, horse-drawn carts, restaurants and double-decker buses recall its British heritage. Your city tour includes a visit to the world-renowned, 50-acre Butchart Gardens.
Breakfast/Dinner

Day 7: VICTORIA-DUNCAN-CHEMAINUS-NANAIMO-WHISTLER
In the morning, tour Duncan, the City of Totems. Visit Chemainus, internationally renowned for its outdoor gallery of over 31 giant murals painted throughout the town. Take the ferry from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay. Upon arrival, transfer to Whistler, the top ski resort in North America and host city for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Spend a relaxing time in the cafes, shops and galleries. Stay overnight in Whistler
Breakfast

Day 8: WHISTLER-VANCOUVER
This morning, travel on the scenic Sea-to-sky Highway to reach Vancouver. On today’s city tour, you will visit attractions like the famous 1,000-acre Stanley Park, the beautiful Queen Elizabeth Park, Gastown with its cobblestone streets and historical steam clock, Chinatown and the colourful Granville Island Public Market, the 2nd largest in North America.
Breakfast/Lunch

Day 9: VANCOUVER
Spend your day at leisure.


Day 10: VANCOUVER-SINGAPORE
If time permits, you can do some last-minute shopping before you transfer to the airport for your flight home.

 
Breakfast/Meals on Board

Day 11: ARRIVE-IN-SINGAPORE