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Day
1 - ‘Empire Builder’ Amtrak to East Glacier
Bus
to Minneapolis today and catch the Empire Builder (Amtrak Train) headed for
Glacier National Park. Train is scheduled to depart at 10 pm.
(Overnight sleeping cabins and meals are included for
your comfort.)
Day
2 - Arrive in East Glacier and check into our hotel.
The
Amtrak train is scheduled to arrive around 7 pm in East Glacier.
(hotel accommodations are included this evening)
Day
3 - Glacier National Park, Montana
Your
entire day is devoted to exploring the wonders of Glacier National Park. Journey
on the world famous "Going-to-the-Sun" highway into the heart of
Glacier National Park. See St. Mary's Lake and the majestic Garden Wall, the
cliff that makes up the central Continental Divide. Cross over Logan Pass. Look
for wildlife. Stop at Lake McDonald. Continue to Montana's beautiful Flathead
Valley, a favorite second home to many Hollywood stars. Overnight in East
Glacier. Enjoy dinner.
(hotel, activities, sightseeing, continental breakfast
and dinner are included today)
Day
4 - Waterton Park
This
morning we travel north journey into northwest Montana through some of the
wildest remaining natural habitat in the United States. Montanans who live here
share their backyards with grizzly bears, black bears, cougars, wolves, moose
and elk. Cross the border into Alberta, Canada and enter Waterton Lakes. You are
now in the world's first International Peace Park, formed in 1932 by combining
Waterton Lakes Park in Canada with Glacier Park in Montana. Together, these
parks form Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, a celebration of the
longstanding friendship between Canada and the United States.
Overnight in Banff - dinner is included this evening - your hotel is next
to cafes and shops. Enjoy a relaxing three night stay surrounded by the wild
beauty of 2,500 square mile Banff Park.
(hotel, activities, sightseeing, continental breakfast
and dinner are included today)
Day
5 - Banff - Ice fields Parkway - Canmore
Today’s glorious adventure is on the world famous Ice
fields Parkway. Photo stop at Athabaska Falls, which plunges into a steep
limestone gorge. Visit the historic Saskatchewan River Crossing.
(hotel, activities, sightseeing, continental breakfast
and dinner are included today)
Day
6 - Moraine Lake, Lake Louise
This
morning visit three beautiful Canadian lakes. Stop at Moraine Lake in the Valley
of the Ten Peaks. Then, visit Lake Louise, known to the native people as
"The Lake of the Little Fishes," with its glacier fed turquoise water
from Victoria Glacier. Next, along the shores of Lake Minnewanka for a photo
stop at Two Jack Lake. Stop at Bow River Falls.
(hotel, activities, sightseeing, continental breakfast
and dinner are included today)
Day
7 - Ice fields Snowcoach, Jasper
Waterfalls, glacier lakes and snow-capped mountains line this
morning's drive along Ice fields Parkway, also home to grizzly and black bears,
moose and caribou. Then, take a snow coach ride on the Columbia Icefield
Glacier. The meltwater from the Columbia Icefield feeds streams that flow into
three oceans: the Arctic, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. Here, you may walk on
the icefield. Then, enjoy a nights stay in Jasper, your hotel along the banks of
the Athabasca River, nestled in the midst of the vast, unspoiled grandeur of
4,200 square mile Jasper Park, Canada's largest park. Designated a World
Heritage Site, the park contains beautiful Alpine scenery and abundant wildlife.
(hotel, sightseeing, continental breakfast and dinner are
included today)
Day
8 - Jasper, Maligne Lake Cruise
Today starts with a scenic drive through Jasper Park to
Maligne Lake, where you enjoy some of the best wildlife viewing in the Canadian
Rockies. Look for mountain goat, moose, elk, bear, and bighorn sheep. Cruise on
Maligne Lake. The largest lake in Jasper Park, Maligne Lake is 14 miles long and
almost 300 feet deep. Stop near Spirit Island to see one of the most beautiful
views in the world.
(hotel, sightseeing, continental breakfast and dinner
are included today)
Day
9 - Jasper to Calgary
Begin the day with a sightseeing tour of the area with stops
at the spectacular BOW FALLS and the fascinating HOODOOS, land of sleeping
giants. We motor out of the Canadian Rockies onto the flat prairies of ALBERTA.
A short ride brings you to Calgary.
(hotel, sightseeing, continental breakfast and dinner are
included today)
Day
10 - Calgary to East Glacier with a stop at Buffalo Jump
City tour of Jasper before we journey south to Alberta to
Head-Smashed-ln-Buffalo-Jump, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, for more than
5,500 years, the native people of the plains chased buffalo over a cliff. The
buffalo provided food, shelter, and clothing.
(hotel, sightseeing, continental breakfast and dinner are
included today)
Day
11 - ‘Empire Builder’ Amtrak to Minneapolis
Scheduled
departure around 10 am on the Amtrak Train - Empire Builder takes us back to
Minneapolis today.
(Overnight sleeping cabins and meals are included for
your comfort.)
Day
12 - Return everyone home today
Scheduled
to arrive in Minneapolis around 8 am A motorcoach will meet us this morning at
the train station to return everyone home.
TOUR PRICE: $2,499 (double
Occupancy)
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Contact us at:
Phone - 800-552-8857
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