Canadian Rockies and Rocky Mountaineer with Holland America 2025 Westbound

Itinerary

• Day 1 - Fly UK to Calgary, Canada
  Fly from UK to Calgary, transfer to hotel for overnight stay
• Day 2-3 - Banff, Canada
  Transfer from Calgary to Banff. Banff is a resort town in the province of Alberta, located within Banff National Park. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade, part of the Rocky Mountains, dominate its skyline. On Banff Avenue, the main thoroughfare, boutiques and restaurants mix with château-style hotels and souvenir shops. The surrounding 6,500 square kilometres of parkland are home to wildlife including elk and grizzly bears.
• Day 4 - Banff to Kamloops, Canada
  Transfer to the train station to board the Rocky Mountaineer, which will take you through the Rockies towards Kamloops, overnight at hotel
• Day 5 - Kamloops to Vancouver, Canada
  Transfer to the train station for your onward Rocky Mountaineer journey to Vancouver, overnight at hotel
• Day 6 - Vancouver, Canada
  A vibrant city on the water with its stunning backdrop of the Canadian Rockies and one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Visit the world-famous food markets, stroll through Stanley Park or just relax and breathe in the fusion of Canadian culture. Take your breath away and feel your pulse rising on the Capilano Suspension Bridge and even take a daytrip up to Whistler for pristine mountain views.
• Day 7 - Vancouver, Canada
  Make your own way to the nearby cruise terminal to embark the ship.
• Day 8 - Cruise the Inside Passage, Alaska
  The fabled Inside Passage is one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world, and one of the few where deep-draft vessels can sail close to steep mountain walls. The scenery is unbelievable, with forests in a hundred shades of green, tumbling turquoise glaciers, and evocative towns loaded with history, culture and adventure. With most of Southeast Alaska accessible only by boat or plane, the Inside Passage is a lifeline to the outside world.
• Day 9 - Juneau, Alaska
  Juneau is the capital of Alaska perched on a hillside where the historical downtown buildings give it a somewhat frontier feel. 4000ft mountains create a dramatic backdrop to the city, beyond which lies the Juneau Icefield from which 30 glaciers flow, the most famous being the Mendenhall Glacier
• Day 10 - Skagway, Alaska
  Some of the aspiring Klondike gold rushers who made it to Skagway took a look at the 500-mile journey that still lay ahead of them and decided a change of profession was in order. So many of them set up shops as provisioners that Skagway was the largest city in Alaska by the end of the 19th century. Booms fade and dreams move on, but the glory days still reverberate through the town. Take a ride on the Take a trip on the White Pass & Yukon Railway or ride up the Klondike Highway which will take you to places where you can roll up your sleeves and do some prospecting of your own.
• Day 11 - Glacier Bay (scenic cruising), Alaska
  Glacier Bay has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world. Enjoy scenic cruising and see a UNESCO World Heritage Site that protects a unique ecosystem of plants and animals living in concert with an ever-changing glacial landscape.