Discover Banff Tours
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Discover Banff Tours
Discover Banff Tours provides small personalized sightseeing tours of
Banff, Lake Louise and beyond year round. Using mini buses and vans allows
plenty of guide client interaction. Guides are locals, professionally
trained, and are keen to share their own Rocky Mountain experiences. Hotel
pick up and drop off, refreshments, use of binoculars and spotting scopes
are provided.
DISCOVER BANFF AND ITS WILDLIFE:
Build a connection to our World Heritage Site as you visit Banff's landmarks and historic places - Hear how the 11,000 year old human history of the Bow Valley changed when three railway workers rediscovered the Cave & Basin, now a National Historic Site - Your time will be spent enjoying the sights, taking photos, and participating in short walks to view points, on the many stops of the tour.
2010 Rates: $62.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Admission to the Cave and Basin
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 9:00AM, Jun 15 2010 - Oct 14 2010
(available from Lake Louise - please call)
Duration: 3 hours
DISCOVER LAKE LOUISE & MORAINE LAKE:
On this afternoon sightseeing tour you will visit the "Jewel of the Canadian Rockies," Lake Louise & the world renowned Moraine Lake - Both are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and you will have time to take photos and explore their shorelines - Learn about our mountaineering history and how a tragic accident at Lake Louise shaped Canadian mountain culture - Finally, walk to a viewpoint in the Valley of Ten Peaks overlooking Moraine Lake. Early season road closures will limit access to Moraine Lake (until late May).
2010 Rates: $62.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 1:30PM, 16 Apr 2010 - 30 Nov 2010
Departs Banff Daily: 1:30PM, 15 Jun 2010 - 14 Oct 2010
Duration: 4 hours
Note: Early and Late season substitutions: Vary depending on snow and road opening/closures. Generally Apr 13 - May 15 and Sept 30 and Nov 30. Johnston Canyon Lower Falls, a return walk of approx 2kms, will be substituted in early and late season Moraine Lake. For immobile guests there are benches and a pleasant rest area to enjoy if they are unable to make the walk.
DISCOVER LAKE LOUISE FULL DAY:
Lake Louise is a majestic place that deserves the time to explore. The full day trip to Lake Louise will allow you to spend up to 4 hours at this world heritage site to enjoy the scenery and get involved!
You will first join the morning tour and be transported to Lake Louise. Then you will be dropped off in Lake Louise and have free time (about 4 hours) to explore on your own. You may want to rent a canoe, hike to Lake Agnes Tea House, spend time relaxing along the shoreline or just enjoy the shopping arcade in the Chateau Lake Louise.
After your free time in Lake Louise you will rejoin the tour in the afternoon. To complete your day you will also visit Moraine Lake and see the stunning viewpoint from the Rockpile.
Throughout your time guides will provide you with the history of both areas and the stories of the mountaineers and early explorers that made these beautiful places known to others.
2010 Rates: $64.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat: 9:00AM, 15 Jun 2009 - 15 Sep 2010
DISCOVER THE GLACIER TRAIL:
A full day sightseeing tour that travels through a landscape carved by glaciers and opened by pioneers. The Icefields Parkway is rated as one of the most scenic highways in the world. See glaciers remaining from the last ice age. Hear stories of early explorers who opened these valleys. Enjoy an alpine picnic. See the Athabasca Glacier and Columbia Icefields Centre. Join an Ice Explorer! Tour ($49.00 value INCLUDED in tour cost) onto the glacier or explore the interpretive centre and surroundings.
2010 Rates: $154.00 per adult; $79.00 per child (6 to 15yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshments, light snacks and mountain picnic lunch
Hotel pick up and drop off
Ice!Explorer Tour
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 8.30AM, 16 Apr 2010 - 14 Oct 2010
Duration: 9 hours
48 hr cancellation notice required or non refundable.
Build a connection to our World Heritage Site as you visit Banff's landmarks and historic places - Hear how the 11,000 year old human history of the Bow Valley changed when three railway workers rediscovered the Cave & Basin, now a National Historic Site - Your time will be spent enjoying the sights, taking photos, and participating in short walks to view points, on the many stops of the tour.
2010 Rates: $62.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Admission to the Cave and Basin
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 9:00AM, Jun 15 2010 - Oct 14 2010
(available from Lake Louise - please call)
Duration: 3 hours
DISCOVER LAKE LOUISE & MORAINE LAKE:
On this afternoon sightseeing tour you will visit the "Jewel of the Canadian Rockies," Lake Louise & the world renowned Moraine Lake - Both are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and you will have time to take photos and explore their shorelines - Learn about our mountaineering history and how a tragic accident at Lake Louise shaped Canadian mountain culture - Finally, walk to a viewpoint in the Valley of Ten Peaks overlooking Moraine Lake. Early season road closures will limit access to Moraine Lake (until late May).
2010 Rates: $62.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 1:30PM, 16 Apr 2010 - 30 Nov 2010
Departs Banff Daily: 1:30PM, 15 Jun 2010 - 14 Oct 2010
Duration: 4 hours
Note: Early and Late season substitutions: Vary depending on snow and road opening/closures. Generally Apr 13 - May 15 and Sept 30 and Nov 30. Johnston Canyon Lower Falls, a return walk of approx 2kms, will be substituted in early and late season Moraine Lake. For immobile guests there are benches and a pleasant rest area to enjoy if they are unable to make the walk.
DISCOVER LAKE LOUISE FULL DAY:
Lake Louise is a majestic place that deserves the time to explore. The full day trip to Lake Louise will allow you to spend up to 4 hours at this world heritage site to enjoy the scenery and get involved!
You will first join the morning tour and be transported to Lake Louise. Then you will be dropped off in Lake Louise and have free time (about 4 hours) to explore on your own. You may want to rent a canoe, hike to Lake Agnes Tea House, spend time relaxing along the shoreline or just enjoy the shopping arcade in the Chateau Lake Louise.
After your free time in Lake Louise you will rejoin the tour in the afternoon. To complete your day you will also visit Moraine Lake and see the stunning viewpoint from the Rockpile.
Throughout your time guides will provide you with the history of both areas and the stories of the mountaineers and early explorers that made these beautiful places known to others.
2010 Rates: $64.00 per adult; $35.00 per child (6 to 12yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshment and light snack
Hotel pick up and drop off
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat: 9:00AM, 15 Jun 2009 - 15 Sep 2010
DISCOVER THE GLACIER TRAIL:
A full day sightseeing tour that travels through a landscape carved by glaciers and opened by pioneers. The Icefields Parkway is rated as one of the most scenic highways in the world. See glaciers remaining from the last ice age. Hear stories of early explorers who opened these valleys. Enjoy an alpine picnic. See the Athabasca Glacier and Columbia Icefields Centre. Join an Ice Explorer! Tour ($49.00 value INCLUDED in tour cost) onto the glacier or explore the interpretive centre and surroundings.
2010 Rates: $154.00 per adult; $79.00 per child (6 to 15yrs)
Tour Includes:
Refreshments, light snacks and mountain picnic lunch
Hotel pick up and drop off
Ice!Explorer Tour
Use of binoculars and hands on interpretive tools
Departs Banff Daily: 8.30AM, 16 Apr 2010 - 14 Oct 2010
Duration: 9 hours
48 hr cancellation notice required or non refundable.
