Silver & Blue Service
Two great ways to wander along our mountain tracks! Add the freedom of a
Inbound Holiday's Discovery Drive to the romance of your rail journey. Your itinerary,
complete with rental car and accommodations, prompts you to explore the wild
beauty of our mountain parks at your leisure. Tour wineries, ride a gondola to
the top of a mountain, unwind in a mineral pool and walk on a glacier - it's all
here. Return to Vancouver onboard VIA Rail's "Canadian" Silver & Blue class.
Sit back and let us fill your eyes with beauty.
TOUR FEATURES
6 nights accommodation, Daytripper winery tour including lunch, VIA Rail's
"Silver & Blue", all onboard meals, Columbia Icefield SnoCoach Tour,
mid-size car rental, Banff Gondola, Upper Hot Springs, Cave and Basin National
Historic Site admission, baggage handling, and gratuities on included meals.
DAY 01
Begin your tour by picking up your rental car early in Vancouver and heading
east across the fertile Fraser River Valley region. Enjoy the scenic drive to
the interior of BC and the wine country of Kelowna. Overnight in Kelowna.
DAY 02
Today experience the wonders of the winemakers art with a Daytripper winery tour
of four local wineries, including lunch. Overnight in Kelowna.
DAY 03
Spend the day enjoying the drive from the Okanagan Valley into the Rocky
Mountains. You will cross over Rogers Pass and through the Kicking Horse pass on
your way to Banff. Overnight in Banff.
DAY 04
Explore the wonders of world-famous Banff, a scenic alpine town that's also a
centre for arts and entertainment, shopping, restaurants and nightlife. Visit
the Cave & Basin National Historic Site (included). Luxuriate in the
mineral waters of the newly-renovated Upper Hot Springs (admission
included) and ride the Banff Gondola (included) for a 360§ look at
Banff and the Bow Valley. Overnight in Banff.
DAY 05
Today you will drive to Jasper via Canada's most spectacular mountain highway -
the Icefields Parkway. Be sure to stop and explore, take pictures, enjoy the
peaks, valleys, waterfalls, glaciers and turquoise lakes. A ride on a Inbound Holiday's
Snocoach to tour the Athabasca Glacier is included in your package (April 15
- October 15 included). Overnight in Jasper.
DAY 06 and 07
Return your rental vehicle in Jasper ($125.00 Cdn drop fee + tax not
included) and begin the two-day rail portion of your tour. Board VIA Rail's
"Silver & Blue" service, an afternoon departure, for an overnight journey to
Vancouver. You will travel along the tranquil North Thompson River, on the
Interior Plateau with its sagebrush and Ponderosa pines, then along the rugged
Fraser Canyon past Hell's Gate. Your tour concludes upon arrival in Vancouver.
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