About this trip
Fifteen days through the Canadian Rockies, mixing hiking, camping and road travel, with room to choose your own level of activity along the way.
You'll cover Vancouver, Jasper and Banff, hiking to spots like Maligne Lake and Lake Louise, canoeing Clearwater Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park, and watching for moose and bears. Optional extras like mountain biking or river rafting are there if you want to push it further.
This is a participatory, camping-based trip in a group van - expect long driving days, cramped conditions at times, and a hands-on approach where everyone pitches in with camp chores.
What you'll do
- Hike trails around Jasper and Banff to Maligne Lake and Lake Louise
- Canoe Clearwater Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park
- Watch for moose and bears in their natural habitat
- Explore Vancouver on foot
- Optional mountain biking or river rafting for the more adventurous
- Long travel days are part of this trip - you're covering serious ground by van with the group
- Moderate fitness is recommended, as the hikes are a real highlight and access some of the best scenery
- This is a participatory trip - you're expected to help with camp tasks like food prep and washing up, and there's an optional food kitty of around CAD 20 per day for shared meals
Worth it if you get a knowledgeable, attentive guide and accept basic camping facilities. Think twice if guide quality matters more than raw scenery.
- Scenery is genuinely world-class; multiple reviewers called it breathtaking and worth the trip despite other issues.
- Guide quality is wildly inconsistent. Some guides excel; others lack itinerary knowledge, treat groups poorly, and ignore elderly passengers.
- Basic camping means water and charging facilities 500m+ away; one reviewer felt misled about camping duration and called facilities poor.
- Group meals can be time-consuming prep; one group lost exploring hours to complex cooking and cleanup demands.
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Departing in Jul is cheapest — from £2,290, about 32% below the priciest month (Aug).
Getting there
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Vancouver · 28 Jul – 29 Jul
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