Columbia Icefield Tour (5 Hours)
Departing from all Jasper Hotels
While in Jasper, be sure to see one of the worlds' most scenic highways, the Icefields Parkway. Our guide will tour you along the parkway stopping at Athabasca & Sunwapta Falls and other viewpoints along the way. Once you arrive at the Icefields, you will have time to take a Ice Explorer Tour on the Athabasca Glacier. There is a good chance to see wildlife including bears, bighorn sheep, moose and mountain goats on the Columbia Icefield tour.
Discover Jasper & Maligne Lake Cruise (6 Hours)
This introduction to Jasper begins with a short tour of the town before heading across the Athabasca River to Maligne Canyon. Take a stroll beside the narrow limestone gorge and traverse the two bridges over the Canyon for views of water falls below. Next, the Colin and Queen Elizabeth Ranges make the Medicine Lake viewpoint extraordinary. At Maligne Lake a 1½ hour guided cruise provides unobstructed views of magnificent shoreline with dense forests and glacial peaks that rise abruptly from the waters edge. Near Spirit Island, enjoy an opportunity to go ashore and create your own photographs of this world famous spot. On your return trip to Jasper be sure to watch for bears, deer, wolves, coyotes, moose, and eagles.
Discover Jasper (4 Hours)
Jasper, located in the Athabasca Valley in Jasper National Park, is fascinating in its beauty and history. Your introduction will encompass some outstanding scenery including the Jasper townsite and Patricia and Pyramid Lake. Stroll along the stunning Maligne Canyon where the two bridges over the Canyon provide views of water falls below. In the Maligne Valley the Colin and Queen Elizabeh Ranges make the Medicine Lake viewpoint extraordinary. When travelling out to Maligne Lake watch for wildlife, this valley is home to bears, eer, moose and big horn sheep. Eagles, osprey and an active wolf pack frequent this area as well.
Jasper Rafting (2 Hours, 30 minutes)
Departing from Jasper Rail Station & local hotels
Enjoy a gentle rafting tour on the Athabasca River for a unique perspective of Jasper National Park. The 16 kilometre, 2-hour round trip passes through many small sets of rapids and calm stretches, which allows your National Park Licensed guide to point out the natural and human history of Jasper. Specially designed rafts offer a safe, comfortable ride that any first time rafter will enjoy. This trip is for everyone from toddlers to seniors.
Jasper to Banff Tour (9 Hours)
Travel to Banff via the Icefields Parkway, one of the most scenic drives in Canada. Walk across the bridge at Athabasca Falls; see the Stutfield Glacier on Mount Kitchener and Tangle Falls in Sunwapta Valley. At the Columbia Icefield Centre, you'll have time to ride onboard a Brewster Ice Explorer onto the Athabasca Glacier. Time is provided for lunch before you travel into Banff National Park. This afternoon you'll enjoy scenic stops at glacierfed Peyto Lake, and the Crowfoot Glacier. A stop at Lake Louise, "Jewel of the Canadian Rockies" rounds out the day before an early evening arrival into Banff.
Jasper to Lake Louise (8 Hours)
Travel to Lake Louise along one of the most scenic drives in North America - the Icefields Parkway. Walk scross the bridge at Athabasca Falls. You'll see the Stutfield Glacier on Mount Kitchener and Tangle Falls in the Sunwapta Valley. At the Columbia Icefield Centre, you'll have time to ride on board a Brewster ice Explorer out onto the Athabasca Glacier. Time is provided for lunch before you travel into Banff National Park. Scenic stops are made at glacier-fed Peyto Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier before arriving at the incompareable Lake Louise mid-afternoon.
Jasper Tramway Shuttle
Departing from all Jasper Hotels
Your Tramway Package includes round-trip transportation to 'Jasper's Peak Attraction' and your Tramway ticket. This is the longest and highest aerial tramway in the Rockies. The ride up to the top of Whistlers Mountain is breathtaking. Your Tramway Guide will provide a fully narrated tour during the seven-minute ride to the top. Once at the upper terminal you can enjoy a meal in the Treeline Restaurant or take part in a complimentary interpretive hike with Mountain Guide.
Tramway Shuttle departs from Jasper hotels up to 8 times per day. Check with your front desk for exact departure times.
Maligne Lake Cruise (1 Hours, 30 minutes)
Departing from Maligne Lake
The 90 minute interpretive tours travels 14 km down the lake through Sampson narrows and onto Spirit Island. The vessels are staffed by recognized Heritage Tourism Guides and Coast Guard licenses Pilots. Learn of the local history, geology, wildlife and glaciology of Maligne Lake and of Jasper National Park as some of the most spectacular scenery in the Rockies drift past your window. At Spirit Island the boat lands to allow for a short walk to the viewpoint overlooking the mountain ringed southern shores of Maligne Lake.
Please note, ice conditions on Maligne Lake may delay start date of cruise.
Maligne Valley Wildlife Tour (3 Hours)
Departing from all Jasper Hotels
Embark on a tour of one of the most spectacular areas of Jasper National Park. First we visit shimmering Patricia and Pyramid Lakes and take a stroll over a rustic footbridge to Pyramid Lake Island. From there we will be traveling through the Maligne Valley in search of osprey, eagles, big horn sheep, mountain goats, moose, elk, deer and bears. We stop at Maligne Canyon where 10,000 years of erosion have created a 165-foot deep gorge. Here we set off on a short walk to marvel at the Maligne River as it thunders through the canyon in a series of waterfalls. From the canyon we continue to disappearing Medicine Lake and then to spectacular Maligne Lake. Have your cameras ready as both areas are rich in wildlife and scenery.
Mount Edith Cavell Walk (3.5 Hours)
Departing from all Jasper Hotels
This 1.5-hour walk takes place near the base of Mount Edith Cavell, one of Jasper’s most stunning mountains. The “Path of the Glacier” trail follows glacial moraines and descends to a picturesque emerald lake where ice may be seen tumbling from the face of the Angel Glacier.
Land Tour list
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