Holiday Overview
Discover the wildlife of Canada on this wonderful Canada holiday experience as you discover Vancouver Island and take an Alaskan Cruise. With a whale watching trip from Victoria and a bear viewing opportunity in Tofino, this itinerary has it all.
You will start your trip with a 2-night stay in Vancouver, explore the city with the popular Hop on Hop off sightseeing bus before taking a scenic ferry ride over to Vancouver Island for your 2-night stay in picturesque Victoria. We have included a 3 hour whale watching trip during your stay in Victoria. Continue your journey on Vancouver Island to Tofino, part of the Pacific Rim National Park. Discover Tofino's beaches, rainforest, walking/hiking trails and wildlife, head off on a coastal bear viewing adventure and indulge on a floatplane experience from Tofino to Vancouver. End this trip on a high with a 7-night Alaska cruise with Celebrity. Your cruise includes gratuities, wifi and a classic drinks package.
Discover glaciers, whales and more breath-taking scenery on your Alaska sailing!
Bears, Whales & Glaciers includes:
- Return flights from the UK
- 7 night hotel accommodation
- Coach & Ferry transfer from Vancouver to Victoria
- Vancouver Hop on Hop off
- 7 night Celebrity Eclipse Alaska Cruise with classic drinks package, gratuities and wifi
- Floatplane transfer from Tofino to Vancouver
- Coastal bear viewing excursion in Tofino
- Whale watching excursion in Victoria
- Select Transfers
Day 1 - Fly UK to Vancouver
Arrive Vancouver and transfer to your downtown hotel (transfer not included).
Featured accommodation
Sheraton Wall Centre
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Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
Day 2 - Explore Vancouver
This flexible city tour offers up the highlights of downtown Vancouver, including major attractions, and scenic points of interest with live commentary. Choose to Hop-Off at any of the 20 plus stops, and Hop-On again to continue the tour.
Today, make use of your 1-day City Hop on / Hop off tour
Highlights of the route include English Bay, Stanley Park, Granville Island, Gastown, Chinatown, Robson Street, and the Entertainment District.
Full commentary over headphones in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.
Below is a list of the key attractions you get to experience when riding Hop-On, Hop-Off Sightseeing.
False Creek Ferries Departs from Aquatic Centre and David Lam Park Goes to Granville Island
Your pass on Hop-on, Hop-Off Sightseeing is good for a one way trip with False Creek Ferries to Granville Island
Granville Island with one way ferry The amazing public market Galleries and great boutique shops Improv theatre Restaurants and food stands Kayak rentals Stanley Park 1000 acres (400 hectares) of Coastal Rainforest dominated Park Totem poles Vancouver Aquarium Stunning Seawall Walk
Featured accommodation
Sheraton Wall Centre
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Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
Day 3 - Vancouver to Victoria
This morning you will will pick up the coach which will take you on to the ferry for the crossing from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay. The ferry journey will take approx. 95 minutes it is incredibly scenic so you will want to go up on deck for a walk and take in the sights, keep your camera handy as you migh be lucky to spot some wildlife. The coach will then take you from the ferry to the bus depot in downtown Victoria. Make your way to your hotel and have the afternoon at your leisure exploring Victoria. We recommend a visit to Beacon Hill Park and the picturesque Inner Harbour.
Featured accommodation
Oswego Hotel
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Hotel Chateau Victoria
Magnolia Hotel & Spa
Day 4 - Victoria Whale Watching Excursion
This coastal excursion is an exhilarating round trip of 50 to 80 kilometres in search of Orcas, minke whales, grey whales, porpoises, harbour seals and other marine wildlife. You will ride aboard a comfortable covered vessel or a custom-built zodiac boat that offers high speed with extraordinary stability giving you an exhilarating, safe and intimate whale watching experience. Comments by a certified marine biologist and naturalist are provided. Duration 3 hours. Various departure times available please ask for details.
Featured accommodation
Oswego Hotel
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Hotel Chateau Victoria
Magnolia Hotel & Spa
Day 5 - Victoria to Tofino
This morning transfer from Victoria to Tofino. (included)
Featured accommodation
Tofino Resort + Marina
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Cox Bay Beach Resort
Wickaninnish Inn
Day 6 - Coastal Bear Viewing Excursion
This tour features black bears and explores the fjord inlets of Clayoquot Sound. During the winter, local black bears are in semi-hibernation. Come May, they leave their dens and head for the closest food source - the ocean! While the bears forage in the intertidal zone, you can unobtrusively observe and photograph their behaviour. You will experience the tour aboard an open-air, rescue-style, 24’ rigid-hulled Zodiac suitable for this calm water program. The vessel’s shallow draft is especially good for manoeuvring in the small sheltered bays while you are watching for bears and learning about this unique environment. Remote Passages provides Mustang Floater Suit, toque and gloves and complimentary hot drinks on return. Participants should dress warmly, bring a camera, binoculars, sun glasses and sun screen
Featured accommodation
Tofino Resort + Marina
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Cox Bay Beach Resort
Wickaninnish Inn
Day 7 - Tofino to Vancouver
Morning at leisure in Tofino before your 1pm floatplane transfer from Tofino's harbour to Vancouver Coal Harbour. This 1 hour floatplane experience will be one of many highlights of your trip. Spend the afternoon at leisure in Vancouver.
Featured accommodation
Sheraton Wall Centre
Enhance your experience
Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel
Day 8 - Board Celebrity Eclipse
Transfer (included) from your Vancouver hotel to Canada Place and join Celebrity Eclipse for your awe-inspiring 7-night Alaska Cruise
Day 9 - Cruise the Inside Passage
Today cruise one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world - the Inside Passage - where ships can sail close to steep mountain walls, giving magnificent views of the unbelievable scenery from forests to evocative towns.
Day 10 - Icy Strait Point, Alaska
For thousands of years, the Tlingit Indians have called this place home. Located just 22 miles southeast of Glacier Bay National Park, Icy Strait Point offers travellers the chance to view an enormous variety of wildlife including humpback whales, eagles, and brown bears, or explore monuments to the region’s fishing heritage.
Day 11 - Hubbard Glacier Cruising, Alaska
Hubbard Glacier is the largest calving glacier on the North American continent. The glacier routinely calves off icebergs as high as 10-storey buildings, sending massive blocks of ice into the sea every few minutes.
Day 12 - Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, the capital of Alaska, has an air of mystique – a town you cannot reach by road, you need to fly or come by sea! Juneau delights with an abundance of water, forests and mountains.Situated between the Coast Mountains and the Gastineau Channel, Juneau offers a lot of variety, with the immense Mendenhall Glacier and the Juneau Icefields at its back door and the Tongass National Forest stretching out to the northeast. Juneau offers a variety of activities from shopping downtown to dogsledging, hiking, whale-watching and so much more.
Day 13 - Ketchikan
With shops and houses built out over the water, Ketchikan clings to the shoreline of the Tongass Narrows. The stairways are weathered and the vibe is cheerful in the town that calls itself the Salmon Capital of the World. Besides the main attractions – Creek Street, the Tongass Historical Museum, Totem Bight State Park and Saxman Village – try a flightseeing trip to Misty Fjords National Monument. These deepwater fjords were gouged out by retreating glaciers, leaving granite cliffs towering thousands of feet above the sea and countless waterfalls plunging into placid waters
Day 14 - Cruise the Inside Passage
Cruise back along the Inside Passage and take in the breath-taking wilderness coastline, with snow-capped mountain peaks, glaciers, and rain forests. You may see whales, eagles, sea lions, sea otters, and mountain sheep
Day 15 - Arrive Vancouver, fly to UK
Upon disembarking the ship, transfer to Vancouver Airport for your return flight to the UK
Transfer from port to airport included
Sheraton Wall Centre
Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the Sheraton Wall Centre is a short walk from business and entertainment neighbourhoods, Robson Street shops and Yaletown restaurants.
Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel, Vancouver
Located in the heart of Vancouver, this family-friendly hotel is a favourite for sports fans & theatre goers. The hotel is just two blocks from BC Place Stadium, home of the BC Lions, and just three blocks from Rogers Arena, home of the Vancouver Canucks. The hotel is also close to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver Playhouse, and Orpheum Theatre.
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, Vancouver
The Fairmont Waterfront luxury hotel showcases the best of Vancouver. Conveniently located, the hotel connects by covered walkway to the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, the cruise ship terminal at Canada Place, and the Sky train. Situated on scenic Burrard Inlet, it has a central to sightseeing and shopping in Vancouver.
Oswego Hotel
The Oswega is a sophisticated, urban, boutique hotel steps away from the Inner Harbour and downtown Victoria. The hotel’s combination of modern design, incredible service and luxury amenities makes it the perfect place to get a taste of the city’s natural surroundings and urban vibe.
Hotel Chateau Victoria
Discover Victoria at its finest through an authentic local experience in the heart of downtown. With deeply entrenched roots in the local community and a strong sense of environmental responsibility – the Chateau Victoria strives to share all that makes Victoria special to each and every guest.
Magnolia Hotel & Spa
The Magnolia Hotel and Spa is just 2 blocks from Victoria’s picturesque Inner Harbour and in the heart of the city’s best shopping, dining and entertainment.
Tofino Resort & Marina
The Tofino Resort & Marina features sea adventure tours, a private marina and on-site dining. The resort is set in Clayoquot Sound on the west side of Vancouver Island, 10 minutes walk from Tofino town centre.
Cox Bay Beach Resort
A stunning beach resort located just off the Pacific Rim Highway and just a 10-minute drive from Tofino, British Columbia. This resort offers stunning views of Cox Bay Beach and access to the beautiful Long Beach Golf Course located within walking distance of the resort.
Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino
The Wickaninnish Inn offers direct access to Chesterman Beach, and panoramic ocean or beach views from every guest room. The Inn has 75 deluxe guest rooms and suites (with fireplace, soaker tub and individual balcony), and a 720 sq. ft. meeting/banquet room (accommodating up to 60 people). The Pointe Restaurant seats 75 and the full-service Ancient Cedars Spa is a destination spa offering extensive body and esthetic treatments.
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