3 Day Hammerhead Explorer Tour

3-Day Tour from Calgary through Banff and Jasper National Parks with 2 overnight in Jasper and return to Calgary (approx. 1150 km).

Enjoy a scenic informative drive through the Beautiful Alberta Foothills and Magnificent Canadian Rockies.

Visit Two Jack Lake and Lake Minnewanka, geological wonders of the Hoodoo's , Maligne Canyon, Medicine Lake, Maligne Lake.

Hike on Whistlers Summit Trail and visit Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier, Valley of Ten Peaks and Moraine Lake.

Quick Tour Facts:

  • Tour operates - from May to mid-October
  • Tour departure requires 6 persons minimum or tour may have to be canceled - ask your friend to join you!
  • Pick-up Time: from 7:00 to 7:30, depending on location in the down-town
  • Departure from Calgary at 07:30
  • Pick-up and return to/from all Calgary down-town Hotels, Calgary Tower, HI Youth Hostel
  • Extra Fee for pick-up outside of down-town area
  • For this tour everybody need to sign our HST waiver

Reservations:

24 hours - 7 days a week

  • Please call: (403) 590-6930 for our friendly booking service
  • Toll Free in North America: 1-888-590-6930
  • Reserve on-line: www.hammerheadtours.com , e-mail: info@hammerheadtours.com
  • Book early, tours can fill quickly!

Cost:

  • Fare: $ 540.00 + GST
  • Payment on line through PayPal & E-Gold - we accept credit card - Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover & e-Checks.
  • For the CANCELLATION POLICY, please see Terms & Conditions page.
  • Only Cash and Travelers Checks accepted on Tour Days.

Discount:

  • No discount will apply

Tour Includes:

  • Transportation and Guide
  • Park entrance fees - Banff National Park
  • Banff Gondola ride
  • Lunch at Regal View Garden at the Summit the Banff Gondola Upper Terminal
  • Snow Couch-Ice Explorers on Columbia Icefield
  • 2 Dinners in Jasper
  • 2 Nights - Hotel Accommodation in Jasper
  • 2 Breakfasts in the hotel
  • 1 Lunch in Jasper and 1 in Lake Louise Village
  • Jasper Tramway ride
  • Maligne Lake Cruise
  • 3 full days of sightseeing and adventure

What to bring:

  • Camera's, comfortable walking shoes, binoculars, rain coat, sun-glasses, a cap or hat and drinking water
  • You might experience beautiful, warm summer weather while you are here, but it is possible to have winter conditions in any season. When visiting a mountainous environment, it's important to have a winter hat and mitts or gloves along and to dress in layers
  • Drinking Water and Snack
  • The music from your country you like most

Highlights of the Tour:

Day 1 (approx. 450 km)

  • Driving West on the Hwy #1A - More scenic then Trans Canada Hwy #1
  • Enjoy a scenic informative drive through the Beautiful Alberta Foothills and Magnificent Canadian Rockies
  • Entering Banff National Park
  • Visiting Two Jack Lake and Lake Minnewanka for great view. Lake Minnewanka is the Park's largest lake and the only one where power boats are permitted. We may see bighorn sheep on way to lake.
  • Geological wonders of the Hoodoo's with great views of the Bow Valley, Tunnel Mountain Summit - viewpoint trail along the Bow River to the Surprise Corner and Bow Falls with Banff Springs Hotel
  • Adventure drive on Cable car excursion (Gondola) on Sulphur Mountain
  • Lunch at Regal View Garden at the Summit the Banff Gondola Upper Terminal
  • Passing by Banff Springs Hotel
  • 1 hour in Banff Downtown - for the Shopping, free activities
  • Driving NW on #1 Trans Canada Hwy
  • After Lake Louise we'll drive NW up the Icefield Parkway - Hwy # 93 all the way to the Jasper to some of the most majestic mountain scenery in North America. A scenic, relaxing drive, and home to a variety of wildlife that offers you a chance to view elk, deer, sheep, coyote, and mountain goat
  • Shortly visiting: stopping by Crowfoot Glacier and Bow Lake (the source of Bow River)
  • Bow Summit and Peyto Lake - During the summer, significant amounts of glacial rock flour flow into the lake, and these suspended rock particles give the lake a bright, turquoise color. The lake is fed by the Peyto Creek, which drains water from the Caldron Lake and Peyto Glacier and flows into the Mistaya River - total length of 38 km. Mistaya merges into the North Saskatchewan River at Saskatchewan River Crossing
  • Entering Jasper National Park and shortly visiting: Tangle Falls and Athabasca Falls - Most powerful falls in Rockies ( river tumbles 25 m into gorge ) El. 1200 m
  • Arrival in Jasper and we'll check-in at the Hotel
  • The evening we will spend in Jasper. Tour the town site and have time to do a little shopping
  • Dinner time or evening meal we can have out in the town or in the Hotel. Your choice!!

Day 2 (approx. 250 km)

  • 7:30-8:00 am - Breakfast time in Hotel
  • Driving on Maligne Lake Road - relaxing drive, and home to a variety of wildlife that offers you a chance to view elk, deer, sheep and coyote
  • Visiting Maligne Canyon and little hike from 1st to 3rd Bridge
  • Viewing Incredible disappearing Medicine Lake and then to Maligne Lake, one of the most photographed lakes in the world. Enjoying 1.5 hour Maligne Lake Cruise - closed from October
  • Heading back to Jasper for the Lunch and 2 hours little break
  • Going on Jasper Tramway Ride - 7 min. cable car ride transports you to 2,265 m elevation for spectacular view of Jasper town site surrounded by sparkling lakes and craggy peaks
  • Hike on Whistlers Summit Trail ( El. 2,465 m ) - from upper tramway terminal 1.5 km trail leads up to bare, rounded summit of Whistlers Mountain. There you are rewarded with a 360-degree view and a sighting dial to identify the peaks surrounding you
  • After Jasper Tramway - Dinner time and have time to do a little shopping

Day 3 (approx. 450 km)

  • 7:00-7:30 am - Breakfast time and after checking-out
  • Have a short drive to Pyramid Lake for nice viewpoint and possibility to see some wild life
  • After Pyramid Lake we go strait to Columbia Icefield
  • Athabasca Glacier Snow Coach tour - Ice Explorers (90 min.). Open from April 15 - October 15
  • Quick look around Glacier Gallery - Icefield Interpretive Center
  • Lunch time at Lake Louise Village
  • Visiting teal-blue Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier - the lake has such a wonderful color. Mountains and glaciers surround this "Diamond in the Wilderness"
  • And last the Valley of Ten Peaks and beautiful turquoise-blue Moraine Lake (only from June to September)
  • Leaving Lake Louise and strait driving to Calgary
  • Arriving in Calgary between 5:30 - 6:00 pm

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The Rates are effective from January 2008.
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