Natural Adventure in Banff, AB

Discover Banff & Lake Louise Tour

Discover Banff & Lake Louise Tour

As Canada's only town incorporated in a National Park, Banff, Alberta is a tourist destination in the Rocky Mountains that is more popular than just about any other tourist attraction in the nation. Mountains surround Banff and it sits at an elevation of 4800 feet, which makes it the highest elevated town in Canada as well.

If you are one of the thousands of people who visit Banff this year, you will want to discover what all the fuss is about and visit the attractions that make these mountains such a popular tourist destination. You can take several tours from Banff that will help you to discover the natural beauty that surrounds Banff.

The Discover Banff & Lake Louise Tour is a tour that lets you discover the highlights of Banff as well as the surprising beauty of Lake Louise. The azure water of Lake Louise gives it a mysterious beauty that is unrivaled by other lakes and a walk around the lake will reveal a few other surprises as well.

From Lake Louise, you can also enjoy the Discover Grizzly Bears Tour. This tour allows you a walk around Lake Louise, a look at the Spiral Tunnels, a visit to Takakkaw Falls, a glimpse of Kicking Horse Canyon, a tour of Grizzly Bear Refuge, a ride on a sightseeing gondola and lunch at the highest restaurant in Canada.

If you want to discover more about Lake Louise, you might like to take the Lake Louise & The Icefields Tour. The guide on this tour will go into detail about the pioneers who blazed the trails in the Lake Louise areas and will lead you through the wilderness that surrounds Lake Louise.

The Glacier Trail Tour is an all day educational tour of the most scenic highway in the world. This tour will treat you to views of interesting glaciers and ice fields. The famous Athabasca Glacier is one of the major highlights of this tour. Your tour guide will delight you with tales of the early explorers who opened these valleys. Included in this tour is an alpine picnic lunch with your choice of sandwich.

The Johnston Canyon Icewalk Tour is a special foray in to the wildest part of the Banff National Park. You will walk the steel walkways that Park officials built into the canyon walls and an open air elevator will lift you to the upper ice falls and the lower ice falls in the canyon. This tour provides your ice cleats and hiking poles and includes a hot cocoa and light snack. You will want to be sure to dress warmly for this tour and include all of the under and outerwear that you would wear for skiing.

Another tour for which you will need your hats, mitts, warm boots and other skiwear is the Snow Shoeing & Maple Taffy Tour. You will snow shoe through the wilderness to either the Natural Pools of the Paint Pots or to Vista Lake, depending on if you choose a morning or afternoon tour. Each tour is four hours and includes a cup of hot cocoa and a Maple Taffy treat at the end of the tour.