Experience the beauty of the Canadian Rockies on a full-day small-group tour along the famous Icefields Parkway from Calgary, Canmore, or Banff.
Sit back and enjoy the journey while your driver-guide handles the mountain roads, parking, and tour schedule. Travel through dramatic mountain landscapes filled with glacier-fed lakes, forests, rivers, alpine valleys, rugged peaks, and glaciers.
Your first main stop is Bow Lake, one of the most beautiful glacier-fed lakes in Banff National Park. Enjoy time to take photographs, walk near the shoreline, and admire the surrounding mountains.
Continue to Peyto Lake, one of the most famous viewpoints in the Canadian Rockies. Walk to the viewing area and enjoy panoramic views of the lake’s bright blue water and the mountain valley below.
The journey then continues towards the Columbia Icefield, one of the largest and most impressive glacier areas in the Canadian Rockies.
At the Columbia Icefield activity area, enjoy time for lunch, glacier views, photographs, and optional paid attractions. Guests may visit the Columbia Icefield Discovery Centre when open and view the Athabasca Glacier from the public areas.
Guests who want to experience the Columbia Icefield Adventure, Ice Explorer, or Skywalk may purchase tickets separately. These attraction tickets are not included in the standard tour unless the selected booking option clearly states otherwise.
Guests who do not purchase attraction tickets can still enjoy the Discovery Centre area, glacier views, lunch, photographs, and free time.
This tour is ideal for travellers who want to experience the Icefields Parkway without driving the long mountain route themselves.
The route, timing, and duration may change because of weather, traffic, road conditions, wildfire smoke, parking, seasonal closures, attraction availability, or operational requirements.