Road to the Rockies and Alaskan Explorer
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Overview
Highlights
- Visit Vancouver and Ketchikan
- Explore Misty Fiords National Monument and Tongass National Forest
- Discoveries Canadian Rockies
- Visit Maligne Lake and Lake Louise
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- VIP door-to-door travel service
- Optional travel insurance and additional cancellation rights, or a reduction if not required
- Return flights and transfers
- Saga tour manager
- Welcome drink reception
- Porterage at all hotels
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Itinerary
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After taking Saga’s included UK door-to-door travel service to the airport, fly to Calgary then transfer to Banff and stay two nights at the Delta Banff Royal Canadian Lodge (4Q).
Enjoy an included gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain for the first of many fantastic panoramic views.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Head to Jasper, pausing at Lake Louise where you can take in the spectacular mountain views before continuing past the splendid scenery of the Icefields Parkway. There’ll be an unforgettable sno-coach ride to the Athabasca Glacier before you arrive at the Sawridge Inn (3Q), your base for the next two nights.
Meals: Breakfast
Today you may want to join the optional excursion to Maligne Lake (weather permitting), a sight that epitomises the breathtaking beauty of the Canadian Rockies.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Travel by coach to Kamloops where you can explore the city’s natural surroundings on organised walks.
Stay overnight at The Plaza (3Q).
Meals: Breakfast
Continue to Vancouver, a bustling coastal city whose skyscrapers are dwarfed by its mountainous backdrop. This afternoon there will be time to explore some of the sights independently. Enjoy an overnight stay at The Georgian Court Hotel (4Q).
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
There will be an included city tour in Vancouver before you board Holland America Line's MS Volendam for your seven-night full-board cruise along the Alaskan coast.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Sail through the Inside Passage, past sweeping pine forests, ethereal glaciers and towering mountains. This is considered by many to be the most scenic sea-lane in the world.
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Arrive 0700 and depart 2100. Skagway, was overrun by prospectors during the gold rush era, and still features many buildings dating back to this time.
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Arrive 0700 and depart 1600. Today’s visit will be a true highlight of your tour. You’ll be able to see the mighty ice spires and an on-board naturalist will talk about the phenomena of glaciers. You may be lucky enough to spot harbour seals on the icebergs too.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Arrive 1000 and depart 1800. Your cruise pauses at Revillagigedo Island, allowing you to visit Ketchikan, situated amid steep hills in the Tongass National Forest. An optional excursion to the Misty Fjords National Monument by float-plane may be available.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
You’ll have a final chance to admire the amazing scenery of the Inside Passage as you cruise southwards today.
Meals: Breakfast
Disembark MS Volendam and travel to the airport for your overnight flight to the UK, arriving the following morning for your included UK VIP door-to-door travel service.
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Dates & Availability
Availability for 2 passenger(s) staying Multiple, leaving between May 2017 - June 2018 for any number of nights, departing from London Heathrow Airport. Staying in Twin and flying with Air Canada
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What's excluded
- Sulphur Mountain cable-car ride
- Banff National Park tour
- Photo stop at Lake Louise
- Sno-coach ride over Athabasca Glacier
- City tour of Vancouver
- Cruise the Inside Passage aboard MS Volendam
- Visit to the gold rush town of Skagway
- Cruise through Glacier Bay National Park
Accommodation
You’ll really enjoy your time on board Holland America Line's MS Volendam, which carries 1,432 passengers. Delicious five-course meals are served in the Dining Room or you can choose cooked-to-order specialities in the relaxed Lido restaurant. Other features are the Pinnacle Grill, Explorations Café and the Greenhouse Spa and Salon. Stylish artwork is on display in the spacious public rooms and three-storey atrium. A wide range of cabins are available, all featuring a television, shower and wc.
30 Meals: 13 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches and 10 Dinners
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