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Travelmarvel

Rockies and Alaskan Adventure

Vancouver to Fairbanks

Trip Code: URAJEV23
23 Days
44 Meals
2 Countries
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  • Map & Itinerary
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Trip Inclusions

  • Two-day Rocky Mountaineer rail journey in SilverLeaf Service
  • Services of a Canadian Travelmarvel Tour Director, Driver and Cruise Liaison
  • 44 meals - 22 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 13 dinners
  • Enjoy a Welcome Reception and special Farewell Dinner
  • Stay at the beautiful Emerald Lake Lodge
  • Journey aboard the McKinley Explorer to Denali
  • Join a Tundra Wilderness Tour led by a local ranger
  • Guaranteed Ocean-View Stateroom on board your seven-night Holland America Line Alaskan cruise

Map & Itinerary

Trip Notes

  • Itinerary and inclusions are subject to change
  • Prices are based on Ocean-View Stateroom
  • Prices include port charges, airport transfers, gratuities and tipping
  • Prices are for land/cruise only. Flights not included (unless specified)
Canada and Alaska Map URAJEV23 2024-25
Vancouver to Fairbanks

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Enhance Your Journey

Travelmarvel provides further opportunity to pursue your special interests and enhance your holiday with a range of optional experiences

Insider Experience

Enjoy an included special or unique excursion or event

Your journey begins today on arrival in Vancouver. You’ll be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel in the heart of this cosmopolitan city. After settling in, meet with your Tour Director and fellow guests during a Welcome Reception this evening.

Stay: Two Nights, Vancouver, Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel

ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY

Discover more with our Enhance Your Journey optional select experience - Grouse Mountain gondola ride (additional charges apply).


Fall in love with the beautiful city of Vancouver and discover some of its most vibrant districts and best-loved attractions on a sightseeing tour, including the Waterfront and historic Gastown.

Daily :
  • Breakfast

Board the world-famous Rocky Mountaineer and relax in your SilverLeaf carriage as you take in the stunning scenery. Later, arrive in the city of Kamloops where you’ll stay overnight.

Stay: Kamloops, hotel assigned by Rocky Mountaineer

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
View of Rocky Mountaineer alongside lake and mountains, Canada courtesy of Graham Werner

Reboard the Rocky Mountaineer as you continue your spectacular rail adventure today. Follow the North Thompson River past rolling landscapes before ascending through the majestic scenery of the Monashee Mountains. Journey onward past Pyramid Falls and the expansive glaciers of the Alberta Icefields. Then head past Mt Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, before traversing the Yellowhead Pass. Later you’ll enter Jasper National Park, one of Canada’s oldest and largest national parks. Tonight, enjoy free time to explore and perhaps dine in one of Jasper’s restaurants.

Stay: Jasper, Chateau Jasper

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

This evening, take a wagon ride along the banks of the Bow River and enjoy a tasty steak-fry BBQ dinner.


Your discovery of Jasper National Park continues today as you explore Maligne Canyon. Enjoy time walking through its deep rocky ravines then hit the road as you travel along the Icefields Parkway, considered to be the world’s most scenic highway. Stop along the way at the Columbia Icefield for a thrilling Ice Explorer ride onto Athabasca Glacier. An Insider Experience awaits for dinner tonight.

Stay: Two Nights, Banff, Caribou Lodge and Spa

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY

Discover more with our Enhance Your Journey optional select experiences - Perhaps join a heli-flightseeing tour, watch for wildlife on a scenic Bow River float trip or take a River Explorer tour (additional charges apply).


Today is yours to spend at leisure and explore more of this beautiful alpine resort at your own pace. If you’re after adventure, then why not choose from a range of select experiences available to you today.

Daily :
  • Breakfast

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Enjoy an idyllic overnight stay at the picturesque Emerald Lake Lodge.


Visit Moraine Lake (weather permitting) and Lake Louise today. Also known as the ‘Jewel of the Rockies’, nothing quite prepares you for this incredible natural setting. Continue on to Emerald Lake Lodge.

Stay: Emerald Lake Lodge

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
Ice capped mountains reflecting on lake, Canada

Descend from the Rockies via beautiful Yoho National Park, then continue to Kelowna.

Stay: Kelowna, Manteo at Eldorado Resort

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

Travel through the vast landscapes of the Cariboo region today, before arriving in Whistler. This famous alpine resort town offers an array of cultural and outdoor discoveries.

Stay: Delta Whistler Village Suites

Daily :
  • Breakfast

On your journey south to Victoria this morning, travel along the Sea to Sky Highway for breathtaking views. On the way, stop at Shannon Falls, which towers above the Howe Sound, North America’s southernmost fjord, before taking a ferry ride across the Georgia Strait.

Stay: Two Nights, Victoria, Double Tree by Hilton or Marriott Inner Harbour

Daily :
  • Breakfast

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Visit The Butchart Gardens for a Farewell Dinner.

ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY

Discover more with our Enhance Your Journey optional select experiences - Perhaps choose to join a whale-watching cruise or a horse-drawn carriage tour (additional charges apply).


Enjoy time at leisure today or, if you’d prefer to explore further afield, consider choosing from one of the select experiences available to you.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

After breakfast this morning, transfer to Vancouver to board your premium cruise ship. Enjoy time to settle into your cabin, familiarise yourself with life on board and enjoy dinner tonight.

Stay: Seven Nights, Holland America Line’s Noordam or Nieuw Amsterdam

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

Enjoy a full day at sea today. Relax and take in the majestic scenery as your ship cruises through the Inside Passage.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Arrive in Ketchikan today. Here, you’ll have free time to relax and explore. Alternatively, join a walking tour of the town or learn about fascinating Tlingit culture at Saxman Native Village (own expense).

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
Wooden hand carved totem poles set amongst the trees and timber clad house

Today you’ll arrive in Juneau. Here, you may like to experience a dog sled ride on a glacier, sample delicious salmon baked over a fire or even try your hand at panning for gold (own expense).

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

This morning, you’ll dock at the port of Skagway. Here you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about gold prospecting or view some of the fascinating local wildlife (own expense).

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Wake up to the incredible sight of Glacier Bay National Park today. Local rangers join you on board to explain the region’s geological wonders and wildlife.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Today you’ll cruise north the open waters of the Gulf of Alaska stopping at College Fjord.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

During an up-close encounter at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre, enjoy the chance to feed the centre’s moose.


Disembark in Whittier before travelling to Anchorage.

Stay: Sheraton Anchorage Hotel or similar

Daily :
  • Breakfast

Travel by train today on the McKinley Explorer to Denali.

Stay: Two Nights, Denali, McKinley Chalet Resort

Daily :
  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

INSIDER EXPERIENCE

Enjoy a Tundra Wilderness Tour led by a local ranger.


Journey into the heart of Denali National Park on a day tour. Watch for wildlife such as moose, caribou, grizzly bears and wolves. Learn about the work of wildlife biologists and see why conservation is so paramount to this part of Alaska.

Daily :
  • Breakfast
brown bear facing away standing on grass at edge of lake, mountains in background

Cruise the Chena River aboard a sternwheeler in Fairbanks today.

Stay: Westmark, Fairbanks Hotel or similar

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  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Transfer to the airport for your onward flight home.

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  • Breakfast

In all we had a fantastic holiday. We would recommend Travelmarvel to all who'll ask.