The Canadian Rockies & Alaskan Solstice Cruise

Itinerary

• Day 1 - Fly from London to Calgary, Canada
  Fly from the UK to Calgary, transfer to hotel for overnight stay
• Day 2 - Transfer from Calgary, Canada to Banff, Canada
  Transfer from Calgary to Banff, overnight at hotel
• Day 3 - Banff, Canada
  Banff is a resort town in the province of Alberta, located within Banff National Park. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade, part of the Rocky Mountains, dominate its skyline. On Banff Avenue, the main thoroughfare, boutiques and restaurants mix with château-style hotels and souvenir shops. The surrounding 6,500 square kilometres of parkland are home to wildlife including elk and grizzly bears.
• Day 4 - Banff to Kamloops, Canada
  Transfer to the train station to board the Rocky Mountaineer, which will take you through the Rockies towards Kamloops, overnight at hotel
• Day 5 - Kamloops to Vancouver, Canada
  Transfer to the train station for your onward Rocky Mountaineer journey to Vancouver, overnight at hotel
• Day 6 - Vancouver, Canada
  As British Columbia's largest city, Vancouver is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts and cosmopolitan adventurers alike. Framed by the Pacific Ocean and Coast Mountains, Vancouver's meandering oceanside pathways are the perfect way to explore the city. Close to 30 kilometres of uninterrupted waterfront path surround Vancouver's favourite neighbourhoods, including the seawall around Stanley Park.
• Day 7
  Embark ship
• Day 8 - Cruise the Inside Passage
  The fabled Inside Passage is one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world, and one of the few where deep-draft vessels can sail close to steep mountain walls. The scenery is unbelievable, with forests in a hundred shades of green, tumbling turquoise glaciers, and evocative towns loaded with history, culture and adventure. With most of Southeast Alaska accessible only by boat or plane, the Inside Passage is a lifeline to the outside world.
• Day 9 - Icy Strait Point, USA
  Icy Strait Point is a privately owned tourist destination just outside the small village of Hoonah, Alaska. It is located on Chichagof Island and is named after the nearby Icy Strait. Owned by Huna Totem Corporation, it is the only privately owned cruise destination in Alaska, as most stops are owned by the cities in which they are located. Huna Totem Corporation is owned by approximately 1,350 Alaskan Natives with aboriginal ties to Hoonah and the Glacier Bay area. Many of them are of the Tlingit people.
• Day 10 - Skagway, Alaska
  Some of the aspiring Klondike gold rushers who made it to Skagway took a look at the 500-mile journey that still lay ahead of them and decided a change of profession was in order. So many of them set up shops as provisioners that Skagway was the largest city in Alaska by the end of the 19th century. Booms fade and dreams move on, but the glory days still reverberate through the town. Take a ride on the Take a trip on the White Pass & Yukon Railway or ride up the Klondike Highway which will take you to places where you can roll up your sleeves and do some prospecting of your own.