Grand Western Canada: Vancouver to the Rockies
Day by day
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Day 1 Land at Vancouver (YVR), drive to Vancouver About 20 km, 30 min
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Days 1–3 · 3 nights
Vancouver, BC
Stanley Park, Granville Island and English Bay
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Day 4 Vancouver, drive to Victoria About 160 km, 4 h 10 min
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Day 6 Victoria, drive to Whistler About 280 km, 6 h · a long driving day
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Days 6–7 · 2 nights
Whistler, BC
The Peak 2 Peak Gondola and the Sea-to-Sky Highway
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Day 8 Whistler, drive to Kamloops About 300 km, 4 h 50 min
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Day 9 Kamloops, drive to Kelowna About 210 km, 2 h 30 min
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Day 10 Kelowna, drive to Revelstoke About 200 km, 3 h
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Day 10 · 1 night
Revelstoke, BC
Mount Revelstoke and the mountains' railway heritage
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Day 11 Revelstoke, drive to Golden About 150 km, 2 h
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Day 12 Golden, drive to Jasper About 310 km, 4 h 40 min
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Days 12–13 · 2 nights
Jasper, AB
The Icefields Parkway, Maligne Lake and wildlife along the road
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Day 14 Jasper, drive to Banff About 290 km, 4 h 20 min
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Day 16 Banff, drive to Canmore About 30 km, 20 min
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Day 17 Canmore, drive to Waterton Park About 360 km, 4 h 40 min
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Day 17 · 1 night
Waterton Park, AB
Where the prairies meet the mountains: Waterton Lakes
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Day 18 Waterton Park, drive to Calgary About 270 km, 3 h 30 min
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Day 19 Calgary to Calgary airport (YYC), fly home to Amsterdam About 10 km, 20 min
Arrange something yourself
A few days with family or friends, a train ride, local transport: a part of the trip you arrange yourself. No hotel and no tours of ours; without the car, no kilometres and no hire those days. Enter what it costs and it counts in the total.