Calgary Self Drive Tours
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Day 1 Calgary: Arrival
Arrive into Calgary, and pick up your hire car, then spend the day exploring one of Canada's most exciting cities.Hotel: Best Western Village Park Inn
Day 2 Calgary - Waterton-Glacier National Park - Whitefish, MT - Fernie, BC
Distance: 323 MilesTravel south to Waterton Lakes National Park, where the colourful summits of the majestic Rocky Mountains rise suddenly out of the rolling prairies. Amid the peaks are the lakes of Waterton Lakes National Park, carved out of the rock by ancient glaciers. The uniqueness of Waterton Park is a blend of unusual geology, mild climate, rare wild flowers, and an abundance of wildlife. Cross into the USA and visit Waterton-Glacier National Park. Cross back into Canada and stop in Fernie, British Columbia for the night.
Hotel: Best Western Fernie Mountain Lodge
Day 3 Fernie - Fort Steele Heritage Town - Kimberley - Cranbrook
Distance: 269 MilesFernie is a turn-of-the-century coal mining community that developed into a four-season vacation destination. Its world class resorts draw thousands of tourists each year, who enjoy amazing vistas, extraordinary outdoor activities, unique restaurants, and great shopping. Next visit the Fort Steele Heritage Town, which preserves more than 60 buildings from the days when Fort Steele was a gold rush boomtown. Continue on to the Bavarian village of Kimberley, one of Canada's highest towns. Stroll through the Platzl (pedestrian mall), complete with wandering minstrels and a giant cuckoo clock. An optional attraction in Kimberley is the Bavarian City Mining Railway, a narrated 1-hour train ride through the valley on a narrow-gauge mine track. Next, continue to Cranbrook, home of the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel.
Hotel: Heritage Inn
Day 4 Cranbrook - Castlegar - Rossland - Penticton
Distance: 313 MilesTravel on to Castlegar, with its 9 dams, known as the "best dam town in Canada". Optional tours of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam are available. Another attraction here is the Doukhobor Village Museum, which exhibits the Doukhobor culture and heritage, and provides reminders of Canada's early western frontier.At the Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park, cross a suspension bridge to an island at the confluence of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, where walking tours are offered along with numerous historical sights. Continue on to Rossland, where tours are offered of a hard-rock mine tunnel at the Rossland Historical Museum and Le Roi Mine where you can try your hand panning for gold.
Hotel: Sandman Penticton
Day 5 Penticton - Kelowna - Vancouver
Distance: 345 MilesLeave for Kelowna in the heart of Canada's wine and apple country. The B.C. Orchard Industry Museum traces the development of the orchard industry in British Columbia. The Wine Museum, housed in a converted 1917 packing house, displays machines used for pressing and bottling. Turn around and travel back to Osoyoos, noted for its Spanish Iberian architecture, desert sands and sparkling lakes. Continue along the scenic Crowsnest Highway, through Princeton and Hope. Overnight in Vancouver.
Hotel: Best Western Chateau Granville
Day 6 Vancouver - Revelstoke
Distance: 347 MilesLeave the bustling metropolis of Vancouver and pass through the mountains and forests of Western Canada. The heavily timbered slopes and flowering meadows of Mount Revelstoke provide a breathtaking welcome to the village of Revelstoke. Situated on the Columbia River between the Selkirk and Monashee Mountain Ranges, Revelstoke enjoys a spectacular setting on the main transportation corridor through British Columbia.
Hotel: Hillcrest Resort
Day 7 Revelstoke - Calgary
Distance: 252 MilesUpon leaving town, pass through the spectacular Rogers Pass, the section of the Trans-Canada Highway that traverses Glacier National Park. See a jagged profile of angular mountains and narrow steep-walled valleys. Pass through Yoho National Park, with its sparkling lakes, natural bridges, and prehistoric fossil beds. See one of the spiral tunnels that had been built for the Canadian Pacific Railway. At days end, arrive in the rodeo city of Calgary.
Hotel: Best Western Village Park Inn