Banff Day Trip: Explore Lake Louise, Banff Gondola, Downtown and More
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15 Ratings
Banff
Embark on a 10-11 hour Banff day trip and explore Lake Louise, Banff Gondola, downtown, and more. Enjoy a personalized adventure with time for photos, shopping, and even swimming!
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Lake Louise - The most visited in Banff and possibly the Canadian Rockies. You would want to spend some time here to appreciate this majestic scenery. Surrounded by mountains, faced with a spectacular glacier and showing off it’s deep colour waters, this lake it’s a crowd pleaser no doubt!
- Banff Avenue - Come experience the friendly town of Banff. You can’t touch and go, feel the vibe, taste the local cuisine, give in to your sweet tooth, check out a local gallery, or just take a few photos on Banff Avenue.
- Banff Gondola - Let’s reach new heights without those burning legs! This ride to the top of Sulphur mountain makes you feel as if going to heaven and back!
The views from above deliver an amazing 360 degrees of surreal beauty. Make sure to bring your camera or phone chargers!
- Canmore - After a fun day in the mountains you’ll probably get a bit hungry on the way back to Calgary, so let’s eat!
You’ll enjoy a delicious gourmet snack and a warm drink while looking at the mountains or taking photos of this beautiful town.
We will replace this stop for Moraine Lake from June to End of September possibly parts of October if the lake is still opened.
- Moraine Lake - From June to possibly Beginning of October if the lake is still opened we will take you to this incredible, local favourite stop in Banff.
During the other months we will add Canmore as an additional stop instead of this lake.
- Lake Minnewanka - This lake is where so many professional ice skaters come to get their photos taken during the winter season, and a great place for a polar plunge in the summer!
We’ll also stop at Two Jack Lake along the way and will make sure you get wowed by all the beauty of these two spots.
What's Included
- Personal Photographer service
- Complimentary bottled water
- Included Banff National Park entrance fees
- Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
- Friendly guide with a great sense of humor
- Banff Gondola tickets for a round trip
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
This experience is about 10-11 hours long and will include plenty of time for you to complete a bucket list of things to do during your mountain day.
From the minute you step into the vehicle you’ll feel the welcoming Alberta vibe! If you’re here for a day or are trying to kick off your Banff vacation out of the park, and don’t want to be in a big crowded bus, this unscripted adventure is for you!
There will be plenty of time to take photos, eat, shop, get your feet wet and maybe even swim!
You will cover the main attraction sites such as Lake Louise, the Banff Gondola, Banff Avenue downtown, and Canmore for a quick bite (included) to calm down the beast within. There’ll be plenty of recommendations for whatever you like to do on your self-exploring time!
There is plenty of flat surface for you to walk around admiring nature and wildlife, squirrels count too! The mountains look spectacular from all angles, we look forward to showing them off when you get here!
Location
Banff Gondola
Mountain Avenue
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(15 Ratings)
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Antoinette_r
Sep 26, 2023
Spectacular Day in Banff - This tour was the highlight of our Calgary Trip. We were picked up promptly at 9:00am by our driver Murray. He narrated the entire day giving us information and stories about everything we passed throughout the tour. We visited Lake Minnewanka, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, the town of Banff & we took the Banff Gondola to the top or Sulphur Mountain. Every single stop was spectacular. Murray was very communicative regarding where and when we would meet after each stop. He answered everyone’s questions and had some witty jokes. It needed up being a wonderful 12 hour tour. Worth every penny!
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Aileenm534
Sep 10, 2023
Perfect Banff Tour - Amazing tour! The group was 12 people in a very comfortable van.
Kevin guide/driver was nice, funny and gave information to understand the places we visited, time spent at each spot was enough to do all activities and enjoy the area.
Totally recommended!
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Rin_i
Aug 20, 2023
Well-organized trip of spectacular views - An efficient, well-organized day-trip full of spectacular views!
Our guide and driver Murray was fantastic!
I appreciated the clear expectation-setting, instructions, advice on saving money and where to eat, and the friendly humorous chats.
Give the man a raise, Kevin! :)
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Gabrielle_b
Aug 12, 2023
MUST DO! - We LOVED this tour! Kevin was absolutely amazing and we got to see all the best sights in Banff!! I would recommend this to anyone going to banff! The tour size is small and you get so much flexibility in what you want to do in each location!!
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Storyteller783285
Aug 12, 2023
Good tour guide! - The tour guide makes the difference. Kevin knows how to make everyone feel comfortable. He knows all the good places to eat or hike. There were about 10 passengers in the van, à comfortable size. All in all, everyone had a good day's worth.
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301seamusl
Aug 11, 2023
Banff day trip - Wow - it is hard to know where to begin! Kevin was an amazing tour guide, he was knowledgeable, funny, and very welcoming. He packed so much into our trip itinerary and made sure to accommodate everyone’s needs. The views were absolutely breathtaking. He knew the best spots to go for pictures that were less crowded. Kevin made the drive enjoyable with local facts, stories, and jokes. The trip was 12 hours start to finish and we enjoyed every second of it. I cannot recommend this trip enough. My wife and I loved it so much, we started to plan our next trip on the way home. Thank you to Kevin for creating such a memorable trip and experience for us!
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Worldtravellers_12
Aug 6, 2023
Fantastic day out - What a fantastic trip. The driver and tour guide were really good. They had a mixed group of people but made us all into travel buddies and we all felt very included. The guide worked really hard all day and had lots of information and witty banter. It was a long day but it included so many special experiences I think we will all always remember the day. We appeared to go to more places than many of the other tours from Calgary. They didn't hassle for tips but all of us wanted to tip. Definitely recommended rather than try to do it alone. We dodged queues and had plenty of time at each location. A very memorable day.
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Jennyci2653fm
Aug 6, 2023
Awesome experience!!! - It was an amazing tour!!! Gordon was our tour guide and he was awesome!! Super chill, funny and nice!! He helped take pictures for us and show us spots to take awesome nice pictures. This tour was really informative and on time. They made sure we had time to take pictures, see everything and go to the places we wanted to go too.
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Debbie_i
Jun 18, 2023
Best one day Tour - If you only have one day to experience the great Canadian Rockies this it the trip to take. I can’t say enough good things about Kevin our tour guide. He shared his knowledge of the mountain and had a wonderful sense of humour. We had such a good time. I would do this trip again. Thank you Kevin “Family”.
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888san
Jun 17, 2023
Outstanding day trip from Calgary - This was an outstanding day trip to Banff from Calgary. We took the van from Hyatt Regency and right off the bat Kevin established a great rapport with the entire group and made us feel like one big family. He was very informative and full of humor which made the journey so much fun. Thanks Kevin! Banff was amazingly beautiful and we would do this trip again with Kevin in a heartbeat!
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