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Banff Highlights & Wildlife
4.7
525 Ratings
Banff
Escape the crowds and discover Banff’s secret wildlife spots on a small group adventure. Explore backroads and encounter bears, moose, and more with expert guides.
Escape the crowds and discover Banff’s secret wildlife spots on a small group adventure. Explore backroads and encounter bears, moose, and more with expert guides.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Banff National Park - An expert local guide will customize the itinerary for each tour.
Every day, the team collaborates with other tour operators and Banff residents to gather information on recent wildlife sightings and consider seasonal weather conditions and large tour company schedules. This ensures the best, most authentic experience without…
- Banff National Park - An expert local guide will customize the itinerary for each tour.
Every day, the team collaborates with other tour operators and Banff residents to gather information on recent wildlife sightings and consider seasonal weather conditions and large tour company schedules. This ensures the best, most authentic experience without the crowds!
The destinations listed below are just some of the incredible stops on this tour.
- Mount Norquay Road - Ascend Mount Norquay, home to Banff’s first ski resort, and visit a favorite viewpoint showcasing the town of Banff and the surrounding majestic mountains.
- Lake Minnewanka - Keep an eye out for bears, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, coyotes, foxes, and other wildlife as the tour ventures deep into Banff National Park to explore the deep blue, glacially-fed lakes of Lake Minnewanka and Two Jack Lake.
- Hoodoos Trail - Enjoy a short walk to one of Banff National Park’s red chair destinations, offering epic views of the Hoodoos and the Canadian Rockies sprawling across the Bow Valley.
- Surprise Corner - Look through the alpine forests up Tunnel Mountain to a famous local hotel that resembles a castle in the sky!
- Bow Falls - Visit the stunning Bow Falls, the location of the famous scene from the 1953 Marilyn Monroe film “River of No Return.”
What's Included
- Water refills (please BYO water bottle)
- Dusk/sunset tour time to escape the crowds and maximize chances of seeing wildlife!
- Pick up and drop off at the Banff Train Station
- Upscale, modern & spacious transportation with large panoramic windows
- Complimentary hot chocolate, tea or coffee at a stunning viewpoint (winter only)
- Small group guarantee (Max 12 guests)
- Expert local guides
- Water refills (please BYO water bottle)
- Dusk/sunset tour time to escape the crowds and maximize chances of seeing wildlife!
- Pick up and drop off at the Banff Train Station
- Upscale, modern & spacious transportation with large panoramic windows
- Complimentary hot chocolate, tea or coffee at a stunning viewpoint (winter only)
- Small group guarantee (Max 12 guests)
- Expert local guides
What's Not Included
- Pick up from Banff hotels (please contact Radventures BEFORE booking for availability)
- Guide gratuities (not mandatory but greatly appreciated)
- To inquire about adding the Banff Gondola please contact Radventures before booking
- Park Pass
- Pick up from Banff hotels (please contact Radventures BEFORE booking for availability)
- Guide gratuities (not mandatory but greatly appreciated)
- To inquire about adding the Banff Gondola please contact Radventures before booking
- Park Pass
Additional Information
Explore with Banff’s top-rated tour operator down backroads teeming with wildlife, plus our selection of Banff’s best viewpoints and secret spots.
Along the journey, you’ll be wowed by local tales and the fascinating history of Banff’s indigenous and European past as well as fun facts about our local wildlife, as we explore Banff’s backroads travelling…
Explore with Banff’s top-rated tour operator down backroads teeming with wildlife, plus our selection of Banff’s best viewpoints and secret spots.
Along the journey, you’ll be wowed by local tales and the fascinating history of Banff’s indigenous and European past as well as fun facts about our local wildlife, as we explore Banff’s backroads travelling through forests, mountain passes and wildlife corridors that bears, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, lynx, cougars, coyotes, foxes, deer and more call home.
Thanks to our small group and tour vehicle size, the access to areas of Banff that we have and our expert local guides insider knowledge, we see wildlife on 95% of our daily summer departures.
- Children 5 and under are unable to join our small group adventures
Location
Banff Train Station
Railway Avenue
*For hotel pick-up, please contact Radventures BEFORE booking your tickets.*
Please meet by the Canadian flag in front of the main Banff Train Station building.
Allow 5-10 minutes to walk from the free all day parking located at the north east end of the train station.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(525 Ratings)
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Stuart
Jul 12, 2025
Great experience, highly recommend! - Loved the tour, Cam was an excellent guide and driver. Loads of great stops around Banff, managed to spot several Ground Squirrels, an Elk and (the highlight) a lone wolf! Highly recommend book it today.
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Ann
Jul 11, 2025
Fabulous bus tour and tour guide - Smaller bus with excellent guide called Ed from UK who was full of humour ,local history ,fauna and wildlife .knowldge
Visited beautiful rivers ,lake ,waterfalls and dropped us finally at the Gondola right - another bus picked us up after gondola and dropped everyone back at hotels
Highly recommend bus trip and tour - Gondola ride was overcrowded ,queued to get up and back ,and although beautiful at top ,I was over the crowds and queues and only could stay a short while because of queues and timing . I could have missed that part . Expensive for gondola too
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N3561fjbonniea
Jul 11, 2025
Lots of wildlife to see - Had a really lovely experience on this tour and our guide Bee was amazing, charismatic and really knew a lot about what we were seeing. It was very interesting learning about all the animals (including the ones we didn’t see).
We managed to see mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, chipmunk, and ground squirrels!
The different lakes were also beautiful to see.
Thank you Bee for an amazing experience!
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Sara
Jul 9, 2025
Fantastic tour!! - I had an absolutely fantastic tour with Liam. From start to finish, he was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the entire experience so enjoyable. His passion and expertise really shone through, and he went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a great time. I learned so much, saw incredible sights, and felt completely taken care of throughout. I would highly recommend Liam’s tour to anyone looking for a memorable experience.
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Somerset_locals
Jul 9, 2025
Brilliant way to spend an evening around Banff - Taylor struck just the right tone and provided tonnes of interesting information as he took us to great viewpoints. We saw two groups of elk and some mountain sheep. A great way to spend an evening thanks.
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R9074mxmarks
Jul 9, 2025
Banff Highlights and Wildlife - The trip was great. Bee knew where to look for animals (we saw elk, mule deer and 2 groups of bighorn sheep). And she was thorough showing us and telling us about the area highlights. It was a great tour in Banff.
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Phebe
Jul 8, 2025
Amazing day on small group tour with great guide! A must-do in Banff and great way to see Lakes Louise and Moraine - From pickup to drop off, Liam was top notch! He is respectful, spoke distinctively and is so full of knowledge about the area, fawn, fauna including mountains and glaciers. He knew a lot about the history of the area and his passion for Banff and the lakes we visited are obvious and he genuinely loved sharing the beauty with us. He was on time and made sure we were all safe at all times. We highly recommend Liam and Radventures for anyone visiting Banff. We will certainly use them again when we come back to Banff!
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800paulal
Jul 8, 2025
Great trip! Thanks Liam. - It was a great trip, a comfortable van and the driver/guide Liam was friendly and had a great personality. We were lucky enough to see Elk, Mule Deer and Big Horn Sheep. Liam went out of his way to make sure we got a great view of the wildlife and also made sure he was in compliance with the local laws. The hoodoos stop was interesting and we also saw the striped ground squirrels at one of the lookouts. Liam shared a lot of interesting facts with us and we thoroughly enjoyed out trip.
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732spencerf
Jul 8, 2025
Loving our Banff wildlife tour - We had a great time saw some bighorn sheep meandering on the road in front of us without a care in the world. We saw a small herd of Elk as well as a bunch of breathtaking stops along the way. Our guide Bee was funny and informative.
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Becky_e
Jul 8, 2025
Mislead adventure. - This activity was advertised as a wildlife experience and it wasn’t that at all. Saw very little wild life. The guide took us to a few spots we hadn’t seen before but most was duplicate viewings. I felt we were mislead Aaron ( our guide) talked way too much! And corrected us if we spoke to our family for interrupting his commentary. Disappointing!
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