Take an International flight departing from Sydney/ Melbourne/ Brisbane to Calgary, Canada.  

Welcome to Calgary! Your Tour Director is on hand late this afternoon to answer any questions.

Hotel: SANDMAN SIGNATURE CALGARY DOWNTOWN HOTEL or similar

The discovery of oil transformed this ranching town into a sophisticated city. It is also home to the world-famous Calgary Stampede. Explore many of the city's attractions, including Canada Olympic Park and the Saddledome. Travel west through the foothills and into Banff National Park, the gateway to the majestic Canadian Rockies. An orientation tour will highlight Banff's unspoiled beauty.

Hotel: IRWIN'S MOUNTAIN INN or similar

Banff is one of Canada’s favorite year-round resorts, offering summer activities such as hiking, boating, and fishing. On your free day, your Tour Director will have many suggestions, including an optional helicopter ride over the Canadian Rockies.

Hotel: IRWIN'S MOUNTAIN INN or similar

Enjoy a day of scenic grandeur. First stop is Lake Louise, whose turquoise waters create a natural mirror that reflects the surroundings. Up next: a stop at the Columbia Icefield to experience the Ice Explorer, an all-terrain vehicle that travels on ice measuring 750 feet thick. Then, journey north into Jasper National Park, where precipitous gorges, snowcapped summits, and lakes of exquisite blues and greens come into view as the motorcoach scales three mountain passes. Later, perhaps take an optional float trip down the Athabasca River. Enjoy an orientation tour of the town of Jasper upon arrival.

Hotel: MARMOT LODGE or similar

Today, join our optional excursion to Maligne Lake and Spirit Island, where you embark on a narrated cruise of the lake. The remainder of the day is free to enjoy everything Jasper has to offer-from guided hikes and quaint shops to meandering wildlife.

Hotel: MARMOT LODGE or similar

Depart Jasper and follow the Fraser River to the base of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. The Yellowhead Highway continues south along the mighty Thompson River, with spectacular views of the Monashee Mountains. You will then spend the night in Kamloops.

Hotel: THE PLAZA HOTEL or similar

As you travel through British Columbia's Coast Mountain Range to its majestic Pacific coastline, the vegetation changes from desert landscape to lush alpine forest. Board your ferry for the spectacular crossing to Vancouver Island. Sightseeing in Victoria includes the world-famous Butchart Gardens, the Inner Harbour, Bastion Square, and Thunderbird Park. This evening, consider a stroll along the lively Waterfront Promenade.

Hotel: ROYAL SCOT HOTEL & SUITES or similar

Today is a free day to explore on your own. You may choose to join an optional wildlife and whale watching trip cruising the beautiful waters of the San Juan and Gulf Islands, looking for whales, porpoises, seals, and eagles. Your Tour Director will have ideas for enjoying this most British of Canadian cities.

Hotel: ROYAL SCOT HOTEL & SUITES or similar

This morning, set sail across the Strait of Georgia and through the spectacular Gulf Islands. In Vancouver, city sightseeing includes Stanley Park, Gastown, Chinatown, and other famous landmarks. The remainder of the day is free to explore Robson Street and experience British Columbia's premier shopping and entertainment location.

Hotel: HOLIDAY INN & SUITES VANCOUVER or similar

You will be transferred to Canada Place Cruise Terminal to board the Holland America cruise ship. Your package price includes Holland America's 'Have It All Premium Cruise Package

Spend the day cruising one of the world's most spectacular waterways. Located along the coast of British Columbia, the Inside Passage is the longest sheltered inland waterway in the world and stretches through stunning landscapes, from the Misty Fjords National Monument to the famed Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve.  Sailing the Inside Passage offers opportunities to spot some of Alaska’s most iconic wildlife. Watch the water for orcas and humpback whales.

Join this exclusive opportunity to experience the very best of the Tracy Arm Wilderness Area, including exciting, close-up views of the majestic Twin Sawyer Glaciers.

Your adventure begins as you board a luxurious, high-speed catamaran, transferring directly from your cruise ship. Relax in the warm, spacious cabin, surrounded by large windows, as your experienced captain guides you past curious seals resting on floating icebergs. As you cruise through Tracy Arm, the on-board naturalist will provide a wealth of information about the area, which naturalist John Muir called "one of the most dramatically stunning fjords of Southeast Alaska." While exploring the length of this ice-carved fjord, you’ll cruise beneath cliffs that rise 4,000 feet above the jade-colored sea, and you can feel the mist on your face as the vessel maneuvers almost directly under a plunging waterfall. There will also be frequent stops to view and photograph wildlife, such as pigeon guillemots, bald eagles, harbor seals, mountain goats, and bears.

Cruise to Juneau, Alaska, and visit the most remote, most beautiful, and strangest state capital in the United States. Located at the foot of grand mountain peaks on Gastineau Channel, Alaska's capital city of Juneau has a massive Mendenhall Glacier and the Juneau Icefield at its back door. Visit the rustic shops in town-or get out and kayak, raft, hike, whale watch, flightsee, or fish. There's no end to the adventure because of the long daylight hours.

On your cruise to Glacier Bay, close your eyes and take in the sounds—the creaks and groans of “living” ice, the shrill cries of gulls and soaring eagles, the splash of a breaching humpback whale. 

Frosted peaks towering over mossy forests, wide tidewater glaciers (there are seven in the park), and marine wildlife are given on Glacier Bay cruises, but every experience in this changing biosphere is unique. There are glaciers, fjords, inlets, rivers, streams, and wildlife galore on Glacier Bay cruises, so bring those binoculars.

Take an adventure and cruise to Ketchikan, Alaska. Ketchikan is named Alaska's "First City" because it’s the first major landfall for most cruisers as they enter the picturesque fjords of the Inside Passage, where the town clings to the banks of the Tongass Narrows, flanked by green forests nurtured by abundant rain. 

Ketchikan is also one of the best spots along the Inside Passage to explore the rich cultural sights of Native Alaskan nations like the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. 

The Inside Passage stretches through stunning landscapes, from Misty Fjords National Monument to famed Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve. Sailing the Inside Passage offers opportunities to spot some of Alaska’s most iconic wildlife, with humpback whales and orca plying the bountiful waters alongside the ships, bald eagles soaring overhead and brown bears lumbering on the shoreline. 

After breakfast, disembark the cruise and transfer to the Airport for your homebound flight

Cross the International Date Line and arrive in Australia on day 19.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Land Tour)

Gratuities (Land & Cruise)

Optional Excursions (Land Tour and Cruise Tour)