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A Historic Rail Route Between Vancouver, Lake Louise, and Banff

A Historic Rail Route Between Vancouver, Lake Louise, and Banff, a rail journey with First Class Holidays

VANCOUVER | KAMLOOPS | LAKE LOUISE / BANFF

Day by day

  1. Day 1overnight: Kamloops hotel

    Vancouver to Kamloops

    Depart at 07.30am this morning and travel from Vancouver to Kamloops in British Columbia's interior. Pass through the fertile Fraser Valley and the scenic Fraser Canyon. At Hell's Gate, see water pass through the walls of the narrowest point of the canyon. Follow the Thompson River to the city of Kamloops. Arrive 5.40pm.

  2. Day 2rail

    Kamloops to Banff/Lake Louise

    Depart at 06.25am and continue your journey east to the Canadian Rockies. Travel through ranchlands to Shuswap Lake. Pass Craigellachie, where the 'last spike' was driven completing the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, on to Rogers Pass with its tunnels, glaciers and snow-capped mountains. Cross the Continental Divide into Banff National Park, through the unique Spiral Tunnels. Arrive Lake Louise at 5.45pm or Banff at 7pm. Also operates in the reverse direction.

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