A Rocky Mountain Excursion: The Canadian Rockies Made Accessible

7 days / 6 nights

Wondering how to get to those remote Rocky Mountain Lodges when you’re short on time? This circle tour from Vancouver stays in lodges and other unique accommodations, many of which are located in spectacular areas less travelled by other tourists. We explore four national parks, home to vast glaciers rimmed with ice, deep forests, and emerald green lakes - some of the most majestic mountain scenery on earth. Along the way, your guide will introduce you to easy walks and hikes, narrate the natural history of the area, and make sure you take in the best of the Canadian Rockies on each day we travel on this excursion.

A Rocky Mountain Explorer Adventure

10 days / 9 nights

The focus of this adventure tour is hiking and camping in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Designed for those who want get off the beaten path and get into the park, the Rocky Mountain Explorer enables travellers to hike and walk some of the most scenic trails in the Canadian Rockies. Our "off the beaten path" takes us on an overnight canoe trip in Wells Gray Provincial Park. We explore six provincial and national parks and a wide variety of terrain including spectacular alpine meadows, sweeping glaciers, hanging valleys and mountain forests and streams. Join us as we camp in the shadow of snow capped peaks, soak in hot springs and canoe on a crystal clear mountain lake.

A Tour of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia

10 Days / 9 Days

Set in the dramatic and pristine seascape of the British Columbia coastline, this tour up the west coast to the Queen Charlotte Islands, provides a stunning kaleidoscope of land and sea experiences. Journey with us to ancient rainforests, secluded beaches, totems, abandoned native villages and plentiful marine and wildlife! On our way to the Queen Charlotte Islands, we travel north by van along BC's isolated Northern Vancouver Island. Here we will overnight at a Northern Gulf Island and First Nations Community of Alert Bay.

A Vancouver Island Highlights Tour

4 Days / 3 Nights

This circle tour from Vancouver includes: the Butchart Gardens, a guided tour of Victoria (including a horse carriage ride), a train ride over the Malahat, the Quw’tsun Cultural Centre, the Pacific Northwest Raptor Centre, a winery tour and a visit to an ecological reserve. Towns visited include Victoria, Duncan, Chemainus and Nanaimo.

A Vancouver Island Tofino Get Away

4 days / 3 nights

Known for its expansive, sandy beaches, rainforests and plentiful marine life, Pacific Rim National Park is true west coast paradise. Our explorations take us by steam train to a historic mill and local winery and aboard a historic freighter for a cruise to the village of Ucluelet. Optional activities include whale watching, black bear viewing and a marine tour to Hot Springs Cove. Vancouver return.

Arctic Explorer Tour to Northern Canada

6 days / 5 nights

Our destination is the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), NWT, (pop. 1000) located at the uppermost edge of Canada on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. To get there, we travel the Klondike Highway, turning northward up the famous Dempster Highway, the only Canadian road to the arctic. We visit the historic gold rush town of Dawson City, YT, and the far flung, mainly aboriginal communities of Fort McPherson, Arctic Red River, Inuvik and Tuk in the Northwest Territories. In this land of twenty-four hour sunlight, dramatic views from almost anywhere appear to be endless. Our destination is the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), NWT, (pop. 1000) located at the uppermost edge of Canada on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.

Canada's Grasslands National Park: Bison Habitat Restoration

5 days / 4 nights

In less than a century, the prairie grasslands have become one of the most endangered habitats in the country. Human settlement on the prairies has brought about the extirpation of many species, including the bison and the swift fox. Today this majestic land in the heart of the Frenchman River Valley is a rich wilderness refuge destined to be gradually restored to its primitive state.

Celebrating Québec City's 400th Anniversary: Montréal-Québec-Tadoussac

5 Days/4 Nights

Come celebrate Québec City's 400th birthday  in "La Belle province" with Great Excursions Founder Claude-Jean Harel (C-J) as your guide. Although he has been living in Saskatchewan for nearly 30 years, C-J was born and raised in Québec. Trained as an archaeologist in both Canada and the United Kingdom, he brings an insightful appreciation for the distinctive influences Montréal, Québec and other New France settlements have had on contemporary North America--even Western Canada. Join us as we journey from Regina to Montréal, Québec, Tadoussac, Île d'Orleans, Montmorency Falls and St-Anne-de-Beaupré on this bilingual (English-French) discovery tour intended to appeal to a wide audience.

Great Sand Hills Expedition into Plains Back Country Sand Dunes Environment

4 days / 3 nights

This vast ecologically sensitive area of active sand dunes ranging between 15 and 25 meters high sits in a chinook area and is subject to strong West and North West winds that keep the dunes moving by as much as 4 meters a year. Mostly encompassed by private ranch land, the sand hills sustain a large population of mule deer and also antelope, sharp tail grouse, bank swallows. Some say even cougars are at large.

North Island Grease Trail Tour in British Columbia

5 days / 4 nights

The setting for this active small group exploration of First Nation culture is the interior wilderness and far flung north-east coast of Vancouver Island. The 'Namgis people of the east coast of Vancouver Island are reopening the Grease Trail through to the west coast, home of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht people. Once used to transport ooligan, an oily fish, this ancient trade route transverses the rugged and remote interior of the North Island and crosses through the Vancouver Island Mountain Range.

Orcas & Grizzlies Wildlife Tour on Vancouver Island

4 days / 3 nights

Explore pristine waters and wilderness areas to see Orcas ("killer whales") and grizzlies off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. The setting for this eco-adventure is the remote coastal wilderness that encompasses Johnstone Strait, a deep and narrow glacier-carved passage between the east coast of Vancouver Island and the BC mainland. In this area the waters are sheltered and the marine life is plentiful.

Safari in Western Canada's Cypress Hills of Alberta and Saskatchewan

6 days / 5 nights

The Cypress Hills lie in the extreme southwest part of Saskatchewan. Although numerous coulees and valleys make the upland appear hilly, the Cypress Hills are actually a dissected plateau covering an area of about 100 square miles, three quarters of which spreads over this province. The plateau extends in an East West direction for approximately 80 miles and has a width of 15 to 25 miles. The highest parts of the Cypress Hills plateau offer a panoramic view of the surrounding plains and have the distinction of being the highest point of land between Labrador and the Rocky Mountains.