Canada and Alaska by Road, Rail and Sea: Rockies and the Inside Passage

This unforgettable 15-night journey centres around a 7-night Inside Passage Cruise, launching from and returning to Vancouver. Using this beautiful, well-connected city as both a departure and arrival point makes it easier for visitors to add on an additional experience, such as taking the famed Rocky Mountaineer train through some of Canada’s most impressive natural beauty before or after the voyage starts. The combination means you effectively get a two-in-one holiday of a lifetime.

On this sample itinerary, you’ll start in Calgary, getting a brief glimpse at Canada’s past and present before heading deep into Alberta’s breath-taking natural surroundings to the town of Banff and Banff National Park. Here, you’ll get to explore Canada’s oldest protected area and most visited national park with 1,600km of hiking trails and home to 53 species of mammals, including black bears, grizzlies, moose, bighorn sheep and elk, before spending two nights next to the iconic Lake Louise.

Then, you’ll board the Rocky Mountaineer for a wonderfully scenic journey from Lake Louise to Kamloops before continuing on to British Columbia’s multicultural capital, Vancouver. You’ll get 2 days to enjoy one of the world’s greenest cities before boarding your Alaska Inside Passage Cruise during which you’ll explore Alaska’s pristine wilderness from the water.

Glide through the splendid Tracy Arm Inlet and spend a full day exploring Glacier Bay National Park, an area most ships can only visit fleetingly. Visit Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan, and take in the glacier-cut fjords, lush rainforests, and diverse wildlife of the Inside Passage.