From Calgary: Johnston Canyon, Fairmont Banff Springs & Bow Falls Day Tour

Depart from Calgary or Banff
and explore the highlights of Banff National Park

Depart from your booked option's location: Riverfront Avenue in downtown Calgary (7:45 AM), across from Delta Hotels Calgary Downtown (8:05 AM) or The Fat Ox of Banff (9:30 AM). The tour lasts about 8 to 10 hours, led by an English and Chinese-speaking guide in an air-conditioned minibus or coach. The order of visits differs between summer and winter.

Ride the Banff Gondola up Sulphur Mountain

If you wish, ride the Banff Gondola up Sulphur Mountain and spend about 1.5 hours enjoying views of the snow-capped Rockies. The gondola fare is not included and must be paid separately.

See the Hoodoos, Bow Falls and Fairmont Banff Springs

Stop at the Hoodoos viewpoint, with wind-carved rock pillars above the Bow River, and at Bow Falls with its rushing rapids. At Surprise Corner, take photos of the river and the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel.

On the summer itinerary, you'll stop by the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and can upgrade to a French brasserie-style lunch at an extra cost.

Walk the canyon trail at Johnston Canyon

At Johnston Canyon, one of the Rockies' favorite canyon trails, walk the elevated catwalks along limestone walls to the waterfalls. In winter, ice cleats are provided for walking on ice.

※ The winter itinerary runs in this order: Johnston Canyon Upper Falls (about 120 minutes), lunch time in Banff town (about 60 minutes, optional, at your own expense), Bow Falls, Surprise Corner and the Banff Gondola.
※ Surprise Corner is closed for maintenance from September 8 to October 20.
※ During Banff Gondola maintenance (November 4 to 15), it is replaced with the Cave and Basin National Historic Site.
※ If Johnston Canyon is closed due to maintenance or unforeseen circumstances, Lake Minnewanka and Two Jack Lake are visited instead.