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Canadian Rockies and an Alaska Cruise - 16 days from £1830

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This superb holiday combines the breathtaking grandeur of the Canadian Rockies and sophisticated Vancouver with a wonderful cruise aboard Holland America Line’s MS Zuiderdam showing you the staggering beauty of Alaska, a true wilderness of dramatic landscapes and amazing wildlife. This really is a holiday to remember.

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Highlights Include

Banff
Lake Louise
Kelowna
Vancouver
Alaska cruise

What's Included

Services of a Travelsphere Tour Manager
Scheduled flights from Gatwick to Calgary, returning from Vancouver
Transfers between airport and hotel
All other transportation as detailed
Seven nights’ room only accommodation
Seven nights’ full board accommodation on board Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam
All hotel and cruise baggage handling for one piece of luggage per person
All State, port and local taxes
All UK and overseas airport taxes and security charges

Excursions as follows

Tour of Banff and Lake Louise
Half day city tour of Vancouver

Accommodation

MS Zuiderdam
Your ship for this marvellous cruise is Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam. This graceful vessel boasts fantastic service and great facilities, in keeping with the splendour of Alaska itself. On board you’ll find a great choice of restaurants, including the two-tier Vista Dining Room and the upscale Pinnacle Grill, which offers elegant dining and wonderful cuisine. There’s even a Culinary Arts Centre, which provides demonstrations and cookery classes. Relax in the Greenhouse Spa & Salon, enjoy sparkling entertainment in the show lounge and much more.

Cruise to Alaska

By far the most dramatic and beautiful region of this vast state is the south-east coastline, known as the Inside Passage, with its myriad islands, channels and inlets. The only way to fully appreciate the natural wonders of this region is by ship. Indeed, there are no roads along this coast. We have chosen Holland America Line as our cruise partners for the second part of this tour. Aboard ms Zuiderdam you will glide into remote inlets and bays, call at picturesque and historic waterfront communities, and witness the spectacular birth of icebergs, crashing from the face of shimmering glaciers.

Your hotels

Accommodation throughout your holiday will be in comfortable, medium grade hotels, such as the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff, Prestige Inn in Golden or Lake Louise Inn, Lake Louise, the Holiday Inn Express in Kelowna, and the Sandman Downtown Hotel or Best Western Downtown in Vancouver. All bedrooms feature private facilities, TV and telephone. Hotels have a bar and restaurant, and other amenities, such as a swimming pool and shop, are often available.

Your meals

All meals are included during the cruise.

Your cruise ship

Your ship for this marvellous cruise is Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam. On board you’ll find a great choice of restaurants, bars, the Greenhouse Spa & Salon, show lounge and much more.

Itinerary

DAY 1 - Calgary
Depart on your flight to Calgary. On arrival transfer to Banff for a two night stay.

DAY 2 - Banff
Today we have organised an included tour of Banff. You will see the lovely Bow Falls, the Cave and Basin and Sulphur Mountain, where you will have time to take a gondola ride (fare not included) to the top for wonderful views of the snow-capped mountains and the town of Banff.

DAY 3 - Lake Louise
Drive to Lake Louise, described by many writers as the most beautiful place in Canada – a glacial, jade green lake high in the mountains, surrounded on all sides by towering peaks. Following a visit to the lake, transfer to your hotel in Golden or Lake Louise for an overnight stop.

DAY 4 - Kelowna
Continue through the Rockies, driving via Revelstoke and Vernon to the Kelowna area, situated in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, for an overnight stay.

DAY 5 - British
Columbia Continue across British Columbia to Vancouver. Enjoy spectacular scenery as you drive to Vancouver, where you will stay at a centrally located hotel for three nights.

DAY 6 - Vancouver
Vancouver has one of the most beautiful settings of any city in the world. It is surrounded by mountains, forests and beautiful islands. As Canada’s third largest city, it is a busy seaport and important centre for the fishing and timber industries. This morning you will depart on an included introductory half day tour of the city during which you will visit Chinatown, Gastown, the remarkable 1,000 acre Stanley Park with its famous totem poles, and the magnificent harbour.

There is plenty to see and do in Vancouver. We offer an optional half day excursion to Vancouver’s Northshore, featuring the spectacular Capilano Suspension Bridge and a cable car ride up Grouse Mountain for breathtaking views of the city, the snowcapped mountains of America’s Washington State and Vancouver Island.

DAY 7 - Vancouver
Free in Vancouver with an optional tour available. Take the popular excursion to Victoria, capital of British Columbia, where much of Canada’s British Victorian heritage is preserved. Our full day trip includes a ferry across to the island, and visits the marvellous Butchart Gardens, Parliament Building and the impressive Empress Hotel.

DAY 8 - Vancouver
Morning free in Vancouver before an afternoon transfer to join your magnificent Holland America Line cruise ship in Vancouver harbour. The ship will set sail at 5.00pm.

DAY 9 - Cruising the Inside Passage
Your cruise has begun and ahead lie days of luxurious relaxation – and exploration – as your ship traces the outline of North America’s most scenic coastal landscape. As you cruise the Inside Passage for the first time, keep a watchful eye open for breaching whales, soaring eagles, shoreline grizzlies and inquisitive seals. This is a natural playground for wildlife.

DAY 10 - Cruising at Sea
Scenic cruising of Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glacier (weather permitting), followed by an early afternoon arrival in the capital of Alaska, Juneau. You are free to explore, or perhaps visit the mighty Mendenhall Glacier.

DAY 11 - Skagway
A morning arrival in Skagway, a lively relic of the famous Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Wooden sidewalks and turn-of-the century buildings recall the riotous living of those days.

DAY 12 - Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay will be the scenic highlight of your cruise. Great ice castles float serenely in radiant blue-green water. And, as a glacier ‘calves’ and thousands of tons of ice crash into the mirror-calm water, so a thunderous sound echoes across the bay.

DAY 13 - Ketchikan
Early afternoon arrival in Ketchikan, a quaint weathered town clinging to the mountainside. You may wish to take a seaplane flight over the spectacular Misty Fjords, explore the Totem Poles Park or simply enjoy a lunch of fresh Alaskan salmon.

DAY 14 - Cruising at Sea
As you cruise the Inside Passage back towards Vancouver, the scenic splendours continue to unroll before you, a wonderland of ice and rock, forest and river, which will remain in your memory – and photo album – for a long time to come.

DAY 15 - Vancouver
Morning arrival in Vancouver followed by a transfer to the airport for your return flight.

DAY 16 - UK
Arrival in the UK.

Dates, Prices & Departure

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Departure Date	Price	Book Holiday
01/05/10	£1830
08/05/10	£2000
12/06/10	£2230
19/06/10	£2270
28/08/10	£2330
04/09/10	£2100
11/09/10	£2080

Deposit £150 per person
All prices are per person based on two people sharing a twin or double-bedded room with private facilities at your hotel, followed by a comfortable inside cabin with two beds, shower and toilet.

Surcharges

The price of fuel has risen dramatically over the past months in line with oil prices. As a result many airlines and cruise lines have imposed additional fuel charges. In common with other businesses our prices now include an additional charge for all new bookings which has been introduced to cover these costs.

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Single Room/Cabin supplement from £580
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Travel Information

Flights are by chartered services of Thomas Cook
Departing London Gatwick 1035 hrs
Return arrival 0930 hrs

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Regional connecting flights are available.

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This Travelsphere touring holiday takes you to the Canadian Rockies and Vancouver. With a cruise aboard Holland America line’s Statendam to Alaska. Experience escorted tours of Banff and Lake Louise and a city tour of Vancouver.

Canadian Rockies and an Alaska Cruise

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