Calgary Sightseeing Tours 2010

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2010 Sightseeing Excursions from Calgary

Daily Tours for Individuals

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Year-round Daily Van Tours

2010 Seasonal Motorcoach Day Tours

Year-round Van Excursions for Small Groups

Special Events Programs for Groups

  • 03 August 2010 - RCMP Musical Ride in Cochrane at 1330 hrs or 1900 hrs show times with reserved seats. Time is given to explore Cochrane shops and restaurants. Group net prices are as low as $31.00 per head including admission and transportation from Calgary. Email us.

 

Horseback Riding, Day and Multi-Day Trips

  • Anchor D Ranch, Horseback Riding, Day and Multi-Day Trips Have you ever imagined yourself on a horseback riding vacation exploring the high and rugged Canadian Rockies in authentic pioneer style and spirit?  Listening to the strum of the guitar beside a crackling evening campfire? Perhaps winding your way along a crystal clear mountain stream, or galloping through an alpine meadow on your surefooted mountain steed? A horseback riding vacation with Anchor D Guiding and Outfitting could be just what you're looking for. Click-here for details!
  • Homeplace Ranch is a year round working and guest ranch in Alberta’s high cattle country. The main ranch is about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of Calgary. It is at an elevation of 1500m (4900 ft) in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Click here for details.
  • Moose Mountain Horseback Adventures!- Located in the rolling foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 4400' (1350 m), the M & M Ranch lies 13 km south of the picturesque hamlet of Bragg Creek and roughly 60 kilometers southwest of Calgary. The ranch occupies 340 acres of forest and pasture. To the south and west lies Kananaskis Country, stretching to the Continental Divide and the border with British Columbia. Contact Moose Mountain today!

 

City Taxi Tour by Dawson!

Enjoy a morning, afternoon or evening panoramic city tour in a taxi, driven by Dawson Wright. Dawson is a well known Calgarian and a winner of the "White Hatter" Hospitality Award. He will pick you up at the airport or from your hotel and will give you a two or three hour introductory tour of Calgary with or without stops at Fort Calgary, Canada Olympic Park, the site of the 1988 Winter Olympic venues and a number of other interesting sites. Admissions to the various attractions are not included.

Banff & Lake Louise

Enjoy a full day excursion to the Canadian Rockies with stops in Canmore, Banff and Lake Louise. Travel thru the foothills country of Alberta with a short coffee break in Canmore before proceeding into Banff National Park to Lake Louise. The tour takes the Bow River Parkway, when open, to Lake Louise with Elk and Mountain Sheep frequently seen along route. After looking over the "Ski Louise" Resort your destination is the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise at the lake itself. Time is given for lunch and for views of the Lake before returning to Banff with a short town tour, including a stop at the Upper Hot Springs and the Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift (not included in the rate). Afterwards a short stop at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Falls and downtown Banff before returning to Calgary in the early evening.

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Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller Alberta. Photo ©2008 Travel Alberta

Spring / Summer 2010

May 15 – August 31
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Open seven days a week.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, A Unesco World Heritage Site!

Join us for a a scenic journey to the native past. About a two hour drive south of Calgary is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, one of the oldest and most interesting buffalo jumps in North America. This is the place where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the great plains, one of the world's oldest, largest and best preserved buffalo jumps know to exist. It has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the plains for over 5000 years. After lunch we travel thru the rolling Porcupine Hills and see Lundbreck Falls before returning to Calgary via Highway 22 thru "cowboy-land" on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies.

Canadian Rockies, Bow & Peyto Lakes, Crowfoot Glacier, Lake Louise, Banff!
 

Peyto Lake, Alberta. Photo ©2008 Airporter Shuttle Express Ltd.

Our best one day tour from Calgary! Enjoy the trip west through the rolling ranch lands to the Canadian Rockies Resorts of Banff and Lake Louise. See the Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake and the viewpoint at Peyto Lake (shown above). Peyto viewpoint is open spring, summer, fall only. Enjoy some of the Canadian Rockies' most spectacular lakes and scenery. Discover all the breathtaking beauty that nature has to offer.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump & Fort Macleod

From the Calgary Airport OR most Calgary Hotels. Experience Southern Alberta at its best...the fascinating history of its native people and where the mighty buffalo reigned supreme! Visit the WWII Lancaster Bomber Museum in Nanton. Explore the World Heritage Site of HEAD-SMASHED-IN BUFFALO JUMP. If time & museum opening permits you may wish to add a stop at the North West Mounted Police Museum at Fort Macleod.

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$600 $300 $200 $150 $120 $100 $86 $75
$67
 $60 $55 $50 $47 $43

Continental Divide and Mountain Lakes Tour

 

Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park. Photo ©2008 Airporter Shuttle Express Ltd.

Enjoy the trip west to British Columbia through the rolling Alberta ranchlands to the Canadian Rockies. See the Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake and the viewpoint at Peyto Lake. Enjoy crossing the Continental Divide and into the Yoho River Valley, the Spiral Tunnels and Takakkaw Falls, as shown above. (Takakkaw Falls is open in late spring and closes in early fall).

If time permits, the Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake. The return stop includes Lake Louise. Due to to the length of this tour, we are unable to make a stopover in Banff, although we can drop anyone at their Banff Hotel.

  • Year-Round by Charter Only
  • approximately 12 hours.
  • 14 passenger van (no luggage space)
  • Costs:
    • Add admission to the attraction(s).
    • Add $60.00 for luggage trailer, should the group require one.
    • Add National Park Entrance Fee $8.50/day/person to 31 March 2010.
    • Add the Goods and Service Tax (5%GST)
    • Add Tip to the driver(s).
    • $600.00 Basic Cost
    • (14 Passengers Maximum)
  • Your approximate transportation per person costs before admission, the GST and a tip to the driver would be as follows, depending on number traveling.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
$600 $300 $200 $150 $120 $100 $86 $75
$67
 $60 $55 $50 $47 $43
Cowboy Tour

From the Calgary Airport OR most Calgary Hotels. Travel west of Calgary to the Town of Cochrane to go back in time to the early days of ranching. Explore the Cochrane Ranche Historic Site. See the creation of sculpture complex. Enjoy a visit to the famous MacKay's Homemade Ice Cream store and unique arts & crafts stores.

Drumheller & the Royal Tyrell Dinosaur Museum

From Calgary Airport OR most Calgary Hotels. This tour travels through the vast and rich farmlands of Alberta, eastward from Calgary to the Drumheller River Valley. See the Badlands from Horseshoe Canyon, visit the world-famous Royal Tyrell Museum (the Dinosaur Museum) and enjoy the unique scenery of the Horsethief Canyon and the Hoodoos.

Your approximate transportation per person costs before admission, the GST and a tip to the driver would be as follows, depending on number traveling.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
$600 $300 $200 $150 $120 $100 $86 $75
$67
 $60 $55 $50 $47 $43

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Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Park. Photo ©2008 Travel Alberta

Tour Terms & Conditions

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